‘Resilience’ Category
Dismantling Depression
When you think about it, we can’t really afford to be depressed. This may sound a little insensitive – but hear me out. Many of you know from attending our workshops, launch or reading About me on this blog, that I’ve suffered from depression in the past. It’s one of my ‘Why’s for joining Bets [...]
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Leap of Faith
Is there something you’ve been yearning to do but just haven’t had the courage, confidence or finances? Sometimes a leap of faith is the simple yet scary answer. In a very perplexed and interested way I’ve been asked roughly the same question four times this week on separate occasions; “How did you go from a [...]
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Brene Brown on Vulnerability and Shame
If you havent seen these two talks by Researcher / Storyteller – Brene Brown, you absolutely must make the time to watch them. 20 minutes each, they will touch your heart. TED Talk on Vulnerability http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives. It’s what our life is about. Vulnerability is critical to whole-hearted [...]
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Meditation – What’s the Big Deal?
Read an article on meditation and you’re bound to come across the words ‘relaxation’, ‘enlightenment’ and ‘higher self’, right? But if you want to cut through the flowery promises of shifting something deep within I’m going to give it to you plain and straight. Neuroscientists have found that those who meditate regularly shift their brain activity to [...]
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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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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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Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
This morning has been an interesting one. I parked my car in the back lane behind my studio at 5:50am and went for a run. I was gone for less than 1 hour and when I returned, I was greeted with a big fat scratch up the side of my shiny car which covered 3 [...]
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Resilience Quotient: 10 skills that create resilience.
Why are some people able to easily bounce back and recover from life’s problems; from losing a job, to being hit by a natural disaster, while others break under the pressure and slide into emotional distress or Depression? Your resilience refers to your ability to embrace challenges, stress or setbacks. Including the ability to perform [...]
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