When you stop and think about it, changing your life for the better can seem like a pretty daunting task. When you stop and think about everything that needs to be done in order to not only make the changes, but make them stick, it’s really a wonder any of us ever even try! One of the best ways to get past the enormity of the task is to break everything down into baby steps. Now, I know I’ve talked about baby steps before, so yes, in a way I’m repeating myself. But, hear me out… When you’ve got … [Read more...]
Reset Your Brain: 3 Tips for Relieving Mental Stress
Do you ever have those times when your brain feels fried? You can’t think, you can’t focus, and you can’t remember what you did two minutes ago? I get times like that when I’m working too hard, or not sleeping enough. To me, it’s a sure sign of mental stress and that means it’s time to take a step back and rest a bit. It’s impossible to be productive, happy, or even remotely capable of accomplishing anything when your brain is on overdrive. It’s kind of sad that our society glamourizes busyness … [Read more...]
Attitude is Everything – 3 Tips for Taking Care of Your Attitude
When I was younger, I had a t-shirt that read “I love my attitude problem.” I was a divorced, single mother, and I really did have an attitude problem, so I wore the shirt proudly. My Dad had bought it as a joke, but to me it was, in a way, my voice. It wasn’t until I grew up a bit, moved away from home and went to university (I was 30 then) that I realized that having an “attitude problem” isn’t necessarily a good thing. Here’s the thing… your attitude, your thoughts and feelings toward the … [Read more...]
3 Myths We Tell Ourselves About Living Up to Our Potential
Did you know that according to popular belief we are, on average, only using 10% of our potential? When you stop and think about it, that’s pretty sad. We could be so much more! If we lived up to our full potential, we could be at least 10 times more productive, and 10 times more successful than we are right now. I don’t know about you, but I want that! What would 10 times more successful look like to you? I could tell you exactly what it would look like to me, mostly because I’ve been … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Why It’s Important to Take Care of Yourself
If you had to define self-care, you could say that in its simplest form, it’s really just doing the things you like, and that leave you feeling happy, healthy, and energized. There is no right or wrong way to do self-care, because it’s all about what you like doing for yourself and your personality that makes you a better person, parent, spouse, sibling, and friend. What you don’t want to do when it comes to self-care, is do things that other people think you need to do. Most people aren’t shy … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Add a Little Joy To Your Day
I’m a big believer in doing what makes your heart happy. I also believe that we can all use a little more joy in our lives. Most of the time we’re so busy with tasks and responsibilities, that the whole concept of doing something that makes your heart happy gets lost in the shuffle. The bad news that comes along with this is that a lack of joy in your daily life can lead to unhappiness, and can even have long term effects on your health. I was listening to a show on CBC Radio 1 the other … [Read more...]