‘Motivation’ Category
Power of the Pen
Do you find it hard to communicate? Do you forget ideas or people’s names easily? Are your time management skills poor? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above – start journaling. All you need is some paper and a pen and the intention to transfer what’s in your mind onto the paper – [...]
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Celebrating the Wins – Jade Matheson
This week I heard something that inspired and uplifted me. One of my good friends, yoga students and Elevate Community members, Jade Matheson emailed this week to say she was doing pretty well. She’d just completed the Michelle Bridges Body Transformation and happened to lose 10.3 kgs doing it. First of all: yeeeeeuuww! Well done [...]
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Calling all Elevate Runners
Run, run, run… I recently met with two of our Elevate community members, Annabelle and Jade who love to get their run on! We’re cheering for you girls! This sequence was designed with them in mind but we wanted to share with all. Dedicate five minutes after your run to earn greater mobility, faster recovery [...]
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Learners are Earners.
“The ability to learn is the one common trait for every successful person I know” say’s Jeff Immelt, the CEO and chairman of one of the largest and most profitable companies on the globe; General Electric. Immelt says; “The world is moving quickly and we all must keep learning and growing.” If you ask him [...]
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The Dreamers & the Do-ers: All things created twice.
“All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things” - Steven Covey. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Two acts of creation. Two separate and very different skills. All things are created once in the clouds of your mind, then must be created [...]
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Sharpen The Saw
A man stands in the forest with his wood saw and begins to saw at a large tree with the hopes of conquering it and bringing it down quickly. He saws and saws and saws and saws… and saws. Soon the man begins to tire and his blade becomes blunt. A woman is walking through [...]
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Use Time Wiseley. We Never Get it Back.
I have been training for an endurance running event for the last 13 weeks. A 45km trail run through the Blue Mountains – the longest event I have ever entered. The event was scheduled for this coming Saturday however, due to the incredible amount of rain Sydney has seen lately, my ultra-marathon has been cancelled. [...]
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Practice Self-Compassion – Create your inner Cheerleader!
Do you have an inner heckler or a cheerleader? I’m betting that you probably have a bit of both, and in the areas that you’re struggling, your heckler is loud as hell! The heckler is your inner critic. You will notice it by the words you tell yourself or think to yourself: “Should”, “Must”, “Have [...]
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Exercise as a treatment for depression? What the?
The jury is out folks: Studies have found that as little as 16 weeks of regular exercise is equally as effective as antidepressant medication in the treatment of depression. Whether you are pumping out a power walk or dropping the dumb-bells like they’re hot; regular cardiovascular exercise and/or weight training will significantly improve your symptoms [...]
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The Momentum of Achievement
Well, we finally did it. We pulled off our first event! After a good 6 months of planning, a soft launch to spread the word and lots and lots and lots of Facebook reminders, Elevate Events held our very first public event last Saturday morning and if I do say so myself; it was excellent! [...]
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