Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
If you’re one of the many millions of mothers around the world that struggles to keep your energy levels up during the day – never mind a week or month – then you may need to adopt a different approach and make a few positive changes to help yourself. After all, a lot is riding [...]
New Year’s resolutions are good (if they are kept!), but a good way to end the Christmas celebrations and start the New Year is with a good cleanse from the inside out! The power of Lemons can never be over emphasised. They are packed full of immune system building Vitamin C. A daily Lemon cleansing [...]
Summer is often a great motivator for changing our eating habits and trying to get into shape. But instead of going on a diet, why not consider making some simple changes to your diet and lifestyle which you can adopt throughout the summer and beyond. Here qualified nurse & nutitionist Sue Bedford provides her top tips. 1. Aim [...]
Now, be honest, are you a creature of habit? Think back to yesterday. How much of it was a repetition of the day before? Psychologists reckon as much as 95% of our days are made up of habits. Repeated patterns of behaviour. Doing and saying the same things. No wonder we get into a rut. [...]
I’m a big fan of inspirational quotes and love how they can encapsulate such great wisdom in so few words. I have my all-time favourite quote engraved on a ceramic plaque, hanging in my hallway - “To thine own self be true” (Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3). In just six words Shakespeare has imparted such timeless advice, which is as [...]
This week both of us have a child celebrating a birthday. Since becoming a mum, nothing marks the passage of time more than my children getting a year older. At each birthday it hardly seems possible that the tiny baby I held in my arms is now 4, 5, 6, or whatever. It’s a similar [...]
I want to let you in on a little secret – I have bad business days. I have days – hell, I have weeks – when I wonder why I bother and want to throw in the proverbial towel. And I’ll let you in on another little secret – January was a bad month. Now [...]
Today is my 41st birthday. This time last year was quite a landmark day but I can honestly say it bothered me less than turning 30. And the reason for this, I think, is that I am becoming more comfortable in my own skin the older I get. I was a very tall, awkward and shy [...]
On our blog we have featured a large selection of inspirational mumpreneurs and, without exception, all of them were inspired to start their own business so they could work flexibly around their children. So we’ve clearly acsertained why so many of us are self employed, but why are we working at all? What drives women with young children [...]
This is part two in a four part blog written by Kate Griffiths, founder of Wholeself Leadership and online support community Minerva’s Mind. The series focuses on what a whole self approach to leadership is and includes some practical tips and exercises which you can use to make it more real for you. In this part [...]
Earlier this week we read about Helen’s word for 2011 – Balance. Today Sam talks about her word of the year. Reading Helen’s article about her need for balance rung so many bells with me it was uncanny. And while I fully intend to make sure my home and work life are much more evenly balanced [...]
Like everyone, we’ve been making New Year’s resolutions. To kick-start the blog this year, here are Helen’s hopes and goals for 2011. Most people will have made some New Year Resolutions – some may have already started, some may have been broken already and some may be waiting until the start of next week to [...]
In this post Joyce Campbell, NLP trainer, success coach and author of How To Get Off Your Backside And Live Your Life has put together some common ‘Christmas Stress’ scenarios, and ideas for dealing with them without resorting to knocking back the cooking sherry in the kitchen before midday! 1. Last year your family seriously [...]
This is the first in a 4-part series of blogs written by Kate Griffiths, founder of Wholeself Leadership and online support community Minerva’s Mind, looking at how being true to your ‘whole self’ – i.e. mind, body and spirit – can make for a happier and more fulfilling life. Back in September I led a very [...]
Being your own boss has its perks, but there may be some unexpected downsides. If you’ve set up your home office on the cheap – or if you don’t have a dedicated workspace – your working environment might actually be damaging for your back. More and more people are experiencing back trouble every year. This [...]
For increasing numbers of us, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a spectre on the horizon – if it has not caught up with us already. Many people already suffer from SAD – which is a strong varient of the ‘Winter Blues’ – and it is this time of year that its effects can be most [...]
