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Embracing The Awkward Beauty of Midlife
Life is a tapestry woven with captivating chapters, and one of the most intriguing and transformative stages is midlife for women. It is a time when we embark on a voyage of self-discovery, navigating the unpredictable waves of change — both within ourselves and in the world around us. Amidst the wisdom and grace that
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Finding Your Identity and Life Purpose as a Midlife Working Mother
As a midlife working mother, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed and lost in the busyness of life. With so many responsibilities and obligations, it can be difficult to find the time to reflect on what really matters to us and to explore our own identity and life purpose. But here’s the thing: you
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The Bowl With A Crack
I was drying and putting away the plates and bowls used at dinner when I saw a big crack in the glass bowl. A long crack right across the bottom of the bowl, made obvious as the bowl is transparent. My first instinct was to throw it away. The bowl is cracked, my “other me”
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How To Relax Fast
Why should you learn how to relax fast? Because stress is more than just unpleasant. It’s also dangerous. Many diseases are now known to be caused by or made worse by stress, but you can do something about it. Just try these relaxation techniques today, and use them whenever you feel that tension coming on.
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3 Powerful Tips to Help Manage Everyday Stress
Oftentimes stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s concerns into our present day concerns. An accumulation will almost always end up in a high stress level. Therefore, we must be able to “dump” all of our concerns from the previous day or days and concentrate wholly on our today. So here are 3 stress
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Guilt over CupCakes (and no, it’s not about calories)
I came home from work and found lovely cupcakes sitting on a plate on the dining counter top. Cupcakes! I love cupcakes! Although they don’t do well for my waistline which has been forever expanding after I became a Mum… The home-made cupcakes are courtesy of my eldest, who has over the past few years
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What Is Coaching? Is It For You?
Coaching has become a buzz word these days. Companies are engaging coaches to help their staff strengthen work performances. Managers and HR professionals double up as coaches to help build stronger teams within the corporations. Individuals engage coaches to help them work through their life issues. There are all types of coaches out there –
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Fear
Today, I came across the word “Fear” twice. At a seminar, an experienced instructor shared her encounter with a new opportunity many years ago when she just started the business and was inexperienced. Many questions came to her mind: “What if I can’t do a good job?”“What if I fail?”“What if I embarrass myself?” As