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Stuck In A Midlife Rut? 3 Tips To Help You Get Fired Up And Going Again.

’Curiosity killed the cat.’ Who hasn’t heard this saying? A statement aimed at self-preservation, meant to keep you safe. The downside of following that edict is you stay exactly where you are, comfortable and supposedly secure but unable to learn and improve. Yet all the evidence around you suggests that curiosity is an essential ingredient …

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Are You Finally Ready To Face Your Problems?

By Tessa Daniel

What are you avoiding? Is it having a tough conversation with a friend or dealing with your deteriorating health? Maybe it’s the reality that you’ve not been happy for years in your relationship. We all have problems we don’t want to deal with. I’ve come to think of these as thorns, an analogy I came …

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Do You Have Big Dreams? Don’t Make This Mistake.

By Tessa Daniel

How much of your life have you spent waiting? You’re waiting till you have enough time and money. You tell yourself the kids need to grow up first. You’re waiting to feel ready. You side-line your dreams and goals, thinking that what you need is somewhere in the future, an opportunity that is yet to …

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When Life Seems Unfair, There’s Only One Thing You Need To Decide.

By Tessa Daniel

‘Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.’ ― J.R.R. Tolkien, …

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Crabs In A Bucket. How To Keep Going When They Try To Hold You Back.

By Tessa Daniel

I was catching up with an old work colleague the other day, we hadn’t spoken in a while. She’d been overweight most of her adult life, but a recent health scare had finally convinced her to do something about it. By making small changes to her diet and gradually increasing her physical activity the weight …

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When Life Throws You Lemons These Three Questions Can Help You Move Forward.

By Tessa Daniel

‘When life throws you lemons, make lemonade.’ ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ ‘Every disappointment is a blessing.’ How often have you heard these sayings or some variation of them? They’re meant to make you feel better but it’s pretty hard to see the positive when your world’s falling apart right? Not to mention the challenges …

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How To Get Off The Well-Trodden Path To A Mediocre Life. (A great life probably won’t happen by chance.)

By Tessa Daniel

I think it was Thomas Edison who said: ‘If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.’ I remember trying to explain that to my daughter a few years ago when she insisted she didn’t have to do her homework because she found the subject too difficult. In her …

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He Who Dares Wins! Will You?

By Tessa Daniel

You’ve probably heard the phrase: ‘He who dares wins’ and maybe you think it’s about having the courage to take on the most awe-inspiring feats. Like climbing Mount Everest or jumping out of an aeroplane. Those things sound pretty amazing but they’re not what I mean. I’m talking about the fears you live with every …

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Adopt This One Practice And Start Reclaiming Your Life Today.

By Tessa Daniel

You know you have a problem when you’ve stopped doing the things you love to do. You don’t see your friends anymore, your family life is suffering and you just can’t find the time to do all the things you want to. And I know you have responsibilities and commitments you’ve signed up to. There …

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Nine Obstacles To Creating Lasting Change And How To Finally Overcome Them.

By Tessa Daniel

Another year is gone and maybe you’re looking back with disappointment. You just haven’t achieved as much as you wanted to. At the beginning of the year, you had visions of a whole new you yet nearly twelve months later you haven’t managed to make it happen. What’s worse this time is you actually started …

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