The Big Influence of Small Habits works both for and against us.

Habits and “norms” can be such invisible, subtle little things. Some are so ingrained that they feel more innate, natural and normal than they really are, too often we don’t even notice them

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Self Care Ideas 3: Do

Self-Care activities and ideas to inspire creativity, improve productivity and create change.

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Self Care Ideas 2: Feel

Self Care ideas for a deeper connection with, and understanding of, our emotions, how to control them so they don’t control you.

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Self Care Ideas 1 : Think

Self Care ideas and inspirations for the basics of building strong a foundation for wellness.

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Self Care: What Is Self Care?

Self Care is almost any activity that we consciously and deliberately choose to do to maintain awareness of our holistic health.

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2018: The Year of The D

The idea for The Year of The D may have been inspired by a thirsty joke, but the fundamental iDeas guiding me through 2018 weren’t.

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Why I became an R U OK Day Ambassador

The rollercoaster of depression and the path to suicide are different experiences for everyone, this is just my story.

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Yearly Themes are Better than Resolutions - Experience the Difference

I never make new years resolutions, they're rarely goals but basically big wishes with no plan to make them come true. Instead I give each year a theme that guides my decisions, actions and goals for the year to give them more of a purpose.

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What I learned from the Fear of Abseiling

I went abseiling to raise awareness for The David Martin Foundation, well I tried to anyway. What did I learn from standing on the edge, 33 stories up, frozen with fear, unable to trust myself, those around me and the safety equipment to take the first step off..even though i wanted to?