A Little Extra Spark
/A big welcome back to Emily, who has a little extra spark in her life now! She is now living with a condition called CRPS- and she is here to tell her story of the last year and a half.
Read MoreA big welcome back to Emily, who has a little extra spark in her life now! She is now living with a condition called CRPS- and she is here to tell her story of the last year and a half.
Read MoreIs it true, that when you look at a beautiful woman, who dances with joy, exudes passion for what she does and has a heart wide open ready to give of herself to those around her in boundless affection, genuine thoughts share stories from hard roads walked that have left her feeling raw and broken yet found freedom...
Read MoreI have asked the question before 'are you willing?' But even if you are willing, you need something more. You need to understand that it is a fight, and the fight isn't always fair, but you can and will win, if you don't give up, and you believe in why you are fighting. Will you be relentless?
Read MoreSo some of you may know about the challenge I set close to the beginning of this year, to give myself 12 months to genuinely invest into my health and wellbeing on a physical level. After years of investing emotionally, mentally and spiritually, I thought it was time to invest physically to help complete the picture.
Read MoreOn my worst days I can hear my thoughts loud and clear... Why did I procreate? Why did I recreate myself? (You'll thank me that this is the edited version. Usually there is a string of 'other' words thrown in). But seriously, some days I am screaming on the inside from the pressure I feel to be a responsible grownup, with kids!
Read MoreHave you ever come across someone painfully positive? You know... most likely whilst you were dealing with a real-life moment and they said something to you that was about as helpful as a unicorn pooping butterflies, and you wanted to slap them in the face?
Read MoreI look in the mirror and feel a little horrified by the foreign shape looking back. I used to be fit, toned, highly active; obsessed with the number of runs I had achieved, the number of hours I had worked out, the value on the scales. Many years, and two kids later, I stand in front of my reflection and pause for an honest moment for the first time in a very long time...
Read MoreI want to be free, I said. I don’t want to feel trapped, held back, restrained. I want to feel free. It wasn’t too long ago I uttered those words for the first time. And I’ve said them many times since. But what does freedom actually mean?
Read MoreRecently I read an article over at the Collective Hub by Tess Robinson, founder of Smack Bang Designs. And it was all about networking in the business world, with 9 tips that are far from your traditional schmooze-&-booze tactics. It was a really refreshing read on basically being genuine and connecting with likeminded people...
Read MoreIf you take a moment to stop and think about this journey we are on, you might come to the conclusion that it is a hard one. For those that conclude otherwise, I want to know your secret!
Read MoreA very moreish smoothie, with such wholesome (and green) ingredients!
Sometimes I just feel like a really creamy, delicious smoothie. And it can be hard to create such delight using wholesome ingredients... But I think I found the magic combination!
Read MoreBeing comfortable in my own skin is something I have never completely mastered. I've come a long way but I realised something the other day after pondering the fact that my husband and I struggle to see eye to eye on this concept –he is fabulously independent...
Read MoreIt is a common experience that as we are growing up we are encouraged to treat others like we would ourselves. In this two part blog post, I (Emily) will share my journey on how I'm learning to be kind to myself, each moment at a time.
Read MoreWhat is the goal? What are the words that will be written on your tombstone? What legacy do you want to leave behind?
All the fussing about how we look, how we feel, what we have, as we try and approach a sense of beauty, or even the fuss about how our lives look...
Read MoreChoosing to believe something wonderful about yourself is more than just a feel-good notion. It is a life-making, DNA building, neurological pathway pioneering mode of a proactive lifestyle. It is survival.
Read MoreOver the last month I have been trying to get back into the groove of things.
And that involves getting involved with one of my most challenging choices: creating habits. But not just creating habits, being aware of habits and how they effect who I am & what I want to be...
Read MoreI was just having one of those moments, that lasts longer than a moment and sort of hangs about waiting for you to either be defeated by it, or, kick it to the curb and keep on moving, onwards and upwards!
Read MoreIt is one thing to seek freedom for our own life; to let go of things holding us back. But it is on a whole new level of maturity, dignity and integrity to be able to take full responsibility for our own happiness, releasing people from any expectations we hold over them –to set them free. True freedom is actually about other people.
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