The Living Wise Blog
How to Stop Being a Control Freak
Have you ever been accused of being a control freak? Maybe you pride yourself on your meticulous attention to detail and methodical approach to tasks. It’s a term we use…
Five Steps to Breaking Bad Habits
At the start of a new year, we all become very focused on setting new goals and changing old behaviours. Usually we find that after the initial burst of enthusiasm…
Three thinking habits you need to ditch
Are you an over-thinker? Of course all of us are thinking all the time. Our minds are producing upwards of 60,000 thoughts every day because it is our minds’ job…
Meditate to lose weight…?
Meditation has long since dropped its reputation as a weird hippy past-time and firmly established its place in the mainstream as a foundation for optimal physical and mental health. There…
Three changes that will make you happier
I'm in the business of helping people to be happier and for all the theories and strategies I've learned to help people do that, often it's the simple things that…
Why diets don’t work
If you’re like most women, you’ve probably been on a diet at some point in your life. In fact, you've probably been on several. According to the Australian Bureau of…
Why mindset matters
Achieving goals is as much a mental battle as a physical one. You need a clear, compelling goal; the willpower to follow through with action; and an unshakeable belief in…
Get Stuff Done… How to beat procrastination
Have you ever sat down to work on an important project and had the sudden overwhelming urge to tidy the pantry or re-organise your sock drawer? It could be a…
How to break a habit (and create new ones!)
As much as 40-45% of what we do every day is done out of habit. It’s a bit scary just how much of our lives happen on auto-pilot, but it…
Is it time to get out of your comfort zone?
We humans tend to be creatures of comfort. Familiarity and order gives us a sense of security and we feel most at ease when there is minimal stress or uncertainty…