This time of year comes with a lot of expectations, social pressures and family traditions – some of which can suck the joy from the festive season and leave us feeling stressed out, burnt out and anything but Merry. When you feel the pressure to get it all done pressing in on you, it is worth paying extra attention to where you are shoulding on yourself and to be more … [Read more...] about Shelve The Shoulds
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Don’t Let Fear Rob Your Future
This post originally appeared on this site. 'Nearly two decades ago, Layne Beachley surfed her way into the history books, winning seven world championships, six of them back-to-back. The year of her first world title (1998) she won five events, including the famed ‘Triple Crown’ and earnt US$75,000 prize money – a small fraction of her fellow male surfers. In the last … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Fear Rob Your Future
Success Through Service
This post originally appeared on this site. Flick through your newsfeed and you’ll find no shortage of articles and expert on advice on how to be more successful. How to position yourself to get the next rung up the ladder. How to build a better investment or property portfolio. How to find the partner, or purchase the home, of your dreams. How to get abs to die … [Read more...] about Success Through Service
Your playing small serves no-one
This post originally appeared on this site. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Your playing small does not serve the world.” I was not long out of university when I first came upon these words by Marianne Williamson. Soon after, they inspired the decision I made with my newly-minted husband Andrew to … [Read more...] about Your playing small serves no-one
Dare To Do More Than You Think
Firstly, thank you for your lovely notes in response to my recent article about visiting Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Of course, my message was about far more than how to help those who live there escape from the poverty they are born into. It was about the importance of taking responsibility for our experience of life; of being ‘at cause’ in improving what is not working … [Read more...] about Dare To Do More Than You Think
