Self-Care is Valuable for Being YOUR Best
Self-care is valuable, perhaps not for the reasons you have heard before. No doubt, the simple thought of reading something about self-care makes you squirm and switch off. Don’t go yet! I want to talk about something that is super important. What if I said that self-care matters EVEN more […]
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Why we leave the house without lunch (and how to lunch like a pro!)
Dear busy, big hearted professionals (I’m talking to YOU!), Do you ever leave the house without lunch? I’m not talking about the time you forgot it (that’s annoying too though!), I’m talking about that time when you stupidly decided there was time to make eggs, mushrooms and hash browns for […]
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Spiritual Wellbeing and Mental Health Outcomes
It was a short article but well worth the read. Of particular interest to me was that Otago University planned to host a symposium on this very topic. Specifically, how “to tackle some of life’s most fundamental questions, including the nature of reality and the meaning of life.” Here are […]
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5 Ways to Make Your Goals Irresistible
Ever had goal fatigue? Ever set some goals and not followed through? Here are 5 ways to make your goals irresistible. It’s time to get out of the failure repeat cycle and create some wins! 1. Keep it simple, stupid! (KISS) I know that when you read that you totally […]
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Why we get Goal Setting Fatigue (and How to Avoid it)
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast… Have you ever had goal setting fatigue? That feeling you get when you set a new goal (or 6!) and then haven’t been able to complete it? Its frustrating. It can be totally discouraging. It can end with throwing the whole concept of […]
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Applying 2020 Vision for 2021 Goal Setting
Happy New Year! There have been a number of social media posts floating around over the past few weeks, all with the same sentiment: ‘New Year, new goals…how cliché.’ It seems many of us have goal setting fatigue. Many of us don’t want to do the ‘set new goals for […]
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Healthy Holiday Habits For Life
Let’s dig in and look at some simple strategies for creating healthy holiday habits that you can adopt for life. Living A Bespectacled Life is all about long term, positive change. This kind of change takes time, so you won’t find a magical solution or well marketed empty promise about […]
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What is a Bespectacled Life? Living on purpose…
In short: A Bespectacled Life is the act of putting on your life-spectacles and clearly seeing the next step forward to positive lasting change. It’s a call to live life on purpose… There are three main parts to living a bespectacled life: Living well across all domains of health: WHOLEistic […]
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Its time to put down our phones!
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this topic (or find it in Apple Podcasts) I think its time we learned how to put down our phones. A friend shared a bunch of art on Facebook that really caught my attention. One image particularly stood out- it was a […]
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I Know What You’re Thinking…
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast episode on this topic (you can also find it on Apple Podcasts). I know what you’re thinking. At least, I might know what you’re thinking (or rather, HOW you’re thinking). If you are anything like me, you might sometimes slip into negative thinking […]
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Can’t Sleep? Don’t worry, me neither, so I’m writing this blog instead…
Ah, for some beautiful sleep. Curled up in bed with a warm blanket and just drifting into a land of comfort and sweet dreams. “Dad…Mum? I can’t sleep.” Oh. My. #@!* goodness. Me either, for some unknown reason. Oh that’s right, you woke me up! AGAIN. Cue death stares and […]
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Social Media Brain Drain
I hate blogging. Yes, you heard right. I hate blogging. Or perhaps I just hate social media?! I love writing. I naively thought blogging would give me the chance to pour out my creative heart into a land of freedom and enjoyment. Then I got blogging and thought “whaaaat the […]
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