As Forrest Gump said, life is a box of chocolates, and in the variety of situations we face what feels like 'bad stress' or 'good stress' for one person can be different for another. On the first of this month my grandmother, Nana Lillas, passed away. She was 94 years old. She passed away peacefully with her two daughters, two eldest granddaughters ... [Read On]
Passion can burn you out, so go easy ok?
If you love your job, if you feel as if it’s not even ‘real work’ and could do it all the live long day whether you were being paid or not, you are probably what they call ‘passionate’ about what you do. For me that expression is a very twee way of saying you LOVE what you do. It’s you living ‘on purpose’. You fired up. You with your heart ... [Read On]
How to get life the right way up this year
What do you want for yourself this year? Have you taken some time to think about this? While you ponder this, I’m going to tell you what I want for you. For you I want a year of balanced living, of feeling freedom in your week to enjoy your life while you achieve the things you want to achieve. I want peace of mind for you. I want you to enjoy ... [Read On]
5 smartphone tips to not be without these hols
Holy rollerblades, are there still a lot of people still playing slave to their technology. Just last night I was at a Chamber of Commerce event talking to a friend’s husband and he was looking at his phone as his emails flashed up on the screen. I don't like to sound like a bleeding coach when I'm socialising, but needless to say I couldn't resist ... [Read On]
Three tips for truly switching off from work
If you’re like most people, life is busy, work is full, and it’s really easy to find that come the evening a bunch of mental post-it notes are whizzing around in your head vying for your attention while you’re innocently trying to bath the kids, read a book or chop vegetables. And then there’s the frazzled, fried feeling of being too tired to deal ... [Read On]