Emotions

Unexpectedly happy: lessons on true contentment from hunters in Siberia

Developing self awareness and embodying virtues such as gratitude, compassion, generosity and readiness to serve, are happiness promoters. Are any of these virtues a part of your 2017 goal setting?

Love Warrior: a manual for living life fearlessly by digging deep and finding the true warrior within

Here are some of our favourite philosophies and leadership lessons from the book Love Warrior, written by Glennon Doyle Melton

3 Great Tips to Help you Regain Control When You Feel Like Time is Running Away From You

Chronophobia is an experience of unease and anxiety about time, a feeling that events are moving too fast and are thus hard to make sense of. Do you feel like this sometimes? Let us help you regain control when you feel like time is running away from you.

Learning how to cope with conflict

Conflict is an inevitable part of life; we all experience it. When conflict is not managed appropriately it can become a source of abundant stress and anxiety. The consequences are loss of productivity, motivation and communication breakdowns.

Coping strategies for difficult times

In this blog post we share our version of resilience and coping strategies that can help you reduce stress and anxiety.

Exercise

How you eat, move and sleep will shape your day

I’ve discovered that people who have the ability to balance their own wellbeing with the needs of others are generally happier and more content. Because of this, they make better friends, leaders, partners, parents and colleagues. Wellbeing does not have to be complicated! Let’s start with eating, moving and sleeping.

6 Ways to Improve Your Breathing

Are you ready to ‘time-in’ and learn how to self-regulate through breathing? In this blog post we share some of our favourite breathing techniques and exercises. Pick one breathing technique that you would like to try and make it a part of your ritual. Do it every day and make gradual progress. Simple yet so empowering!

Food

11 gut bombs to eliminate from your life immediately

Are you experiencing persistent stress in your life? Do you find yourself in a state of irritability, depression and insomnia or do you feel a general sense of hopelessness, overwhelm and emotional fatigue?

How you eat, move and sleep will shape your day

I’ve discovered that people who have the ability to balance their own wellbeing with the needs of others are generally happier and more content. Because of this, they make better friends, leaders, partners, parents and colleagues. Wellbeing does not have to be complicated! Let’s start with eating, moving and sleeping.

Plastic in your personal care products

Microbeads are little pieces of plastic smaller than grains of sand that are sometimes added to face-washes, exfoliators, shampoos, cosmetics, body-washes and sometimes even to toothpaste. Microbeads are made of polyethylene, polypropylene or polystyrene. These are plastic compounds! They are causing serious damage to our health and marine environment

Take the Initiative to a Healthier Living by Testing your pH Levels

You can perform pH testing in the comfort of your own home. It will provide you with an indication of the general health of your body. Use the information to help you make adjustments in your lifestyle to maximise your chances of health and well-being. Keep the body’s pH in balance and it will stay healthy.

Get Down to Brass Tacks

Not sure when to apologize? The art of timing an apology

A good apology always includes a reparation of some kind. If we find ourselves circling a loop of repeated mistakes and prompt apologies, could it be because we’re serving our apologies half-baked? Here's how you can deliver effective and sincere apologies.

Unexpectedly happy: lessons on true contentment from hunters in Siberia

Developing self awareness and embodying virtues such as gratitude, compassion, generosity and readiness to serve, are happiness promoters. Are any of these virtues a part of your 2017 goal setting?

Sit Down and Breathe: When Efficiency Becomes Harmful

Understand why self-care is a difficult practice to implement. When we want to show care and love towards ourselves, why do we often encounter resistance?

Refining Your Personal Philosophy

Personal philosophy is defined as everything that goes on inside the human mind in the form of thoughts, ideas and information. Learn how reviewing, refining and revising your personal philosophies can lead to personal growth.

Is progress like a spiral staircase?

How does progress unfold in your life? Is it linear? Or is it more like a spiral staircase? This blog post is an attempt to share that you are still a full bucket, irrespective of the circumstances unfolding around you.

Gratitude

Unexpectedly happy: lessons on true contentment from hunters in Siberia

Developing self awareness and embodying virtues such as gratitude, compassion, generosity and readiness to serve, are happiness promoters. Are any of these virtues a part of your 2017 goal setting?

Gratitude fatigue? Try these steps

If you find yourself suffering from gratitude journaling fatigue chances are you are not doing it right! It’s important that you monitor your growth in gratitude and try to figure out where your strengths live and weaknesses lie. This will enable you to course correct and reap benefits of embracing gratitude practice in your life. Here are our top five course correction tips.

Infinite palette of gratitude

You can custom make your gratefulness palette. Irrespective of how you chose to express gratitude (journaling, affirmations, gratitude walk), in order for you to reap its benefits it must encompass some essential ingredients. In this blog post we share some approaches from leading thinkers in the field of gratitude.

