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.
Life is hard. Success requires sacrifice. Everything you want is on the outside of your comfort zone.Ā
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Life is easy. Success for me cannot require the sacrifice of my health, sanity and ability to...
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When I look back to the toughest times, times when I thought I had no choice but to push on through with little regard for myself and my selfcare, I can see there were not just one, but many altern...
While I eat non-fiction for breakfast, I have a love-hate relationship with fiction.
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Iāve long since given up the idea that I ought to read all the high-brow books that were not taught in the dodg...
Donāt you love hearing peopleās stories? Isnāt it fascinating to hear how they adventured through overwhelm?Ā
One of the things I love about hosting a podcast is getting to interview people. This wee...
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The ability to respond rather than react is hugely freeing. As a very emotional, passionate, driven person who feels things very deeply, finding some space before reacting has been life-changing.
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Iām done with the whole āeverything you want is on the outside of your comfort zoneā!
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Firstly, I never feel very comfortable sitting around not fulfilling my goals.
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And, secondly, huge pressur...
Tegwyn was a very old dog. Like most of our dogs she was a Best Worst Dog. The sweetest and most terribly behaved.
At 15 Ā½ sheād had a good long life and Iād been expecting her to leave us for somet...
Iāve just harvested my first potatoes of the year. They're purple. Magnificently purple. And far bigger than expected considering the lack of rain.The sheer joy of this is hard to put into words as I ...
Do you sometimes worry youāre not going to be able to keep working in this way for much longer and that you might not be able to keep the house you pinch yourself that you get to live in?
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Iām fort...
I realise I've spent much of my life trying not to compromise between satisfying work and the rest of my life.
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In my twenties I ditched the work opportunities to be home with my babies because tha...
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Does your Friday start with a sinking feeling?Ā
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Are you focused on all the stuff you need to get through before you can take a much-needed weekend off?
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Does it feel like you have to wade th...
Work-life leakage is real.
Hereās what it feels like:
Youāre spending a lot of your time at home setting things up so you can get things done at work.
Which means your evenings are about recovering...
