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The World’s Fittest Book: Why Ross Edgley’s best lesson isn’t a workout
Most fitness books end with a plan. This one doesn’t. Ross Edgley’s The World’s Fittest Book is part travel diary, part science dissertation, and part manifesto. It’s packed with stories about pulling cars, swimming around Great Britain, and borrowing lessons from...
How to Start the Process of Self-Forgiveness
A gentle, no-fluff guide to letting go, growing up, and being a little kinder to yourself.Table of Contents Why Self-Forgiveness Matters Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Ourselves? How to Actually Begin the Process Five Tools to Support You Along the Way When It...
Is all of life about breaking through the current level?
Excitement and novelty are soon replaced with boredom and commonplace. Here is where you need the mental strategies, the endurance and the support to keep going. Can you visualise the goal? Can you find the good in the situation to sustain your tenacity? Do the people...
Let go
This week, I realised again why we must let go of the things we hold onto so tightly. I could literally see the difference. And the benefit. We all have stories we hold onto. Things we “know” about ourselves to be fact. Because we lived it for so long, we keep seeing...
Your words have power. Use wisely.
Your words have power. Wake up and use it wisely. The words we use every day have an emotional weight—a weight measured in energy frequency, affecting those around it and those they are directed to. Everything in the universe is made up of energy. A specific frequency...
Simple. Not Easy. Easy to get it wrong.
Simple. Not Easy. Easy to confuse the two. It’s supposed to be the opposite of complicated and difficult. But its not. Having kids, buying a house, getting a dog, starting a business. As humans, we are good at thinking ahead; we can visualise a goal in the future to...
On relationships and boundaries
You are who you are because of other people. No one gets through this life alone. You may think your success is all yours, but we often forget how many people helped us along the way. If you look closely, you will see that every step of your journey has been because...
When was the last time you got really upset by something?
“Why should anyone bother to expand the ability to trust more deeply? Because when you trust wholeheartedly, it brings tremendous comfort and joy, even while you know it may not last forever.” - Cynthia Lynn Wall Our emotions colour everything we do. They can also...
Hard work, talent and this trait get you the finish line
Before we dive into today’s edition, I wanted to thank you for giving me your time. It’s incredible to know you are out there, taking the time to read this. I have been thinking about writing a book for years, and so this is me doing instead of thinking. One week at a...
How to win next week: 10 tiny habits to transform your Monday to Friday
I have encountered hundreds of tips, tricks, and hacks in my years studying self-development. I have also gone through phases of going all out, trying everything, right through to clearing everything out, and simply going by feel. I found that my habits have changed...
How to use life’s contrast to know what you want
“The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know what you want and believe you can have it.” — Norman Vincent Peale. For this first edition of the newsletter, I want to talk to you about the contrast of life. If your life is drifting aimlessly, it’s...
Invite the Uncomfortable: How to Develop a Growth Mindset and Achieve Your Goals
Specific times during the year make it easy to step back and take stock. January, a birthday, a particular holiday – these times are vital if you want to improve your life. These improvements are often tied to how you see life, your ideas about yourself, and your...
The Power of Servant Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change and Success
In today's fast-paced and competitive society, servant leadership is replacing the traditional top-down leadership model with a more effective and inclusive approach. Being a servant leader is based on integrity and humility that inspires positive change and drives...
Breaking Free: Toxic coping mechanisms and what to do instead
Why do people love Fridays? Everyone has their favourite coping mechanisms after a long week. The end of the workweek. The start of the weekend. Not having to deal with the boss or the deadlines. Time to relax, stop at the drive-through, have a drink, play sports,...
Incredible how I keep realising this fact about knowledge over and over…
When I was a kid, I was like a super-sleuth, always curious about how things worked. I loved knowing about nature, science, planets – you name it. I was like a knowledge sponge, soaking up facts and ideas everywhere. School was like a big game. I wanted to learn the...
Evolving for Success: The Relationship Between Personal Growth and Goal Attainment
It’s all connected. That goal you want to reach, is going to need all of you to grow. The growth you are going to need is connected to everything you are. Every part of your life. You are what you decide to think, and what you decide to do every day. You decide every...
How I (recently) learned (again) to deal with negative thoughts in 4 steps
Last year, I successfully completed my honours degree in Psychology. It was one of the most challenging yet fulfilling experiences I've had. I was part of a fantastic class, with plans to apply for Masters. However, I didn't get accepted into the ones I applied for....
How to stop just embracing the grind: Real value has real value!
What has real value in your life? What is truly important to you? Above the trivial, what is a constant in your life? Did you work on that today? As you get to the end of the day, tired, wired and just wanting to be done with the to-do list, it’s often something I...
Mind-Reading Magic: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Active Listening in Your Workplace
Understanding the Importance of Active Listening In today's fast-paced work environment, active listening has emerged as a key driver of success. By truly hearing and understanding our colleagues, we create an environment of collaboration, empathy, and creativity. How...
Vaporising procrastination: How to start doing when you don’t feel like it
How do you do it? Listening to how you feel is the problem. Using IF/THEN logic doesn’t work. Why not? Because your brain wants to keep things exactly as they are. Safe, comfortable. Even if that is uncomfortable, at least it’s known. Preserve the energy you have...
Whose leading the leader? A few (short) questions
If you say you want to inspire your team so they can be better leaders, taking initiative, taking ownership of their results - what are you doing to create that environment? Do you struggle to connect with them? What are you doing to create a growth mindset in your...
How to start changing your life: Become curious!
To live a better life someday, start questioning your reality today. Do not just accept everything in your world. Start looking at things from a distance. Ask yourself: “How can I grow in this area of my life? How can I be a better version of myself at this moment?”...
Building Better Relationships at Work: The Power of Curiosity and Empathy
Unveiling Our Framework for Interactions: It all starts with curiosity As social beings, we unconsciously develop guidelines and rules about people to make our interactions smoother and more predictable. Our brains seek efficiency and conserve energy, leading us to...
Changing your mind: Do your thoughts serve you?
Believe in yourself. The person looking at you in the mirror. They’re the one you have been journeying with all your life. Give that person a high five for making it this far. “It’s just me and you, all the way!” All those thoughts you keep thinking, do they serve...
Expectations: Are you holding onto the past?
I keep realising that expectations greatly influence mood and energy levels and how I feel physically. As we deal with people, life, work, and relationships, we start from a framework of past experiences. When we start out in life, we learn by doing and observing the...
Your Mindfulness Journey: How to start small
Be more present. That is a statement that has been used and misused to attract attention a lot these days. You see a lot of social media experts telling you how to do it, why to do it, and how awesome it is when you do it. But being present is difficult when dealing...
What if everyone feels like an imposter?
We are often our worst critics, feeling like an imposter. Criticising ourselves for not belonging. Not being good enough. Comparing ourselves to others who we think are more successful. Looking for answers to “imposter syndrome”, I found out most people experience...
Just start with the hard things: Thoughts on doing the stuff that’s not easy
Just start with the hard things!" Sounds easier when someone else says it. Easy to say, hard to do. Popular wisdom says emotion (motivation, inspiration) and expertise will follow the action. Show up, and you will find that inspiration will show up. As an amateur or...