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How to Live and Work in Your Zone of Genius: Your Strengths are More Than Just the Things You’re Good At
Discover how to live and work in your unique zone of genius for greater levels of fulfilment, success, and professional happiness! #strengths #strengthsanalysis #zoneofgenius #findyourstrengths #positivepsychology
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What I Learned From an Astoundingly Bad Therapy Session: And 5 Qualities We All Crave in a Good Mentor
In my early thirties, I was going through a really tough time. I was suffering from chronic fatigue and lingering illnesses while trying to hold down a high-pressure career as a Consulting Engineer. I would wake up in a state of dread about the day ahead;...
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The Art of Purposeful Living: How to Live and Work in Alignment with Your Personal Truth
There’s a path that's perfect for you… let me help you find it. – Kate De Jong It’s been seven years now since I left my corporate career and took the leap of faith to follow my heart. When I finally realised that I not only wanted, but needed, to quit...
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How to be a Mother and Successfully Grow a Business and Family at the Same Time
Being a working mother requires an almost supernatural ability to keep dozens of balls in the air simultaneously. And if you’re a Mother who’s chosen to grow your own business while simultaneously raising children, you’ve taken on the ultimate challenge....
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Why is it So Hard To Find a Career You Love? 5 Powerful Tips for Finding Your Perfect Professional Path
I’m sure you’ve heard the famous quote allegedly said by Confucius, the Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher who lived more than 2500 years ago. Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work another day in your life. – Confucius It sounds...
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The Way of a Heart-Centered Changemaker: 10 Rules for Creating Positive Social Change From the Inside Out
As featured in THRIVE GLOBAL on June 29 2018. I see you. There’s an inextinguishable fire in your belly to make a positive difference. Maybe you don’t fully understand why, but you feel it, without a doubt. You know the world’s predicament and you wish...
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When Struggle and Confusion Turns to Clarity and Confidence: How the ArtMark Experience Worked Its Magic in My Business
Those of you who run your own business know how critical it is to be able to articulate clearly who you are, what you do, for whom, and why. And yet it also happens to be one of the most difficult things to do. When I first felt the call to step out of...
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Relax, You Are Exactly Where You’re Meant to Be: A Powerful Lesson in Trusting the Flow of Life.
“Everything is unfolding exactly as it should. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be.” That’s what several well-intentioned people said to me (or words to that effect) when I was in the middle of my ‘dark night of the soul’, more than seven years ago....
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The Gift of Self-Awareness That Will Make You Soar in Business & Life
People who are self-aware have been shown to be lead happier, more fulfilled, and more successful lives. And did you know that 95% of people think they’re self-aware, but only 10-15% actually are? Read on to find out why, and how you can become one of the rare 10-15% who enjoy happier lives. #self-awareness #emotionalintelligence #personalitytests
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Pathfinding: How to Find Your Unique Professional Path & Purpose
Learn about the four critical components that are essential to creating a professional life you love. If you want to make a difference in the world while doing work you love, then this article is for you #purpose #findyourpurpose #professionalpurpose #bigwhy #lifepurpose
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Tired of Procrastinating? Try These 6 Powerful Tips to Overcome it Now
Are you tired of getting stuck in procrastination? Find out the real reasons why you’re procrastinating and learn 6 powerful strategies to overcome it. Start stepping up to your full potential and hitting your milestones out of the ball park! #procrastination #procrastinating #effectiveness #productivity #efficiency #motivation #inspire #empower #liveyourbestlife
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Create A Life You Love: How to Set Powerful, Heart-Centered Goals That Work
There is a definite art to setting goals that uplift, inspire and motivate us to be our best selves. The most critical element is that they be heart-centered and aligned with our genuine, authentic desires. Read on to find out how to set powerful goals that actually work in 6 easy steps.
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7 Ways to Be an Inspiring Leader in Small Business
Those of us who choose to be a small business owner are in some way required to step into leadership, even if we’re not explicitly aware of it. This article explains how we can become inspiring leaders in small business.
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A Radically Different Approach to Business Planning: Explode Your Impact with Business Artistry Principles
Jeffrey Davis’ QUEST 4-week process is a revolutionary process for setting meaningful goals for the year ahead (New Year’s goal setting). Find out how #WeQuest to make the year ahead the best ever.
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7 Powerful Strategies to Help You Get Through Those Days When You Just Want to Give Up on Your Dream
Some days it all just feels too hard, and sometimes those days come with increasing frequency. I’m coming to realise it’s part of the natural cycle of things. Here’s what I do to pull myself out of them.
