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💡When I first read this, it was like a light bulb switched on. It so succinctly encapsulated so much of what I already knew was true. It’s almost like saying ’the less you do, the more fearful you become’, or conversely, ‘the more you put yourself out...

💫So never give it to them! Once you learn that your boundaries really affect how people treat you, things can really change for the better. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💫Do other people have more rights than you? Are you a lesser being? No. There is no hierarchy where more...

🌕Nothing. Is. Permanent. Think about it, absolutely nothing that we experience, or own, or love, or hate, will exist forever. Even the buildings that we live in will one day fall down, or be demolished. 🌖You can use this mantra to bring things rapidly into...

This message was delivered to me via email, at a very pertinent moment.... ☁️ I was caught up in a horrid stream of negative thoughts in my mind about how ‘right’ I was, and how hard done by I was, when I mindlessly checked my phone (maybe more on that...

This lovey quote comes from the awesome becoming minimalist. Whilst I can’t say that I live a minimalist lifestyle, I do truly understand the benefits of decluttering. For me that means: - My surroundings inspire me more - I feel more relaxed - I feel like there’s...

'Good, is good enough' is one of my mantras. I am lucky enough to not be a perfectionist. I don't torture myself getting things perfect, I just get the job done. But whilst I am free from the shackles of perfectionism, that still doesn't stop my inner...

Probably the most obvious benefit to stopping drinking. I also think that being in a state of 'hungoverness' is not black and white, it's somewhere on a spectrum. If you've drunk alcohol, you are always somewhere along the spectrum of being hungover, it's just that...

There are many things I’ve learnt about myself since I stopped drinking.  The most important and most obvious thing is that I was able to do it; this was something I never thought would be possible.  But that aside, there are other realisations that I have...

When I first stopped drinking alcohol, ‘what to drink?’ occupied a lot of my thoughts.  There was a big space in my life, that had previously been inhabited by the rituals and customs of drinking alcohol, and it was ready to be filled. But I was too scared...