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How to Get into Flow State – and get stuff done

One of the most satisfying and rewarding moments of my life is when I am in flow state. Being immersed in flow state gives rise to creativity, innovation and a feeling of incredible…
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Someone Called Me Ugly and I Didn’t Believe Them

I would like to celebrate a milestone with you all today. Something that I never thought would ever happen… but it did! Someone called me ugly, and I didn’t believe them. I know for some…
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Time is Not the Enemy – our view of it is

Many of us have a poor relationship with time. We seem to always never have enough time; time to play, to work, to spend time with our family or time for ourselves. So we start to see time as…
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How to Recognize Insecurities – 8 ways to grow

One of the most difficult things to do in our lifetime is to recognize our insecurities. After all, our insecurities are defined by a lack of confidence or uncertainty, something that makes…
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Mindfulness Sleep Techniques – 7 ways to fall asleep fast

What’s the secret to falling asleep quickly? A healthy diet, good exercise and a nourished mind. What’s the secret to a nourished mind? Mindfulness sleep techniques! We all know…
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The Beauty in Random Connections – how stranger talk can make us happier

We thrive on social connections. We love to hang out and spend time with our loved ones, friends, family and colleagues. They enrich our lives with a sense of fulfilment and great happiness.…
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Meditation for Productivity – how mindfulness can help our performance

Did you know that sitting still can make us more productive? That is, meditation for productivity can be far superior to all of our other attempts at trying to be productive like downloading…
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The Happiness Destination – how can we get there?

Many of us grow up with the idea of the happiness destination. A place in time and space where we can finally be happy. A place where we can finally fulfil this constitutional human goal of…
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The Body Scan – the ultimate relaxation tool

For long time meditators and mindfulness devotees, the body scan will be a familiar and much loved practice. The body scan is the ultimate relaxation tool; it harmonises the entirety of the…
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Spiritual Benefits of Waking Up Early – how one early hour could change your life

Early birds rejoice and late risers… I guess waking up early is something for us to ponder about. There are so many spiritual benefits of waking up early in the morning. Experiencing one…
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3 Day Compassion Challenge

We would like to invite you to join this 3 day compassion challenge where you can learn how to be compassionate in your everyday life. Compassion is easily one of the most powerful things out…
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A Comfortable Discomfort – why this is an essential skill to learn

A comfortable discomfort is an oxymoron for the ages. But as contradictory as it sounds, learning to live with uncertainty or to be comfortable in the face of discomfort is an essential skill…
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The Most Basic of Self-Care List – for when you absolutely don’t feel like doing anything

There is no denying that self care lists are everywhere! Especially with the recent pandemic, everyone has been trying to prioritise their mental health and indulging in some self care is the…
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How Mindfulness Changed My Life – how it could change yours too

Mindfulness has become a bit of a buzzword in recent years. We hear it everywhere now, it is backed up by scientific evidence, heaps of mindfulness apps are on the market – it’s…
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Meaningful Connections – 6 ways to create them (free worksheet)

We have a longing desire to create meaningful human connections. These interactions bring us immense fulfilment and happiness. However, many of us find it hard to form genuine connections with…
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Create Habits with Kindness – it matters more than we think

When we try to create good habits, we’re often too hard on ourselves. We demand things from ourselves and become frustrated when we don’t deliver. This puts us in a bad mood, we become…
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The Fear of Missing Out – what to do when you’re feeling fomo (free worksheet)

Many of us have probably experienced the fear of missing out at least once in our lifetime. When we choose to prioritise something at the expense of another opportunity, we get that feeling.…
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I Have Less Friends But I’m Happier Than Ever

We’ve been told our entire lives that the more friends we have, the happier we are. It’s been embedded in our minds since we were young that the lonely kid is somehow less than the…
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Excusing Our Way into Compassion – how to live compassionately

Excuses are part of life. They’re often seen in a negative light because excuses are given when we don’t meet expectations – that of our own and other’s. The excuses may be true, half…
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Rejuvenate Your Mind – 10 ways to restart

There will be days when we don’t feel too good about ourselves or we’re just beyond burnt out from our life commitments. Our feelings are all over the place, our mind is cloudy and…
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Everyday Mindfulness for Beginners – 5 practical tips to help you in daily life