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How to Create More of What You Want Using the Law of Attraction – Part 2
This is Part 2 of two articles on how to use the amazing discoveries made in Quantum Physics in our own lives to experience greater levels of abundance, flow and happiness. But to do that you first need to understand how it all works. Read on to find out with minor adjustments in your habits and life, you can create everything you’ve dreamed of and more.
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Bridging Science and ‘Woo-Woo’: Two Scientific Discoveries and Five Great Leaders Changing How We View the World
Science is now helping us emerge from the cultural trance that haves us believe we are just our physical bodies and there is nothing beyond the physical senses. Scientific breakthroughs are confirming what ancient spiritual teachers have been saying for thousands of...
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How to Create More of What You Want Using the Law of Attraction – Part 1
In this blog article I summarise the most critical discoveries that have been made in Quantum Physics in recent decades and how to use those discoveries to create the life you want. Once you know how the Universal Laws operate, you can consciously harness them to improve your life and the life of those around you.
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What is a Virtual Assistant and Why Might You Need One?
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT A trusted asset who takes away your frustrations by completing the tasks you don't want to do, letting you focus on what you love. It can be so hard when you’re starting your own business, or running a ‘side hustle’ alongside your main...
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The Power of Purpose and How to Thrive in the Emerging Purpose Economy
Learn how purposeful businesses are leading the way and shaping the new economy.
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The Art of Unlearning: 5 Powerful Myths I Had to Unlearn to Build a Life I Love
In 2017 I was fortunate to work alongside 10 powerhouse female entrepreneurs to create the much-anticipated anthology THE ART OF UNLEARNING: CONSCIOUS CHOICES FOR EMPOWERED LIVING. This beautiful book collaboration explores the art of 'unlearning' all the...
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Letter to a Novice Expat Wife: The Surprising Truths of Expat Life That No-One Warns You About
Expat life can be a wild ride filled with fun, laughs, adventure, good times and perhaps most of all – challenge. It’s guaranteed to push you out of your comfort zone, confront you with your own shortcomings and force you to grow in ways you hadn’t expected. I...
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The Healing Code: How to Reclaim Your Health & Well-Being in Three Powerful Steps
The Healing Code proposes a revolutionary concept of health and healing: That the majority of our physical symptoms, illness, and disease are created through our emotions. While the concept of healing your body through healing your emotional pain is certainly not...
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Peaceful Heart: 7 Powerful Steps to Cultivate True Inner Peace
One of the keys to enjoying life to its fullest and experiencing lasting happiness is our ability to maintain inner peace, even in the face of challenging or hurtful situations. Do you find yourself getting knocked off-centre regularly by different people and/or...
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Finding Your Inner Compass: The Most Powerful Guidance You’ll Ever Need is Right There in Your Heart
If you're feeling stuck or confused about a particular life challenge, it's easy to feel even more confused when you start looking for answers, because everyone has a different opinion about what you 'should' do. Friends and family have their own...
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The Gift in the Struggle: How to Find Your Purpose in the Pattern of Your Most Difficult Challenges
Are you still trying to find your professional purpose? Try these powerful questions – they may just give you the answers you need.
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What’s Your Bliss? How to Find the Career You Love So You’ll Never ‘Work’ Another Day
Why is it so hard for so many of us to find a career path we love? Most of us have heard the famous quote allegedly said by Confucius, the Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher who lived more than 2500 years ago. "Choose a job you love and...
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The Moment of Clarity: How Do You Know When it’s Time to Follow Your Heart?
I remember the moment so clearly. I was sitting on the terrace of a beautiful outdoor cafe in a leafy green suburb right on the beach. The warm sun was gently caressing my shoulders and there was a gentle breeze in the air. I'd just been for a swim in...
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Quitting the Rat Race: 5 Reasons to Break Free and Build Your Own Business
If you're one to keep an eye on the latest trends around the world, it probably hasn't escaped your attention that there's a steadily rising number of people quitting the 'rat race' to build their own business. The combination of shifting personal...
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The Art of Being Yourself: 5 Ways to Embrace Authenticity as Your Way of Life
I spent the first 35 years of my life trying to live up to the expectations of others, trying to be what I thought others wanted me to be. I struggled and pushed myself relentlessly through studies and a career that wasn’t aligned with my natural...
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On the Topic of ‘Toxic People’ … and How to Make Sure You’re Not One of Them!
If you do a quick Google search on 'toxic people', the overwhelming advice you'll find is to cut these people out of your life. But that's easier said than done in most cases, especially if these so-called ‘toxic’ people are family, colleagues or other...
