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Self Care ► March 6, 2025

Confidence, Fitness & Self-Care – A Powerful Conversation With Deana Jamal

Ever felt like your 9-5 is working against you? Deana Jamal gets it. In this candid chat, she opens up about how breaking free from the corporate grind led her to find her true calling—fitness coaching for women who’ve been pushed to the sidelines by traditional expectations. Whether you’re struggling to balance work, family, and self-care, or just feel stuck between who you are and who you want to be, Deana’s journey will inspire you to...

Self Care ► February 27, 2025

When Did Your Life Become One Big ‘YES’? Say ‘No’ To People Pleasing

Are you exhausted from always putting others first? It’s time to say no to people pleasing and start prioritising yourself. Constantly saying ‘yes’ leads to burnout, resentment, and a loss of self-confidence—while setting boundaries helps you reclaim your energy, authenticity, and peace of mind. In this post, we’ll dive into seven powerful reasons why breaking free from people-pleasing is the best thing you can do for...

Self Care ► February 13, 2025

How to Shut Down Disrespect with Confidence – 5 Top Tips

We've all been there when someone says something so rude or condescending that it stops you in your tracks. Maybe it's a backhanded compliment, a snide remark, or outright disrespect. In that split second, you find yourself stuck between wanting to clap back with the perfect comeback or replaying the moment in your head hours later. So how do you handle it in the moment without losing your cool... Let's get into it.

Self Care ► July 18, 2024

How to Rebuild Confidence – 7 top tips

Confidence can really shape your path and make a big difference in where you end up. That’s why it’s so important to work on building it back up. It can open doors, boost how you feel about yourself, and help...

5 Practical Tips for investing in your personal development

There is no dispute over the fact that our careers take up a substantial portion of our daily time. Coupled with personal and familial responsibilities, we often overlook ourselves and fail to invest in our individual growth. Doing this can prove to be detrimental since we lose..

Self Care ➤ May 16, 2024

Let go of perfection – How to manage overbearing cleaning habits

If keeping your house clean is driving you insane, it's time to work on embracing the imperfections of housekeeping. The truth of the matter is that whilst a clean and tidy home is well received, perfection is ‘not’ the key to..

Books ➤ May 16, 2024

‘A Little Life’ by Hanya Yanagihara – Book Review

“You see, Jude, in life, sometimes nice things happen to good people. You don’t need to worry—they don’t happen as often as they should. But when they do, it’s up to the good people to just say ‘thank you,’ and move on, and maybe consider that the person who’s doing the nice thing gets a bang out of it as well, and really isn’t in the mood to hear all the reasons that the person for whom he’s done the nice thing doesn’t think he deserves it or isn’t worthy of it.”

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