The practice of mindfulness isn’t just limited to sitting down and meditating. Mindfulness is something we can bring into every aspect of our lives on a day-to-day basis. It helps us go…
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How to Use Social Media Mindfully – 10 ways to connect

I’m a big believer in using social media mindfully. There is no denying that social media has become a huge part of our lives with over 3.6 billion people using it worldwide. It’s…
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The Power of Expectations – why it’s hurting us

Think back to a time when you recently felt hurt, disappointed, angry, frustrated or annoyed. Now explore the reasons why you might’ve had these emotions. In most cases, we feel these…
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How to Time Travel – it’s not a race against the clock

We marvel at the idea of time travel. Moving forwards or backwards in time, it’s something beyond our imaginable belief, yet it’s so intriguing to our minds. But I like to think that we’re…
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Connect Mindfully with Social Media – don’t let it control your life

Most of us have a love-hate relationship with social media. We love it because it’s basically the ‘new world’ way of communicating and it’s an awesome one at that. We…
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How to be Happy – the ball is always in your court

The quest for happiness is never ending. There are endless ways to achieve a life of contentment and joy. One of those ways is to learn and accept that the ball is always, always in your…
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Feeling Exhausted? – 5 mindful ways to deal with tiredness

The most common reply I receive from my family and friends when I ask them how they are is “I’m tired”. It seems like everyone is always tired and sometimes I can really see it in their eyes.…
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My Obsession with Consumerism – how I got over it

The Blanket Consumerism is a blanket. One that we throw over the insecurities of our lives with the hope that we’ll never have to deal with them again. We love how soft the blanket feels…
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Facing Our Insecurities – the first step

We all have insecurities. As humans, we are susceptible to our critical inner voice. It may not seem like it but there isn’t a person on this earth who doesn’t have insecurities.…
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How to Have a Productive Morning – 5 ways to welcome the day

Time in the morning flies by so quickly and by lunch time, we’re wondering what on earth did we actually do just hours before? If you’re wondering how to have a productive morning…
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Seeing the World Through Empathy

One of the most powerful things to have in the world is empathy. Empathy is the earnest and sincere cousin of sympathy. It is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another…
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Matcha Exercise with Green Tea – weight loss and toning benefits

Green tea has been shown to cause weight loss by increasing metabolism and fat breakdown as well as decreasing the digestion and absorption of fats in our stomachs and intestines. It has also…
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When I…

We all want to be the best version of ourselves. It is in our human nature to strive for the best. We all want the best career, relationship, family, friends, body and everything else in…
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Fartlek Training Examples – The Fast and Fun Way To Run

Before we get into Fartlek Training Examples, what exactly is it? Fartlek translates into “speedplay” in Swedish and it was actually first performed there in the 1930s. It is now practiced by…
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How To Do Tempo Runs And Why We Need Them

What are Tempo Runs? Tempo runs or “Anaerobic Threshold” runs are at around our highest aerobic pace. Any faster and we’ll cross into an even more anaerobic zone. Basically, it is the…
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Interval Training For Runners

Intervals – runners hate to love them and love to hate them! Interval training is simply broken down into “Repeats” and “Recovery”. “Repeats” are harder running efforts in our anaerobic…
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Recovery Run – Why They Should Be Included In Our Programs

Recovery runs are short (though sometimes long), easy runs performed in addition to our other workouts. They should be the easiest run we do and are generally performed at conversational…
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What To Do After A Run (and Before) To Get Faster

So what do we need to do before and after every run to run faster, stronger and more economical? The answer: Strides, also known as pickups, accelerations, build-ups, or striders. These are…
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Hill Running Benefits – Why We Have To Do Repeats!

Let’s have a chat about Hill Running Benefits. There are a host of them but yet hills remain dreaded by most road runners. Some even actively avoid them sometimes. Hills can immediately…
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Aerobic Base Training >> How to Run Faster and Longer

Back in the 1960s, Legendary New Zealand running coach Arthur Lydiard introduced to the world of running the art of training slow to race faster. He did this in the most emphatic manner by…
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Long Running >> Our Sunday Mornings Sorted

Long Running Workouts are the foundation of training for all keen runners. It is generally performed on the weekends and typically on a Sunday simply because local races or key intense…
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