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Over the Hill and Loving It! Six Ways to Embrace Life After Forty
Like all big milestones in life, my fortieth birthday really got me thinking and reflecting. Unlike the months leading up to my thirtieth birthday that were filled with dread, resistance, and melancholy, I felt strangely at peace about turning forty and even a sense...
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Family Drama! Three Ways to Survive Those Dreaded Family Reunions
Do you look forward to Christmas family reunions or do you dread them? If it’s the latter, read on to find out three ways you make the process more comfortable for yourself.
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Parisian Luxury & Korean Chaos: A Tale of Two Radically Different Birthing Experiences
From the luxury and comfort of a French maternity hospital to the hustle and chaos of a South Korean birthing clinic, my two birthing experiences couldn't have been more different! I hadn’t quite realised at the time just how spoilt I was to be giving...
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Are you Struggling to Forgive? Try a Little ‘Radical Forgiveness’
I’ve always felt a definite resistance to those who advise that the key to happiness and inner peace is to simply forgive all the people who have wronged or wounded you. It sounds noble and virtuous and I’m sure all of us would love to be able to release...
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Embrace the Chaos: How to Survive When Life Throws You a Curve Ball
First published May 2014 At six months pregnant with a toddler starting at daycare a few days a week, I was finally about to enjoy some long-awaited peace and 'normality' before the arrival of number two. Until ... my two-year-old fell off his scooter...
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Looking for the Silver Lining: How to Find the Goodness in Difficult Times
First published May 2014 Every once in a while when life seems to be sailing along pretty smoothly, we can get thrown a curve ball that stirs things up a little ... and well, sometimes a lot. We’ve all encountered those really difficult, uncomfortable...
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Create Your Dream Job! How to Get Unstuck in Your Career with Life Design Principles
Job hunting can be one of the most soul-destroying, confidence-zapping processes to go through. If you’re currently without work or stuck in a job you hate, then I’m sure you know how depressing the whole job-hunting process can feel. You troll the...
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Open Heart, Big Fence: 5 Strategies for Strong Boundaries in Life
How do we keep an open, loving heart, while also protecting our own well-being? ‘Healthy boundaries’ is a term I only became familiar with in my thirties. Becoming aware of the whole concept of 'boundaries' was a revelation for me, particularly when I realised that...
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The Art of Dreaming Big: How to Harness Your Imagination and The Law of Attraction to Create What You Want
I recently experienced first-hand how the magic of the Law of Attraction can work in our lives. I recently completed a fantastic course for entrepreneurs and business owners called 'Profit Quest' by Jeanna Gabellini at Masterpeace Coaching. Her tagline that drew me...
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You’re a Hero! How to Find Meaning & Purpose in Your Life with The Hero’s Journey
In my mid-thirties I was in a very dark place. Life felt heavy, overwhelming and hopeless. My heart ached constantly and every morning I struggled to get out of bed, tired of the continuous sadness, depletion, and exhaustion that plagued my life. Nothing made sense...
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Soul-Care: 10 Ways to Comfort Yourself in Times of Overwhelm
These are the strategies I wish I'd known about back when I was in the middle of my challenging, dark years of fatigue and overwhelm. When I was in my mid-twenties to early thirties I suffered from a mystery illness that could only be explained by medical doctors as...
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Forget IQ Tests. Here Are the Real Reasons Why People Succeed.
Have you ever felt constrained by a label? Or been unfairly compared to others? I felt compelled to write this article because I’ve seen the destructive forces of labels playing out in the lives of many people close to me and I’ve felt them acutely myself. Labels...
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QUEST 2017: A Profound Approach to Plan an Impactful Year Ahead
For the first time ever, this year I joined an inspiring group of wide-minded, visionary entrepreneurs in Jeffrey Davis’ Quest 2017: 12 Principles to do Business as Unusual – a powerful approach to planning the year ahead that involves weekly writing prompts to invoke...
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Fate or Coincidence? Reflections on the Random – or Not So Random? – Nature of Life
Have you ever had one of those moments in life where you’re moving along in a certain direction, thinking you know where you’re headed, and then boom! Suddenly something comes out of left field and not only changes your direction but changes the entire course of...
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The Rise of 4 Different Species of Entrepreneurs. Which One Are You?
When I was growing up I rarely heard of the term ‘entrepreneur’ and when I did, it usually referred to one of those unique people who had managed to make millions out of business-savviness and clever risk-taking. My Dad knew a few of those people and they always...
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What Does it Mean To Be True To Yourself? My Personal Journey of Finding My True Voice & Path
What does it mean to be true to yourself? This question has fascinated me ever since a recent epiphany I had on this very topic. I realised suddenly that so many years of struggle and pain I had endured were because I had been living an inauthentic life. It was...
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