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What do you want?
And why is this deceptively simple question so difficult to answer?
It seems like such a nice question to be asked but can actually be one of the hardest questions I could ever ask you.
It can feel pressured - like a really big dream-board kind of big vision...
The pressure you feel to keep ‘temporarily’ postponing your life is not coming from your external circumstances.
If you’re sick of wondering why you struggle to find the time and energy for work and a life outside of work, then listen up because this episode is for you...
Wish you could hang on to that holiday feeling?
What is it about holidays? We long for them and sometimes they give us just what we need but then that feeling slips away and we’re left back where we started, longing for and planning the next escape.
I once drove 7 hours late...
In this week’s episode I deliberately experiment with letting go of my strict routine for how and when I record my podcast episodes, to encourage you to see if there is anywhere in your life where you are putting pressure on yourself.
Is it time to rebel against yourself? Is there...
It’s time to heal. It’s time to celebrate. It’s time to start living again.
Media and marketing messages have always tended to be doom laden but the deliberate misuse of evidence-based psychology to create a constant state of fear and anxiety has created a lot of damage.
...There will always be something to disturb your coffee. There will always be big and small storms to knock you off course. Practising weathering tiny storms is the way to get better at weathering the bigger ones.
This week's episode is now available here:
...Was your week unexpectedly lovely? Deliberately looking for something Unexpectedly Lovely on the hour every hour is one of my Tiny-Huge Life-Changing practices. Here’s why.
The human mind is hard-wired to expect the unlovely, dangerous stuff. This is not a fault, it has got us this far -...
We miss so much by rushing on past moments, always on to the next things to do or see or be.
As I bridge the gap between launching my new programme 'Get Your Life Back' and starting working with those lovely people who joined, this quote from Joseph Goldstein came back to support me:
"There is...
Overwhelmed by ‘shoulds’ and ‘betters’?
Sometimes we can overwhelm ourselves. Noticing this gives us power to get out of overwhelm.
Looking back, it was the ‘shoudling’ myself, the need to keep being better at everything and the comparing myself...
It's so easy to get distracted from what's really important.
It's so easy to become disconnected from ourselves.
Episode 59 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast is all about listening to yourself first.
Because when you listen to your body like the old friend it is, you change your life.
Neutral...
Unexpectedly Lovely Things is one of my favourite Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices.
Why? Because it's really powerful and changes how you see things - fast.
Like all Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices it's both easy to squeeze into your day with minimal disruption and is hugely helpful in getting...
Want to get your life back from that exhausting struggle between trying to hold together the life you’ve worked so hard to create and actually enjoy it?
Start by taking your waking moments back.
Episode 57 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast plus my new free guide gives you...
