The power of focus

When I get determined, when I really put my mind to something and I sit down and actually do it then I can do amazing things. The thing is, I know how often I sit down to do something with all the best of intentions and then I get distracted.

So how do we learn to focus... to take the time to do what we need to do to be successful?

Colour me gorgeous

I often allude to my love of colour and this blog is just another example of that love of colour. Bright colours and open airy spaces appeal to me and make me feel energised. Dark, drab colours and shadowed spaces depress me and slow me down. So how much influence do you think that colours have on our behaviours and our personalities?

Courage doesn't need to roar

At one stage of my life, fear controlled my actions, my thoughts, my entire life. I find it hard now to look back on that time and realise how debilitating my fears were. My fears evolved from a combination of things and while I can look at them rationally and logically now, at the time the fear paralysed me and stopped me living a full life.

Creating a Vision Journal

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I love setting challenges and I'm big on affirmations, colour and journalling. I've found something which incorporates all of those into one inspiring item. It's not new and it's certainly not unknown to many of you. What it can be though is unique to me, because it's my inspiration, it's my visual reminders to myself. It's my vision journal.

Developing the Happy Habit

How many times have you heard someone say "I'll be happy when.....", in fact how many times have you thought or said those words yourself. It doesn't matter what the remaining words of the sentence are - it's the belief that you'll be happy when you.. find a new partner, have a family, get paid more money, buy a new house. You just know you'll be happy when...