We all have a personality. Some of us are introverts, some are extroverts. Some are talkative and domineering, some are quiet and blend into the background. Some people make good leaders, some were born to follow. Some of us are stubborn or loyal or creative or mischievous or wise or caring. So I guess we … Continue reading We are a “we” not an “I”
Let's start with this... "diets" do not work. This is not fact (although I'm sure there is evidence showing this) but in the long run, a fad diet doesn't work. There are lots of reasons for this that I'm sure you would have heard before. The one reason I will focus on is the human … Continue reading Eat as much as you want when you want
These are the most important things to get right for our happiness: Flexible schedule As International teachers, we get to make the most of this during the summer months. In fact, when this is posted I will either be walking up a volcano, walking through a monkey forest, doing yoga, or sitting on a beach … Continue reading The big 5- Happiness
I find that I go through a bit of "slump" every now and then and there seems to be no real reason for it. I used to find that I'd give it some time and eventually I'd snap out of it and crack on doing what I'm doing. Without the English weather and winter blues … Continue reading Happiness leads to success- not the other way around
1. Yoga is for flexible girls I'm not a girl and I have never been flexible. I remember doing the sit and reach test at school and not even getting a score. I found it funny at the time and I remember my PE teacher saying "You're just not flexible, like me". So I believed … Continue reading 5 barriers to forming good habits
Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every penny, of course!! Each of us has such … Continue reading Time
And the crowd go wild as we cross the finish line hand in hand having completed the hardest challenge of my entire life… Except that wasn’t quite how it ended, we did cross the finish line hand in hand and we did have some die-hard fan friends to cheer us over the line, but we … Continue reading Persistence
As 2018 quickly approaches our thoughts have recently been on what we want to achieve next year. We have set new year resolutions before but it's amazing how many times it gets to mid-February and I can barely even remember what I said a few weeks earlier. Previous intentions such as "get fit" or "be … Continue reading Goal Setting
The alarm goes off... hit snooze... the alarm goes off... hit snooze... the alarm goes off... hit snooze... wake up... shower quickly... eat anything I see... drive like a nutter to work (or like everyone else here)... My day starts. "Ah, the old morning routine, how I miss those days" is something you will never … Continue reading My Miracle Mornings
"What about protein? Won’t you be malnourished? What about your muscles? How will you get enough protein?" Whole food plant based (unrefined/ not processed plants) We are now around 12 weeks into our whole food plant based diet (WFPB) and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that we are really enjoying it … Continue reading Where do you get your protein from?
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