Take the pressure off – you’re already enough
December can be fraught with holiday pressure. Forget the stress this year though, because you're perfect enough already, and this is why.
Tag: life
Why You’ll Never Be An Overnight Success
The dream: be an overnight success, right? But an overnight success is just someone you didn't know yesterday – they're built on hard work.
The Most Important Promise You’ll Ever Make
When we break a promise, we're breaking our word. And though that might not seem like much, those little inconsistencies add up.
One Day, You’ll Be Dead – Pep Talk (August 2021)
Every month I write a pep talk to (hopefully) inspire, motivate, or pick you up if you’re feeling down. Think of it as both nurturing encouragement and your ‘kick up the butt’ to get going on your goals or dreams (or just help you feel good). One day, you’ll be...
The Power of WuWei – July Round Up
Have you ever heard of the early Daoism term WuWei? Recently, I’ve been leaning into the idea of giving my brain space to think. Of experiencing life, rather than rushing through it, to see what it can show me. Normally, I’m trying to go a million miles an hour, fitting...
Is It Your Gut, Or Are You Just Scared?
I used to think I had really bad instincts. People would always talk about how they “felt it in their gut” or they’d tell me to “trust my gut” and I’d think I have no idea. My gut must have been broken. But I do get what they mean now....
Life is always a special occasion
I said something at the end of last week’s pep talk about life always being a special occasion, and I nearly went off on a whole new tangent right then and there. I like the idea of taking each moment of life as something worth making the most of, because...
This Is Life
Alright, I’ve got some basic common sense coming at you today. I say common sense, but though this is all gonna sound obvious, it’s something we all seem to have a massive issue with remembering and accepting (that’s right, I’m calling you out). We’ve had a few pep talk weeks...
Today will soon be tomorrow
Life is short. My brother recently reminded me of this, and no truer words have ever been spoken. And I’m immediately going to contradict myself a little here, because I’m not sure life is necessarily short (it is what it is) – but we should be milking as much as...