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How To Create An Extraordinary Quality Of Life On Your Terms!

Whatever you think ‘making it’ is, when you get there, you’ll see there’s another level. There’s more you could achieve and that never ends because if you stop growing, and developing you’re going to be unhappy. Achievement on its own is not enough! If you think that just ticking off achievement after achievement will make you happy and leave you…

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How To Discover Your Purpose And Live Your Best Life

Inspirational Blogs9 December 20210Comments

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You may have asked yourself more than once ‘what is my purpose on this earth?’ The age-old question that has been asked a multitude of times, even in the fourth century in Aristotle’s day. And today we are still asking ourselves: ‘What is my purpose?’ Many people mistake a short-term goal as their purpose. Others lose their identity in their…

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How To Cultivate Your Best Life By Design, Not Default

Inspirational Blogs2 December 20210Comments

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This month we are examining the nitty gritty of what it takes to design your life consciously, purposefully, and intentionally! YES, you can design and live your life, on your terms! Want to know HOW? Jump on in… We find at this time of year people are reflecting on their experiences so far and also beginning to plan and look…

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How To Stop The Stories From Ruining Your Life

Inspirational Blogs25 November 20210Comments

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Once upon there was a story I (Elizabeth) used to tell myself: “In order to fit in and be accepted, I need to do what is expected of me. I must not rock the boat, be too loud, be noticed, speak up or do things my way. I MUST CONFORM”. This was the story I told myself since childhood, based…

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Are You Engaging In Self-Sabotage To Look Good?

Inspirational Blogs18 November 20210Comments

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Our shadow self (which we are exploring this month) shows up in many ways. It wants to protect us and keep us safe, so it sabotages us or shows up as resistance, to protect us from experiencing newness or unknown situations. Self-sabotage is when we actively or passively take steps to prevent ourselves from attaining one of our goals or…

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Why Self-acceptance Is The Key To Your Career Success

Inspirational Blogs11 November 20210Comments

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No matter what title we have, what roles we play, or how incredible the things are that we DO, we can struggle with low levels of self-acceptance. This is relating to the shadow self, which is this month’s topic. If you missed the first blog about this for context, click HERE. Our shadow self, may at first glance appear scary…

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How To Embrace Your Dark Side Or Faults

Inspirational Blogs4 November 20210Comments

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This month we are embarking on a journey of discovery around our shadow self. This is about learning to recognise those things within us that trip us up, that we may not like so much about ourselves, and those thought patterns we often jump into. When we begin learning about this side of ourselves, we can get a bit afraid…

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How to Explode Your Mental Toughness and Rise above Adversity

Inspirational Blogs28 October 20210Comments

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Cookies jars and Mental toughness, Ultimate Key, Essential Skill, Inside Game... This is the final in the series of blogs, on mental toughness where we explore ‘cookie jars’! This is a term coined by the legendary David Goggins, an ultra-marathon runner, retired navy seal, and public speaker who has much to share about developing mental toughness. From being repeatedly abused…

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How Do We Boost Our Mental Toughness Genius?

Inspirational Blogs21 October 20210Comments

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Mental Toughness is so much more than just hard out, full-on grunt, and brute force. Mental Toughness requires the individual to have control of their attention and emotions, remain optimistic and hopeful, and resist the impulse to lay down in the face of obstacles. This presents the fourth in our series on Mental Toughness. Let’s break this down; having control…

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Essential #1 Skill for surviving in STEMM

Inspirational Blogs14 October 20210Comments

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I (Elizabeth) used to think mental toughness had no place in my life as a clinician, educator, and researcher. That it was all about ultra-runners like David Goggins, extreme sports people like Jessica Watson, or elite athletes like Christine Burns. Why would I need that level of mental toughness, when working with people, organisations, funding bodies, or systems? I have…

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