The Gently Rebellious Blog: Turning Overwhelm Into Joy
Feeling overwhelmed or burned out? Discover simple, inspiring ways to gently rebel against stress and create a life that feels lighter, calmer, and more aligned. Through personal stories and practical strategies, this blog offers a nourishing space to explore, reflect and reconnect with what truly matters to you.
Overwhelm is inevitable.
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P.12 of my book Overwhelm is Optional lists several ways this inevitability occurs.
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This week I want to highlight just one of them:
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It comes from treating the body...
Step 3 of The Gentle Rebel Way is to commit to developing a fit body:
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- Accept responsibility for your health
- Prioritise learning how to look after yourself properly
- Start listening to your body...
Step 3 of The Gentle Rebel Way is to commit to developing a fit body:
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- Accept responsibility for your health
- Prioritise learning how to look after yourself properly
- Start listening to your body...
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of deciding to see something as for me, regardless of what it is.
And this week I recorded a really rich conversation with the lovely Emily Rosales,...
Of all the things walking The Camino gave me, I did not see this one coming.
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But I’m not going to ruin this week’s podcast episode by telling you what the weirdest gift for me was.
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Instead I’m...
Where’s your attention right now?
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Is it on dog poo and piles of rubble?
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Or the beauty and the fun waiting to be had?
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Wandering around my garden I notice all the things that are w...
A weird thing happened on The Camino. We began to notice that we would feel tired just before approaching our night’s accommodation, hungry before approaching an expected cafe, in need of coffee befor...
It’s not you.
There’s nothing wrong with you.
You don’t need to be more organised, fitter, meditate every day, read that pile of books, be tougher, sleep better, eat better, be nicer….
While all of...
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What if everything is for you?
This week, I’d like to invite you to try out a tiny-huge life-changing practice.
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How you look at things determines what you see and how you experience your life....
How much stuff are you inadvertently carrying the weight and pressure of, just in case?
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From your Must Read List, Get Better At List and the tyranny of the to-dos, there is so much freedom and ene...
A Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practice for those who want more.
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I was having a splendid weekend. I woke up early Saturday morning feeling good and was in the garden shifting barrows of soil and rubbl...
You want to be highly effective at work and present at home.
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So you overwork at work to make sure you do a really good job but then struggle to be present at home.
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You love your family and hom...