Balance is a choice. And it’s not a once-off decision. How we achieve balance between priorities in our lives flows daily. Some days we get it right and some days we get it wrong. Most days we try to do better again tomorrow. With modern day pressures, technological enablers and real time, streamed availability 24…
As far back as I can remember, I was told stories when I was a young girl. Often, ones that delighted and amazed, that awakened my long held sense of adventure and desire to explore. Stories that kept me awake and that invoked my imagination and dreams. But, along with Nancy Drew and Jonah and…
For so long, I chased the gold star of other people’s approval. As a reformed workaholic, I can look back with empathy and kindness and fully understand that external validation was my drug of choice at the time. ‘Hello, my name is Nicky and I am a workaholic.’ With other’s opinions and feedback as my…
After almost 2 years of the underlying, unrelenting tension and trauma of navigating a global pandemic, for many the start to 2022 has felt like stepping onto a treadmill that is flying at full speed. There was little time to warm up and we just had to start sprinting. As many rush (or resist) a…
There are few times more magical and tranquil than early morning light. When that soft golden glow warms up everything. The quiet stillness is absorbed into every pore and is accentuated by the sounds of nature waking up: the twitter of the birds and the trickle of a nearby stream. It’s magic hour. When everyone…
During the global COVID pandemic and the monotony of a daily routine with little differentiation from day to day, online meetings have blurred into hours, days and months. And now years. Anyone else struggling to distinguish what week, month or even year something happened in? I used to reference events mentally against a holiday, experience,…
Throughout our days, our energy should emulate a sound wave with dips to rest and recover, interspersed with peaks of high performance. Stress, through deadlines, commitments and pressure, helps us perform and deliver at a high level, but if we stay constantly in the peak of stress and high performance, we’re telling our bodies that…
Home is where your health and happiness start, so lightening the load at home in your homecare and your daily routines creates a great foundation for your and your family’s health to thrive. Everything we put in and on our bodies and home environment is absorbed by our bodies. From pesticides on fruit and vegetables,…
A flow state is often referred to as a state of effortless concentration, where creativity and effort flows. Finding flow has become synonymous with an almost blinkered focus and being immersed in an activity to achieve an unparalleled state of productivity. According to positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, what you experience in that moment known as…
Energy is our modern day currency In today’s world of hyper scheduling, modern convenience and always being accessible, energy has become our modern day currency and our most important asset. I was reminded of that when I had someone impatiently and repeatedly ping me on a messaging app on my phone, demanding instant response and…