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The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto by Dr Brené Brown
In the book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Dr Brené Brown, refers to the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto. After reading the...
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If success does not create create loving relationships and happiness, then what does? In this TEDx talk, Michael Benner discusses about being responsible for the love and happiness in your life with...
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“If We Could See Inside Other People’s Hearts”: A Profound Microcosm of Life...
What if this was the instant? This 4 minute video was produced by the Cleveland Clinic and shows the inner lives of everyday people, just like you and I. It’s a reminder that we ALL have our story and...
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The Science of Gratitude – Articles, Links and Videos
There is a growing interest in gratitude and how the benefits of cultivating an attitude of gratitude is linked to the overall health and wellbeing of individuals. Professor Robert Emmons has...
View ArticleWho and What Are You Grateful For?
“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated” – William James Today in our busy life style, we can often get busy and forget to stop and think about all of the people and...
View ArticleYou’re Already Awesome, Just Get Out of Your Own Way!: Judson Brewer
Are you someone that gets in your own way or are you in flow? This TEDxTalk (10.21mins) by Judson Brewer MD PhD, an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Yale University outlines several common...
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Flow, the Secret to Happiness: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
In this TEDx Talk (18.56mins) Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes us really happy?” He refers to the research that money cannot make us happy and looks to those who find pleasure and lasting...
View ArticleSelective Attention Test: Test Your Awareness!
The mind is a powerful instrument and has an impact on our well-being. Sometimes in life we see situations through different lenses on, blocks or faulty thinking and not how life actually is. As...
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Tweed / Gold Coast Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for 2014
To cater for individuals who live on the Tweed / Gold Coast, in 2014 Habits for Wellbeing is providing the 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in-person. This way, you can...
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The Time You Have (In JellyBeans)
Have you ever thought, “If Only.. I had more time?”. Quite possibly we all have! One of the ladies I am working with at the moment, sent me through the following clip this morning and I decided to...
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What is Emotional Intelligence?
Originally John Mayer and Peter Salovey (1997) defined emotional intelligence as involving the abilities to - to monitor one’s own and other’s feelings, to discriminate among them, and to use this...
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Reflecting on 2013…
It’s almost the end of 2013 and one of the things I like to do at this time of the year is take time out to reflect. During this process, I like to reflect on as many moments as I can including - the...
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Our Deepest Fear
Maybe you have seen this poem or excerpt from Marianne Williamson in A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, as it has been inspiring people for years. This poem or...
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Maximising Your Time and Energy Workshop on the Gold Coast 23/1/14
Do any of these relate to you? You know your happiness and health important, however there is too much to complete at work, the to-do list is not ending and no-one can complete the job as good as you?...
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“Mindfulness in Tennis”– Habits for Wellbeing’s article in Medibank’s Be...
Mindfulness is one of those things I have become more and more grateful as life goes on. Sometimes I find it hard to explain what it is, however I wish (even though I know life is the way it is) I was...
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“I Will Not Die an Unlived Life” by Dawna Markova
I have just become aware of this beautiful poem or quote by Dawna Markova. It really resonated with me and subsequently wanted to share it. If you would like to download it in a PDF, so you can print...
View ArticleIt’s Not About the Nail – Reality or Perceptions of Reality?
In life, we generally have the idea that what we can see, hear, taste, touch is “reality”. However, is it really or is it our perceptions? Perceptions can be different from reality. When we come into...
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The Choices We Make
Every choice we make has an impact on the world we live in and are creating. Are we aligning with our purpose or pushing against it? Only you will know the answer to that. One of my friends Kristine...
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8 Tools for Using Your Time Wisely (Personal Effectiveness)
In today’s world, many of us are busy juggling the demands of work and life and want to make the most of the time we have. Sometimes it might be nice to have a magic wand to get the balance in our...
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“Success” by Bessie Stanley
I read the following poem by Bessie Stanley (1904) – “Success” many years ago and it resonated with me and still does today. The poem is often contributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert Louis...
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