Wellbeing Insights

“Don’t let the beauty of life escape you…Marvel at the fact that any of this exists —that you exist” Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key. Emerging from a cold winter with the first tentative rays of spring shining through, this particular quote resonates with me. It is also the essence of one of my personal… Read More

I’m experiencing decision fatigue! Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m just stating how I am feeling (as my kids would say, ‘not hating, just stating’). The reason I’m not complaining is because I am approximately half-way through the longest, and most amazing, holiday of my life! I am incredibly fortunate to be… Read More

How is your relationship with the term ‘stress’? For most people, the term stress has an enormously negative profile. When people report they are stressed, they are generally referring to how difficult and challenging things are in their life at the current point in time. Back in Blog 48, Sue provided a recommendation of Kelly… Read More

One of our my manifesto mates remarked that they had a visceral reaction when they realised they were living an important aspect of their manifesto life. The moment crept up on them; they were experiencing an event when they found themselves ‘tearing up’. Why was this? After some reflection, they realised that their awareness had… Read More

We become what we think about I came across this statement recently, and it gave me food for thought. The thoughts that run through our minds are not within our control. They will come whether we want them to or not. However, the thoughts that we energise, that we attach to and think about continuously,… Read More

In recent times, ‘burn-out’ has featured prominently in the media. Back in January, New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, resigned declaring she ‘didn’t have enough left in the tank’, and now this week, Mark McGowan, stands down as West Australian Premier citing exhaustion as a key reason and that he is ‘tired, extremely tired’.  At… Read More

I invite you to bring to mind the feeling of progress. Can you think of a recent time when you had clear evidence that you were making progress, that you were improving? Maybe it’s a physical activity and your walking distance, running speed, or swimming technique might be improving. Alternatively, it may be a mental… Read More

Finding forgiveness when one is suffering from the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ may be a seemingly impossible task especially when in the midst of the ‘crisis’.  As we ruminate over the cause of our suffering – the people and the events – we may experience a range of extreme emotions which immobilise us.… Read More

When you hear the term emotional regulation, do your thoughts predominantly go to regulating negative emotions? For example, controlling your anger or managing your anxiety. It’s common for us to have this association but regulating our positive emotions is an equally important skill. The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence have a helpful acronym, PRIME, which… Read More