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Podcasts to get you through social isolation

I love podcasts, and listen to them every day. I feel like right now is a great opportunity to listen to even more of them, since many of us are off work right now. There are literally thousands of podcasts out there; whatever you’re into, there is bound to be Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 3 years3 years ago

When your feelings are hurt

We all have times when our feelings are hurt. Being in the online space, I’ve had my fair share of unpleasant comments over the years. Often we find that in a sea of positive comments, one person says something negative or unkind, and that bursts our bubble and sends us Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years3 years ago
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Why Drinking More Water Should be Your New Year’s Resolution – and how to do it!

How much water should we drink each day? There are numerous different answers to this question, depending on our activity levels, the weather, our weight and many other things. As a rough guide though, use the below formula to calculate how much water you need to drink in a day: Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
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Self Development: How to set a New Year’s Resolution You’ll Stick to

‘Tis the season of New Year’s resolutions! At this time of year lots of us are thinking about a new start for the new year. For many of us, feeling bloated and lethargic, health and fitness will be at the top of our list of things to change in the Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
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Self Development: Small Changes to Change Your Life

When you want to improve your life, it’s tempting to make a big change. It can feel good to begin with, but it’s easy to drop a big change and revert to our old ways. We’ve all seen people every January, suddenly begin going to the gym every morning at Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
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Self Development: How to decide where to make a change in your life

We all have those times where we feel like we want to make a change in our lives and improve our outlook. Sometimes we know exactly what we need to do… other times, not so much. I have often been plagued by that feeling of Meh where I don’t necessarily Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago

Are you an eagle or a duck?

I listened to a podcast the other day where Wayne Dyer recounted a story from a newspaper where the writer had experienced an unusual taxi ride. The driver was dressed smartly, in a shiny clean cab. He picked up his bags and opened the door for him, and the inside Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 years ago
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8 Evening Routine Essentials

Earlier this week I published a post listing things you could add to your morning routine to improve your day. It occurs to me though that the best way to get a good start on your day is to get a good night’s sleep!  Here then are XX things you Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 years5 years ago

Taking Responsibility

I’m doing an online life coaching programme at the moment, and this week’s theme was all about taking responsibility for your life.  You might think it sounds simple: I’m an adult; I’m responsible for my life, right? I’m responsible for the cooking, the cleaning, the putting on the big girl Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 6 years6 years ago
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Book Review: Wake the F#ck Up by Brett Moran

I pre-ordered a copy of Brett Moran’s first book, Wake the F#ck Up after hearing from a friend that it was a fantastic book, and seeing Brett’s Facebook posts. It seemed like it might be my sort of book.     Brett Moran was a crackhead, getting into debt, joyriding and Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years2 years ago
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Book Review: The Book Of You

  I was sent a copy of The Book Of You for review through Mumsnet.  The tagline of this book is “get ready to start living a better life, for you.” At first I thought it would be a self improvement book with lots of chapters about finding your way Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years6 years ago
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What Do You Focus On?

Just lately there has been a lot in the news about cuts to tax credits. You might have seen that I’ve written a few posts about the situation. But here’s the thing: on a day to day basis, I really don’t think about what may or may not happen. When Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years6 years ago
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Book Review: Choose Yourself by James Altucher

  I started reading Choose Yourself by James Altucher after hearing about it in a YouTube video I was watching. In the video they mentioned “idea sex” and that sounded interesting! It’s hard to explain what this book is about… it’s about choosing yourself – but not in a selfish, “me first” Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years2 years ago
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Book Review: Start by Jon Acuff

  The full title of this book is Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters, which is a bit long but a good description. This is one of those books that “does exactly what it says on the tin.” It’s a great book for Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years2 years ago
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Book Review: No Matter What by Lisa Nichols

  This week’s book review is No Matter What by Lisa Nichols. Anyone who has seen The Secret will recognise Lisa Nichols as one of the stars. This book does more than just offer a few quote-friendly soundbytes though. The book is written on the principle that we should develop Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years6 years ago
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Book Review: The Miracle Morning

A few weeks ago, a friend recommended Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning to me. He said it was a fantastic book, with a great story about how this guy had turned his life around by getting up early in the mornings. I thought it sounded a bit bonkers, but my friend Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 7 years4 years ago

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