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Making A Comeback

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Making A Comeback

It’s Been A Long Time

The last time I published something new on my blog was in June 2018. That’s over 8 months ago and makes me feel really sad 🙁 .

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela

That’s not to say that I haven’t been writing or that I haven’t been active on other areas of my Achieve Your Best Life channels. If you follow me on other social media platforms, then you’ll know that I have been putting fresh content out, intermingled with my older ‘evergreen’ blogs. [Read more…] about Making A Comeback

How To Recover From A Lost Day

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How To Recover From A Lost Day

How often have you felt frustrated by a lack of progress and feel like you have lost a day?

It’s the end of the day. A day when things just haven’t gone your way. You feel defeated and discouraged and flop onto the sofa or into bed and just want the world to go away. Your emotions are negative and you’re in danger of carrying that whole load of negativity into the next day.

But wait! Don’t do that. Avoid the temptation to tarnish a shiny, bright new tomorrow with today’s problems.

Instead, do a little work now to lift the mood so you can settle into relaxation and a restful sleep and recharge yourself ready for a better day tomorrow! [Read more…] about How To Recover From A Lost Day

Do You Struggle to Love Yourself?

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Do You Struggle to Love Yourself?

Posed with a question like this, we imagine it means something like looking in the mirror and not being repulsed by the person who stares back at us!  That may sound a bit strong, but for some people, this could well be the case, but, as that person stares back at you, do you ever take the time to actually ask yourself why you struggle to love yourself?

There are many obvious, but many more subtle ways that we may struggle to love ourselves. We may not like our physical appearance for superficial reasons, but, the real reasons are usually buried a bit deeper. Some may just be below the surface, whilst others may be buried deep within our psyche. What’s more, we may not be keen to delve that deep.

Let’s take a look at some of the ways you might struggle to love yourself and then consider what can be done to lift that burden slightly. [Read more…] about Do You Struggle to Love Yourself?

The Reason You’re Not Achieving Personal Goals

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Could This Be The Reason You’re Not Achieving Personal Goals?

I’m challenging you, right now, to read right to the end…you’ll understand why when you get there 😉 .

I’ve written a lot of posts on achieving personal goals, including my monthly personal progress updates which chronicles my progress with each of the goals I set in January. But whilst these posts may be useful, entertaining and (hopefully) inspiring, you might still be struggling with actually achieving personal goals.

Resolutions and good intentions aside, we all know that it can be difficult to not just set goals, but to actually work consistently to finally see the outcome we’ve been striving for. On the surface we often say that we haven’t got enough time or money to be able to work on our goals, but sometimes it’s not about time or money, sometimes our lack of action runs much deeper.

This is the first in a short series of posts that will explore some of the less obvious reasons why you’re not achieving personal goals.  Today I’m looking at one of these possible reasons.  Carry on reading to find out if it resonates with you and what you can do about it.

You’re not achieving personal goals because… [Read more…] about The Reason You’re Not Achieving Personal Goals

5 Tips For Creating a Sense of Wellbeing

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Many of us struggle on a daily basis with creating a sense of wellbeing. Often our internal monologue feeds us a stream of pessimism, beating us up over the things we haven’t done, reminders of our failures along with thoughts of the people we think we’ve offended and a list of ‘should haves’ which could equal a telephone directory. We then supplement this with a daily dose of ‘news’ just to make sure that we haven’t missed anything worthy of our negative attention.

Naturally this isn’t going to do much to improve our sense of wellbeing. That elusive feeling of calmness, balance, control or serenity, to name but a few adjectives which the word ‘wellbeing’ might conjure up for you.

But there are ways you can regain or create a sense of wellbeing, and they are well worth the effort of doing. Because creating a sense of wellbeing has a profound knock on effect for your life and also has the added benefit of being cumulative. By that, I mean the more you do it, the more you get! Win-win!

So if you’re in need of a boost to your sense of wellbeing, try some or all of these tips. Work them into your daily routine and remind yourself often (we sometimes just forget to do these things) so that you can maintain your sense of wellbeing over the long term. [Read more…] about 5 Tips For Creating a Sense of Wellbeing

Mental Strength – Is it Necessary?

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mental strengthWe all know someone who exhibits mental strength. Indeed, we may feel that we are someone who has mental strength. But what exactly is it? We instinctively know that it relates to the ability to tough it out whether in difficult circumstances or when we’re trying to succeed at something that is challenging. We may also consider resilience to be a key attribute of mental strength or it could be displayed in people with a positive attitude.  Still others might be tenacious, whatever the circumstances.

For me, the definition of ‘fortitude’ gives a pretty good description of what I consider mental strength to be (taken from dictionary.com):

mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

But whatever definition of mental strength you use, there are a number reasons why it’s important to improve mental strength.

Mental Strength will give you the ability to keep moving

Being tenacious is a major contributing factor to the success of your goals. Life will always throw obstacles, challenges and difficulties in our way. From the birthday buns at work, to the heavy rain when you’ve planned a run or a hike.  From the red tape slowing your career progress, to illnesses, and challenging relationships which take up more of our time than we anticipate.

Add to that our own inclination to be scared, fearful or just plain lazy and the need for mental strength becomes obvious. [Read more…] about Mental Strength – Is it Necessary?