Compassion – a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them” Cambridge English Dictionary Everyone, with the exception of perhaps some psychopaths, has the ability to feel compassion towards others. Studies have shown that some psychopaths have the ability to feel compassion but…
When someone says something about you, it is all about their frame of mind and how they are feeling.
Success should be aligned to your deepest values. Values are things like leadership, compassion, community, friendship, and kindness.
My name is Debs and I am a stationery addict. I love notebooks, planners, pens, pencils and all things stationery.
In the words of Oprah – you can have it all, just not all at once
The list is actually endless. It doesn’t need to cost anything but your time. Yes, you can buy a coffee for the person behind you in the queue or even pay for a meal for someone, but sadly not everyone is in a position to have spare cash.
Write down a list of everything you are trying to do. All the things that don’t usually go on your to do list.
We are our own worst enemy. We speak to ourselves in ways we would never speak to a good friend.
When did you last have fun? I don’t mean a day away, a week off or a visit to the local Comedy store. I mean the sort of fun that you can schedule into every day?
You are not for them and they are not for you. You are not their cup of tea and they are not yours.
It only takes 5 days and is not a diary you complete every evening, forever. You just do this for 5 days and then when you need a boost, you do it again.
Each year, we all write a list of things that make us happy. This can be anything from “having a cup of tea in peace” to “getting to watch RHO Beverley Hills without being asked why I watch it”.
I know the power of routines for my children but I hadn’t realised how much I needed routines to get me through the day until recently.
Motivational quotes, such as “she knew she could so she did” are all very lovely but how many of us actually read that and get motivated.
How many of us see that and think “oh how motivational, I must share that on Instagram”
The only way I can make next month a better one is to draw a line under this month and accept that it happened and that I cannot change it.
I don’t know about you but I’m reaching that age when I forget why I walked into a room, what I’m looking for and yesterday, I even took the scenic route home – by scenic, I mean long and totally unnecessary! Summer Holiday Brain Mode: My brain is still in summer holiday mode. Summer holiday…
It’s that time of year, relief and hoorays mixed with a tinge of sadness, a huge serving of stress and anxiety and a side helping of “why did I leave the new shoe purchases so late – again”? The time of year when we think about the calm.
When I need me time, I head to the beach. I’m a beach for all seasons type of girl
Why can we not just say thank you and move on? This is something I have been thinking about for some time. I like to give compliments but I am useless at receiving them.
Do treats need to cost anything? What makes you smile, what makes you happy?
Writing each day about anything which pops into my mind has made me see more clearly what issues are floating around in my head, often issues I hadn’t even thought were there.
Giving myself the chance to do things for me – without the usual guilt trip of not doing something for others – has meant I am thinking clearer; I am more able to make good decisions and I’m procrastinating less.
Society gives us a hierarchy based on our roles or our income.
One phrase we often hear is “from the CEO down to the cleaner”; giving the impression that the cleaner is at the bottom of the chain.
Having something I created, something you cannot buy in a shop, has given me a real sense of pride. My creative mojo was starting to fly.
I have recently discovered yet another dippy hippy activity – my husband’s words, not mine. I am talking about Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning.
As we sat down to dinner over the weekend, I asked “if there was one thing you could do once a month, just to make you happy, what would it be?”
I am going to plan to be positive. I will set myself some small goals each week or month to help me stay positive and, most importantly, I will do all I can to achieve them.
All of these moments are either more pleasurable or more bearable if Mr Sleep has honoured us with his presence.
When I was going on long bike rides with my ex sister-in-law 20 years ago, I was also working out 6 days a week, I was very fit and about four stone lighter. I sort of forgot this bit!
Should I have been the bigger person? Probably. Would that have made me feel happy? Not bloody likely!
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