The gap between intent and action

EEK! What started as an idea to talk about my colourful new blog title header and how it came to be, has now got the potential to become a PhD thesis!  So I'm going to make a concerted effort to rein in my thoughts on this one... if that is at all possible!  I had intended …

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She just gets it

So I did something bold today... I told someone about this blog! Well, in all honesty, it wasn't just 'someone'.  I was always going to tell my friend, Mrs Mone about this blog, I just hadn't planned on telling her this early.  But as things happened, I did and it went down like this... Having not seen …

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Passionately curious

On Monday, I read an article written by Carly Jacobs who writes over at her blog, Smaggle. And I’ve not been able to stop thinking about it since. You know how I was talking about the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon recently? Well in addition to mindfulness, a lot of things relating to passion have been cropping up …

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Tin foil hats (or my journey towards mindfulness)

I recall having a lightbulb moment when sitting in my Buyer Behaviour 101 class back in my undergraduate uni days. My marketing lecturer began talking about the coincidences that occur during the decision making phase before a customer makes a purchase.  After listening to her explain, I remember thinking - OMG, this happens to me ALL. THE. TIME.  Here …

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A recap of 2014

Today has been a lazy day, mostly because I’ve been toddler free!!! My lovely in-laws came for an overnight visit yesterday and decided to take my eldest daughter Billie back to their place for a couple of days! She loves spending time with her Nan and Pop so there was certainly no resistance from me. …

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Fearless in 2015 

What would you do in life if you weren’t scared? If fear didn’t hold you back? I wouldn’t say that I’ve lived a fearful life. Like anybody, I have been through my fair share of ups and downs. Through phases where thought I was invincible and times where I know I didn’t push myself outside …

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