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.
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Iâve 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,...
What do you want?
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And why is this deceptively simple question so difficult to answer?
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It seems like such a nice question to be asked but can actually be one of the hardest questions I could ev...
The pressure you feel to keep âtemporarilyâ postponing your life is not coming from your external circumstances.
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If youâre sick of wondering why you struggle to find the time and energy for work a...
Wish you could hang on to that holiday feeling?
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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 weâre left back where ...
Itâs time to heal. Itâs time to celebrate. Itâs time to start living again.
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Media and marketing messages have always tended to be doom laden but the deliberate misuse of evidence-based psychology ...
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 b...
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. Hereâs why.
The human mind is hard-wir...
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 thos...
Overwhelmed by âshouldsâ and âbettersâ?
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Sometimes we can overwhelm ourselves. Noticing this gives us power to get out of overwhelm.
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Looking back, it was the âshoudlingâ myself, the need to kee...
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 fi...
Want to get your life back from that exhausting struggle between trying to hold together the life youâve worked so hard to create and actually enjoy it?
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Start by taking your waking moments back.
...Time is not an excuse
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Episode 31 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast is now live
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If you've been following this podcast for a while you'll know I have a brilliant method for getting you out of...