13 ways to express gratitude

As you plant seeds of gratitude in your life you actively begin to break down problems into opportunities. In this blog post we share 13 ways that you can express gratitude. Continue to experiment with different practices that have been outlined in this blog post and stick with the one that brings you greatest equanimity.

Why a gratitude practice is not working for you

I heard a talk by Barbara Corcoran where she was parting with business lessons to young entrepreneurs. She spoke about some key principles that enabled her to grow a multi-million dollar real estate business. She attributed providing recognition (not monetary) to her employees as a transforming factor in her business.

Plan Your Day

Unexpectedly happy: lessons on true contentment from hunters in Siberia

Developing self awareness and embodying virtues such as gratitude, compassion, generosity and readiness to serve, are happiness promoters. Are any of these virtues a part of your 2017 goal setting?

Sit Down and Breathe: When Efficiency Becomes Harmful

Understand why self-care is a difficult practice to implement. When we want to show care and love towards ourselves, why do we often encounter resistance?

Love Warrior: a manual for living life fearlessly by digging deep and finding the true warrior within

Here are some of our favourite philosophies and leadership lessons from the book Love Warrior, written by Glennon Doyle Melton

Coping strategies for difficult times

In this blog post we share our version of resilience and coping strategies that can help you reduce stress and anxiety.

8 Filters to create a brain friendly To-Do list

In this blog post we share our top tips to design a brain friendly to-do list. Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat!

Reflections

Not sure when to apologize? The art of timing an apology

A good apology always includes a reparation of some kind. If we find ourselves circling a loop of repeated mistakes and prompt apologies, could it be because we’re serving our apologies half-baked? Here's how you can deliver effective and sincere apologies.

Unexpectedly happy: lessons on true contentment from hunters in Siberia

Developing self awareness and embodying virtues such as gratitude, compassion, generosity and readiness to serve, are happiness promoters. Are any of these virtues a part of your 2017 goal setting?

Sit Down and Breathe: When Efficiency Becomes Harmful

Understand why self-care is a difficult practice to implement. When we want to show care and love towards ourselves, why do we often encounter resistance?

Refining Your Personal Philosophy

Personal philosophy is defined as everything that goes on inside the human mind in the form of thoughts, ideas and information. Learn how reviewing, refining and revising your personal philosophies can lead to personal growth.

Is progress like a spiral staircase?

How does progress unfold in your life? Is it linear? Or is it more like a spiral staircase? This blog post is an attempt to share that you are still a full bucket, irrespective of the circumstances unfolding around you.

Sleep

11 gut bombs to eliminate from your life immediately

Are you experiencing persistent stress in your life? Do you find yourself in a state of irritability, depression and insomnia or do you feel a general sense of hopelessness, overwhelm and emotional fatigue?

How to minimise sleep disruption if you work when everyone is asleep

If you are a night shift worker or you manage a team that requires night shift work to be undertaken, what steps can you take to ensure your team members get sufficient sleep? Our concept of wellbeing needs to evolve from the occasional fruit hamper that gets delivered to our work pantries to a more wholesome approach. We have identified seven steps you can take to overcome sleep deprivation associated with shift work.

How you eat, move and sleep will shape your day

I’ve discovered that people who have the ability to balance their own wellbeing with the needs of others are generally happier and more content. Because of this, they make better friends, leaders, partners, parents and colleagues. Wellbeing does not have to be complicated! Let’s start with eating, moving and sleeping.

Why is sleep important?

Distractions in life constantly impinge upon our personal freedom. With increased demands on our time, sleep is an area that we must become passionate about protecting. In this blog post we share some tips so that you can create a new restorative sleep habit.

Water

Take the Initiative to a Healthier Living by Testing your pH Levels

You can perform pH testing in the comfort of your own home. It will provide you with an indication of the general health of your body. Use the information to help you make adjustments in your lifestyle to maximise your chances of health and well-being. Keep the body’s pH in balance and it will stay healthy.

Infused water can increase your water intake

Water is the most effective detoxification weapon. Infusing water will add flavour and help you increase your water intake. In this blog post we share some of our water infusion recipes, so that you can stay hydrated and effectively manage your energy levels.

10 illnesses that indicate water shortage in your body.

“You’re not sick; you’re thirsty. Don’t treat thirst with medication.” – Dr F. Batmanghelidj There is a difference between ‘healthy hydration’ and maintaining ‘safe fluid levels’ for your body. Drinking water in plenty, rather than simply suppressing symptoms with medication can do wonders for you. In this blog post we share signals that your body is giving you when healthy hydration is not a part of the equation.

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