The consequences of saying yes when you should be saying no

Do you find yourself saying yes when you really should be saying no? Are you the one who always ends up organising the junior football club fundraising or planning the long awaited high school reunion? Do you put your own…

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Family Fun and a Time to Learn

In this fast paced life we lead with timetables, schedules, routines and rules it’s important to take a break every once in a while, have some family fun and recharge the batteries.  I firmly believe in the notion that a…

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Life lessons from a dirty floor

I was cleaning my kitchen floor today and it occurred to me that there are many life lessons to be learned from this activity.  This might seem a little strange but stay with me, it does make sense in the…

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Why I stopped watching the news

It’s been a very long time since I have opened a newspaper and I rarely watch the news on television.  Why?  I don’t need to hear about all of the negative things happening in the world, that’s why.  It’s depressing…

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Is there really a right way?

Sometimes people are so worried about whether or not they will doing something the ‘right’ way, that they struggle to do anything at all. I was talking with a group of ladies recently who all have very different ways of…

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It’s all about relationships

Have you ever been in a situation in which the other person is prepared to have a full stand up argument with you simply so that they can be right? It’s funny how something can go from a disagreement about…

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Glass half empty syndrome and what to do if you have it

You may be sick of hearing people talk about the glass half full versus the glass half empty approach to life.  Unfortunately too many people underestimate the effect their thoughts can have on the way their days, weeks and even…

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