Happy new year! I can’t believe we are already more than halfway through January. I have enjoyed a month off during December/January and was able to enjoy time with my family and some travel. Now I am in the Costa Del Sol and am dedicating time to working on my coaching business. It’s an exciting […]

Recently a good friend and I were discussing plans to get together over the holidays. She made a comment about needing to get her shit together. At the time, I offered the thought that she was doing great. My friend asked me how I knew she was doing great. I replied she’s human and she’s […]

I am so excited to be into December now, as I always look forward to celebrating the upcoming holidays. And I especially look forward to starting fresh each new year and planning what I want to accomplish in the coming twelve months. Recently, I read a blog post about nearing the end of the year […]

What if you chose to no longer believe that there is something wrong with you? What if you accepted all the parts of you, both good and “bad”, as a part of our human experience? This is what the practice radical self acceptance helps us to do. We see all the parts of ourselves without […]

There’s is a lot of talk about practicing gratitude and all its benefits. However, have you ever taken the time to actually practice it? Why Practice Gratitude? Practicing gratitude creates an immediate shift in your body. It literally makes you feel better. Its healing properties are well documented by scientific research. Studies show “that grateful […]

Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning and Holocaust survivor, famously wrote “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way”. I loved this quote long before I read his book and […]

Building awareness around your self-talk, including what you say and what you hear yourself say to yourself is important. Most of us are oblivious to the typically negative chatter that goes on in our brains on a daily basis and its effect. Self-judgement, beating ourselves up, and name calling are all typical, but serve no […]

I read a post on Instagram yesterday which included a list of advice, including removing the word ‘should’ from our vocabulary. I wholeheartedly agree with this and I’ll tell you why. Telling yourself you should do something – lose weight, start going to the gym, write that book, call that friend, whatever it is, is […]

I’ve found that living abroad as an expat has given me a great deal of “downtime”, where without my usual social circle and network of family and friends, I spend a significant amount of time alone. I’ll admit that at first, this was quite an adjustment for me. All the usual feelings of isolation, loneliness, […]

One of my favourite topics to discuss with expats is building resilience. I think resilience is an important skill for anyone really. But for an expat, without being resilient, it can really affect your overall experience abroad. Resilience helps you bounce back from setbacks and keeps things in perspective. You are less overwhelmed with day-to-day […]