Do Something Different! Why changing habits makes you happier

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Now, be honest, are you a creature of habit? Think back to yesterday. How much of it was a repetition of the day before? Psychologists reckon as much as 95% of our days are made up of habits. Repeated patterns of behaviour. Doing and saying the same things. No wonder we get into a rut. [...]

Look after yourself & rediscover your mojo!

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Need to take control of your diet, health & fitness levels? Mum of 2 Wendy Powell is the founder of No More Excuses and creator of the MuTu System, the revolutionary approach to tackling your mummy tummy. Here she shares her tips for rediscovering your mojo simply by looking after number one! I blogged recently on [...]

When life hands you lemons…..

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When life hands you lemons you have a choice. You can, as they say, make lemonade, or, you can cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice in life’s eyes! We all react differently. Personally I have a problem with any revenge based action. I usually freefall into despair for a while and then [...]

Confidence – fake it till you make it!

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Guest blog post  from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev - writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur On June 8th 2010 I was the guest speaker at the Bedford Mum’s the Boss meeting. It was an early start. I was up at 5.00am to catch the high speed link from the next main town in to [...]

Too Many Balls

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No, this is not, as you might think, a post moaning about the World Cup and all the football on TV at the moment. It’s about all the metaphorical ‘balls’ we try and keep in the air at any one time – kids, home, business, family, friends and ourselves. Nor is this a post that [...]

Thought for Thursday #15

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away Anon Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #14

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain Tweet This Post

“It’s all about YOU!” Daily Challenge

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This week we are setting you a Daily Challenge – to spend ½ hour every day doing something you enjoy and which relaxes you.  Schedule it in if you need to and add it to your To Do list. Just make sure you do something that isn’t about the home, the business or your family – [...]

Thought for Thursday #13

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Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Maryanne Radanbacher Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #12

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]

Thought for Thursday #11

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If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.  Mary Engelbreit Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #10

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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. Stewart B. Johnson Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #9

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“You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being – not because anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a lot of money — but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.”   Wayne Dyer Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #8

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The word “impossible”   is black. “I can” is like   a flame of gold. Catherine Cookson (1906-1998) from Plainer Still Tweet This Post

Are you a whale or a mermaid?

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We were emailed this story recently and thought it was just too good not to share. Recently, in a large city in Australia, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” A middle-aged [...]

Thought for Thursday #5

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“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Martin Luther King Tweet This Post