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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...
I’ve decided my life is primarily about joy.
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And as everything we do is to change the way we feel, I’m either changing what I do or seeing how I can do it with more joy.
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If you’re going throug...
You wake up in the morning with the usual sense of emergency, being thought-bombed by all the things you need to do, the unsolvable problems on repeated loops of anxiety-ridden doom, your mind racing ...
I don’t do overwhelm.
I don’t do pressure.
I don’t do pushing myself to exhaustion and insanity.
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I used to.
Until I broke myself doing so.
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Unwilling to downsize my dreams, I searched for an...
What if your secret struggle to maintain the life you’ve worked so hard to create is a strength, not a weakness?
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I believe it is.Â
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Here’s why:
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Firstly, it’s secret.Â
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Regardless of how ...
Ever thought that maybe you just want too much?
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That if you could settle for less everything would magically fall into place?
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What are you willing to give up for ease, peace of mind, health, s...
The Old Way: Living With Overwhelm
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I wake up tired but get myself into focused mode using a theme tune to psych myself up or some other motivational technique.
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I notice the pressure I’m feelin...
The opposite of overwhelm is ease
And by ease I mean:
- clear head
- relaxed body
- gentle alertness
- ability to focus
- ability to prioritise
- ability to switch from focused to laughter and dancing an...
Overwhelm matters. It's easy to dismiss and incredibly debilitating.
You have a successful life but it's really hard to hold it all together.
You push your poor mind to think through overwhelm, your...