Do something EVERY day to balance out the external stress with internal calm.
You deserve to enjoy your life, not feel overwhelmed or constantly stressed by it.
How do you approach self-care?
For so many people taking care of themselves may include sweating it out at the gym 3 times a week, having a pampering massage once a month, or taking a morning walk every day.
These are wonderful practises to take care of your physical body, but what about the rest of you?
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For far too long the medical establishment dismissed the interdependent and influential relationship of the mind and body as a complementary whole, where thoughts have the power to influence physical and chemical changes within the body.
There is no more influential life stage than childhood when these patterns are first created.
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The human brain never falls asleep, not even at night when the body needs to recharge. Kids’ brains are incredibly active and ready to accumulate information.
To boost focus and improve memory, research shows that the best “medicine” for the brain is meditation. Once a preferred relaxation practice by Buddhist monarchs, meditation has been proven to improve brain function and promote concentration, inner self-awareness, and self-discipline.
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The meaning that certain significant events have at different times in our lives are conditioned in our mind and brain as patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
Which is why when we try to make change consciously, we often come up against some kind of resistance or sabotage that we just can’t explain.
And it’s SO frustrating when you know what to do, but you just can’t do it !!
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Self-awareness is the fundamental building block of creating, monitoring and realising change in a person’s life.
When an individual becomes aware of their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, emotions, values and behaviours in life, they take ownership of their circumstances. With this powerful commitment for growth and change, they can make more informed decisions and better momentary choices with the deeper knowledge of what they want, and what they don’t want.
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There’s a long-standing myth that we humans only use 10% of our brains.
As a youth I heard it in a movie and thought wow, we’re so lazy! I’ve definitely seen a few Facebook memes declaring it, and other’s have often repeated it from wherever they saw or heard it from too.
But is this popular myth actually true?
BIG NEWS – No, it’s not!
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The holistic coaching process is always about enhancing the quality of thinking, feeling and behaving in the context of achieving individual goals, and reaching ones’ highest potential.
Positive psychology uses a similar step-by-step system to generate more positive emotions and new brain networks to counter the stress and worry loops in the limbic system and your amygdala (perception centre of fear).
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Did you know that Conscious thought is only 5% compared to Sub-Conscious thought being 95% ??
The conscious mind can process about 40 bits of information per second; the subconscious mind can process 40 million bits of information per second!
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One of biggest fears of many aspiring to become a holistic life coach is “can I help someone if I’m
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First, let’s define what coaching is not. A coach (of any kind, unless otherwise qualified) is not: counsellor; consultant; psychologist; psychotherapist;
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There is a collective shift towards more holistic approaches in achieving a healthier, happier and more balanced life. Complementary therapies
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Self-care sometimes feels like that elusive grand prize. When you’ve finally done everything on your to-do list: once you’ve taken care of feeding the family, finished that assignment, prepared that report, or made sure everyone else’s needs are met… then maybe you’ll have time for yourself to finally relax.
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I don’t know about you but I’m finding it hard to believe that Christmas is only 5 days away. December always seems to disappear in a haze of end-of-year deadlines and festive activities.
As much as I love Christmas and the holidays, I always look forward to New Year more. Partly because of the ‘clean slate’ atmosphere (I just love that new-exercise-book, back-to-school feeling) but also partly because it means the ‘silly season’ is over for another year.
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What are you thinking right now? Stop for a moment and consciously listen to the thoughts inside your head… What
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