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  • Ask And You Will Receive | A Reminder

    I’ve said this before, and no doubt I’ll say it again, but it’s hard to get what you want when you don’t ask for it. You know by now that I’m exploring spirituality and getting into setting intentions, manifestation, and generally bettering myself through new means. A common thread within this field is asking for Read more

  • Making A Change Is HARD | Give Yourself A Break

    A lot of the posts I publish on this blog are written in ‘high’ moments – as in, the times when I am feeling good about myself, motivation about my ideas and plans, or perhaps after some form of success. While I do feel like I get good content out of these moments, I also Read more

  • Should Is Sh*t, Don’t Do It To Other People

    As someone who runs this self-development blog, I’m acutely aware of the way that my content might make someone feel. I write about self-development and self-improvement so much because it is an area that I’m obsessed with. As I’ve mentioned before, most of the content I consume in my free time is within this field Read more

  • How Do You Cope? | Let’s Talk About Coping Mechanism, Again

    I spoke about coping mechanisms in my most recent post, where I was addressing one particular bad habit that I’ve developed over the years. While I don’t want to get too repetitive here, I’m not quite finished with this topic of conversation. I’ve been thinking a lot about coping mechanisms, habits, and the things we Read more

  • Why I Failed My No Buy (And Other Deliberate Acts Of Self-Sabotage)

    I made several bold statements at the end of last year regarding the changes I wanted to make to my life, health, and habits. Before the beginning of this year – doesn’t that seem like a long time ago?! – I decided that I wanted to go on a no buy for the following 12 Read more

  • How To Let Go So You Can Get What You Want | An Effective Solution Tested By A Control Freak

    If you read my post last night, you would know that I’ve been struggling with trying to control and manage a few things in my life recently. The past few weeks have felt as though all of my efforts have gone to waste because I’m not seeing any kind of results. Well, ranting and raving Read more

  • Force or Flow: How Are You Working Right Now?

    Going with the flow is something I say a lot, but I find it very hard to do in practice. I’m someone who likes to have a plan, to have things figured out, before I try them because I get too overwhelmed otherwise. While this mindset can be useful in some areas, my eyes are Read more

  • My Current Healing Ritual | To Cultivate Thoughts, Ideas and Realisations

    Now is the perfect opportunity to work on yourself and I’m currently going through a process of healing. While there is a lot of work that’s going on in the background, and so many things that I still need to learn, I thought I’d share a ritual that’s been working for me. This is a Read more

  • What If You Already Have Everything You Need?

    We can be our own worst critics. No matter how hard you work and how big you dream, chances are the gremlins in the back of your mind are always pulling you down. They will tell you that you’re not good enough, that you can’t do that, and sometimes that you’re just plain stupid. Now Read more

  • How To Give Yourself The Space To Figure Out What You Want

    We live in a noisy world. No matter where we turn we’re forced to deal with messages, news, advertisements, other people’s opinions, judgements, and so on coming at us from every direction. We carry around these devices that are constantly making noise – both literal and metaphysical – and with every tone we take in Read more

  • How Are You Living Without An Open Heart?

    How are you supposed to live without an open heart? This is a question I’ve seen loads when reading self-help and exploring things more spiritual, but I never really paid it much mind. I mean, ‘open your heart’ – what does that actually mean? In case you’re interested in astrology, I’m a Pisces sun and Read more

  • How To Return To Yourself

    If you’re reading this post right now, then there’s a good chance that – like me – you’re into self-development and making changes to your life. While this is all well and good, there comes a point in all journeys and all stages of the journey where you begin to feel stuck. Perhaps you haven’t Read more

  • Self-Acceptance Vs. Stagnancy – How To Lovingly Work On Yourself

    As you know, I’m someone who is obsessed with self-improvement – it’s the basis for this entire website after all! I’ve recently been having some revelations when it comes to my thoughts and behaviours, which has made things very interesting when it comes to the work I want to do on myself. I genuinely believe Read more

  • Opening Up The Soul… At The Cost Of The Body?

    I’ve recently been exploring spirituality and intuition, and I have to say that I’m really happy to be on this journey right now. After spending time reading self-help books, listening to podcasts and following other people’s advice I’ve started to notice patterns within myself. The more I learn about myself, the more open I’m feeling Read more

  • Does One Bad Day Ruin Your Entire Week?

    As I’m writing this, it’s a Tuesday which in my book is the second day of the week. For a change, I managed to have a productive and fulfilling Monday (yesterday) with a good balance of work, productivity and relaxation. It was basically the perfect day for me, where I had time to tackle all Read more

  • Brene Brown Taught This Cold English Girl How To Feel

    You know that iconic scene from Love Actually – one of the best films of all time, don’t fight me on it – about Joni Mitchell? Emma Thompson’s character is listening to Joni Mitchell while wrapping presents, and is explaining to her bastard of a husband (no, I’ll never get over it) played by Alan Read more