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The importance of creating easy and simple habits that work with your learning style

In my last blog, I spoke about the importance of goals and shared some tips to help you make sure you don’t lose sight of those goals among the sheer CHAOS life can sometimes turn into. I hope you feel even just ONE STEP closer to achieving what your heart’s been desiring most. What supports those goals? Yup, the bottom of the Productivity Success Cake. Cake pieces made into habits. Little stuff adds up. This is true with food choices,  yes, and it’s more than that. What I’m referring to

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7 ways to stick to your goals when life throws you a curveball

Many people, particularly neurodiverse folks, avoid “goals” because they have had a history of “failure.” Try as they may, their life is littered with good intentions that do not result in the intended product. As a result, they find themselves not trying, or, when they do try, they expect to fail…and so, guess what? Yes, they do – they “fail.” What happens? Most often, “life gets in the way.” You know, the inconvenient flat tire that makes you late. The unexpected trip to the doctor’s office which derails your week.

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How a positive attitude and routine can help you up your game

Life is what we make it. I know, I know, that sounds kind of cliché, but it’s TRUE! Personal Development takes time.  I didn’t emerge from the womb full of know-how and experience (though wouldn’t that have been something?!). I was just like anyone else (I still am, really.) So, I’m not going to sit here and pretend I have reached a level of awareness and grounded wisdom “with a fun twist and ninja coaching skills” magically. I’ve worked hard and have had more than my fair share of struggles.

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3 ways to find and keep motivation even when you have lost hope

You can be flying high one minute, cruising along, minding your own business, and BOOM… something knocks you sideways before you even realize what’s happening. Suddenly, even the smallest of things can feel huge… every tiny failure can feel catastrophic, like the world is literally ENDING before your eyes. Doom and gloom sets in, leaving you feeling crushed by the weight of everything you can’t control or isn’t going how you want it to and, boy oh boy… once you’re down, you’re DOWN… Flattened. Low as can be. “Just snap

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Gems of brilliance from the Productivity Success Cake model

It’s the million-dollar question, how do we create order without a plan? What traits or habits can we develop to be as productive as possible? Can an unorganized person become productive and what are the key factors to being successful in creating order? When we talk about being productive, we don’t mean being as busy as possible or becoming a workhorse. This is a reason for someone, especially a Creative Entrepreneur, a spiritual person, someone with ad/hd…a rebel…etc….to RUN AND HIDE. So, what if you turned YOUR idea of “productivity”

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Slightly unusual strategies to get the most done in the least time

Picture this, it’s Monday morning, you’re looking at your to-do list and it’s as long as the river Nile itself. You need to get it all done and you KNOW that as the world starts to wake up, there’s only going to be things added to your never-ending lists. You drop your head in your hands in desperation. Carol….what do I do? I’m glad you asked. Here are some tips to take back your day and your life. Throw out your list. Right. Throw it away and feel into that

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Learn to easily remedy a trait that is not serving you

Do you have a trait or traits that aren’t serving you? How can this be remedied? We all have them, there’s no doubt but what can you do to remedy this? Is it a simple fix or is a new habit needed to wipe out the existing trait? A trait is a characteristic that influences how we think, feel and act. It’s part of who we are. It gives us personality but what should you do when this trait is stopping you from reaching your goals, getting you stuck in

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Why being a “diamond covered in dirt” is not bad for you

As humans, we have grown to be very harsh on ourselves caused by high expectations as to what we are meant to be achieving or thriving towards. It’s easy to get “lost” in the crowds, to be a diamond covered in dirt but what if this wasn’t as bad for us as we think? Are the days of “fitting in” over? Well, let’s look at a few strengths of being neurodiverse. When identifying as neurodivergent, you think differently to the rest of those around you. Let’s face it, it hasn’t

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Practice “yes” or “no”. Oddly, more people are happy in the end

Saying NO is often not so easy.  Engrained deep down somewhere is the fear of rejection, the fear of someone else saying no to us. Somehow, with the busy lives we lead, many times we find ourselves saying yes, when really we should be saying no. We overstretch ourselves, tire ourselves, burn ourselves out and this could all be remediated by simply saying no. Discernment is critical. So why do we feel so uncomfortable about saying the two-letter word? Saying “no” may feel “aggressive” but it doesn’t necessarily make you

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How your mindset has you stuck in other people’s expectations and what to do about it

Learn the number one way to de-stuckify yourself from the chain of expectation. Living up to other people’s expectation begins in the very early stages of our development. From the moment we are born, our parents or carers establish rules on how we should behave, the schooling system implements educational standards and as we grow older and get our first job, expectations are put on us by our employers. And just like that, we can find ourselves always trying to live up to the expectation of others. But when it

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