Emotional Hijacking: What Happens in Your Brain During Conflict

Conflict with your partner can feel like an emotional storm—intense, overwhelming, and hard to navigate. But beneath the surface of frustration or hurt, there’s a fascinating interplay happening in your brain and body. Understanding this dynamic can help you manage...

Why It Is So Hard to Change

Change is something we all strive for at some point—whether it’s breaking a bad habit, starting a new routine, or improving how we interact in our relationships. Yet, despite our best intentions, change often feels difficult and elusive. Why is it so hard? The answer...

Do you practice self-care or self-sabotage?

In today’s fast-paced world, we often find ourselves in a tug-of-war between taking care of ourselves and giving in to habits that undermine our well-being. The tricky part is that self-sabotage can be sneaky—it sometimes disguises itself as comfort, laziness, or even...
7 ideas for a more connected and meaningful new year

7 ideas for a more connected and meaningful new year

As the new year unfolds, it offers a fresh start for you to imagine your life anew. A life well lived is one rich with connection, purpose and meaning. Whatever that means to you is up to you. Your ability to live in alignment with your life’s vision is success....

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How to discover your purpose

How to discover your purpose

In a world brimming with possibilities and choices, finding your true purpose can sometimes feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. One of the things that gives me the most job satisfaction is helping clients to uncover what is most important and meaningful to...

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Navigating end-of-year burnout: A guide to renewal

Navigating end-of-year burnout: A guide to renewal

As the year draws to a close, many of us are finding ourselves grappling with a sense of exhaustion and burnout. The accumulated stress of the year's challenges, both personal and professional, can leave you feeling drained and overwhelmed. This is not an ideal state...

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5 effective ways to manage stress you haven’t tried

5 effective ways to manage stress you haven’t tried

1. Breathe like a Navy Seal Navy Seals have a simple technique to manage stress, stay calm and think more clearly. To understand how such a simple process works you must understand the nervous system. As outlined more fully in our blog, Why you feel stressed, your...

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Why you feel stressed all the time

Why you feel stressed all the time

Stress is an unavoidable and often unwanted consequence of modern living. Every day you are bombarded by stressors from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep. You are jolted from sleep by an alarm, fight traffic or pray for your internet and technology...

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The 4 steps to make difficult conversations easier

The 4 steps to make difficult conversations easier

We all need to have difficult conversations, either at work or in our personal lives, so having a strategy for difficult conversations is crucial to successful relationships. Imagine how your relationships could improve if you had a template you could use every time...

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Is comparison good or bad for you?

Is comparison good or bad for you?

A little comparison can be helpful for motivation and to show you possibilities for change and growth. However, too much comparison can end up blocking your expression of your authentic self and may even contribute to low self-esteem and mental health issues. The...

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