I was presenting to students at the James Cook University campus in Brisbane this week on Healthy Mind Healthy Life, with tips to create a new mindset for success. Part of the talk was on stress; a topic that has immense implications in our society today; and ways to manage it better. I read them…
The 7 Habits of Successful Dieters. 1.People who have been successful losing weight and keeping it off, have had a shift of mindset; specifically what they think and repeatedly say to themselves, and the meanings they put on their weight loss journey. They don’t feel deprived, because they banish the word diet from their vocabulary.…
(Originally published in Sunshine Coast Daily – October 2016) Time to de-stress and be successful MONEY, family, health and lifestyle are some of the things we most cherish in life and are the main causes of stress. Mindset for Success founder Mandy Napier is encouraging people to start de-stressing from the inside out. She is…
Quick Fix Diet Mentality In our busy world, the quick fix diet mentality is rife. It’s common to want a quick fix to our current problem so we choose the quick fix diet, we take a pill for a headache, and we have a drink to numb a stressful day. Many years ago, when my body…
One New Year Resolution To Embrace For Health And Happiness Do you ever berate yourself? I bet you do! Although we may doubt ourselves from time to time, it never ceases to amaze me how many people could gain a degree in the art of berating themselves. Thinking they aren’t good enough to smart enough.…
Challenging Habits I recently wrote an article on 8 things to quit in 2016. The first two were:- 1) Making excuses and 2) Not taking action. It’s the start of a New Year, and now is the perfect time to delve deeper into the trough called ‘excuses’. What excuses are you giving yourself for not…
1.Making Excuses. When you make excuses you aren’t taking responsibility. When you make excuses consistently you are locking in a limiting pattern that becomes habitual. Thinking this way will prevent you from living and experiencing life to the full and will hinder your success. 2.Not taking action. Great ideas can be awesome. Reading books and…
Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can’t learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life. Wayne Dyer Forgiveness. Did you know that research has shown that if you forgive you are more likely to be happier and healthier, whereas an inability to forgive…
Christmas is a time when stress levels rise, people frantically rush around, and if only one could buy a stress-free Christmas. While a certain amount of stress is necessary to get moving and take action, an overload of stress is debilitating and at the extreme, fatal. This is what happens to your body with too…
Creating Healthy Habits ‘We first make our habits and then our habits make us.’ John Dryden Who am I? ”I am your constant companion. Your greatest help or heaviest burden. I will push you onwards or drag you down to failure and am completely at your command. Half the things you do you might just…