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24/04/2020

7 Secrets to Keeping Your Mindfulness Practice Alive Through Lockdown

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When life is moving in a brand new flow, it can be tricky to hold on to our mindfulness practice no matter how committed you are. The world of lockdown means very different things to different people – for some…

17/04/2020

Self-Care During Solo Isolation

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“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” – Bell Hooks on isolation and connecting with the self…

10/04/2020

6 Mindful and Creative Activities for the Whole Family

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“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life” – Matthew Quick, ‘The Silver Linings Playbook’ Truthful and meaningful connection with your family can be encouraged and built in a number of ways, but…

03/04/2020

New to Working from Home? 6 Top Tips

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“Most people working for themselves have achieved work-life imbalance.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana We have quickly been plunged into a world where many, many more of us now work from home. Many of those many people will have always thought about what an idyllic idea…

20/03/2020

Conscious Ways to Develop Empathy

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“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver on Empathy Empathy…

13/03/2020

Food Prep Tips: Your Workplace Lunch

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“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” – Orson Welles How many times have you planned to make yourself a nourishing, delicious home-made lunch for work only to forget and end up buying the same…

06/03/2020

Working Parents: 6 Tips for Maintaining A Healthy Work/Life Balance

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“There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.” – Alain de Botton Finding the balance between life and work is a delicate and ongoing task. This balance fluctuates and topples throughout our lives, some…

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21/02/2020

Workplace Wellbeing: Techniques for Energy and Motivation

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“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.” – Zig Ziglar, ‘Raising Positive Kids in A Negative World’ Keeping yourself energised and motivated is tricky. Even in…

14/02/2020

Mindful Living: Home Decoration

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“Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love,” – Nate Berkus on Home Decoration Home is where the heart is… so they say! I know that my home is my…

07/02/2020

Self Love on Valentine’s Day: Some Ideas

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“Today’s Valentine’s Day. There’s a whole day devoted solely to love. Does that make any sense? Nah. Love makes us all crazy. But it’s fun too.” – Lisa Greenwald, ‘Sweet Treats and Secret Crushes’ Love makes the world go round. Love…