Do you often find yourself hiding from a virtual wall instead of dealing with things head on? These protective walls can become prohibitive. It’s worth recognising that you are confined only by the walls you build yourself. When you work out how you can break them down, you make your life a success story.

Brick By Brick
You may believe the wall you’ve built keeps you safe from harm but it can be an illusion. This very same wall blocks you from being your true self and living your life to the full. The walls in your mind are walls built of fears based on your life experiences to...

It’s not a full-time job staying clutter free.  You really can do it easily, with a bit of organisation and by keeping on top of it in manageable chunks. A cluttered environment suggests a cluttered mind and a cluttered life. Just like your clutter, ways to become and stay clutter free are all around you. As a time-stretched mum, it’s maintaining your declutter that is often the most difficult part.

Go Utterly Clutter-Free
To stay clutter free, you need to plan. Set aside a small amount of time for it and do a general tidy-up. If it’s not allowed to build up, clutter...

As all mums know, clutter has a way of mounting up without you noticing. We’re all partly responsible for it, with daily lives that tend to verge on the busy side. There’s never quite enough time for everything and something’s got to give. And that’s how clutter starts to build up in the first place. But it doesn’t have to be Spring to have a clean-up.

Clutter Creep
It started with a sock. Then soon other items of clothing were left strewn on your bedroom floor. Then the clutter builds and spreads. Things remain in plain sight, not put away – coats,...

Feeling stressed or anxious can impact your life considerably and prevent you from living the life you truly want. Understanding and identifying the root cause of your stress is key to managing and overcoming it. Effective mindfulness techniques can help you acknowledge how external factors and the way you interpret these influence your feelings and create anxiety. It supports you to address those problems in a calm environment so you can start to eliminate the negative thoughts from your mind.

Challenging situations occur for most people on a regularly basis but learning how to cope with...

When you feel anxious or stressed it can be difficult to think of anything else other than the situation that is causing the tension. Whether your negative thoughts focus on work, relationship, parenting or financial problems, they can easily consume every waking hour and disrupt your sleep. Learning how to let go and declutter these thoughts from your mind by using mindfulness techniques can help you manage your stress more effectively so you can start living in the moment.

When faced with a problem that is all consuming, try as you might to occupy your mind with something else, it always...

You may have heard the saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This has never been truer than when it comes to success. Without a plan, you lack direction and without goals or a plan of action, you have nothing to measure your success against.

Once you have made the decision to set your goals, many people get overly excited and jump straight in to working towards it without any tangible long-term plan. It often results in a fast burnout and no real sense of achievement because you haven’t considered how you’re going to maintain your ability to commit to your...

The New Year is a time when most of us reflect on our lives, the year gone by and the one ahead. It is a time when a lot of us think about the changes we want to make to our lives, how we would have done things differently and what we can do to improve our lives for the future.

If you find yourself reflecting on your life, the decisions you have made, the opportunities you missed or the changes you can make to improve your life, ask yourself where you want to be in twelve months. Answering this question honestly will help you to identify the goals you want to achieve so you can start living...

Happy New Year! Empowering Mums wishes you a wonderful 2016, full of confidence, balance and joy!

Make 2016 the year you live the life you truly want! Will this be the year to re-discover your inner sparkle so you can thoroughly enjoy every aspect of your life? I hope so!

Wishing you confidence, balance and joy for 2016 and beyond!

With love,

Tracey

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Whether you have an idea for a new business or your business is already up and running, goal planning is essential for a successful 2016. Without clear, defined goals how can you measure your businesses success? When planning goals think about the drive behind your business and where you want your business to be in the next five years.

Your business needs goals. Consider what you want your business to achieve in 2016 and devise a strategy to achieve these objectives. Creating a strategy will help you to keep focused and will help drive the success of your business. Two of the most common...

As 2016 approaches you may look back on 2015 and feel you could have achieved more. Make sure 2016 is a year to remember by planning your goals at the beginning of the year and creating a plan to help you achieve them. So, what does 2016 hold for you? Will you realise your lifelong ambition, create a balanced family life or improve your health and wellbeing?

If you find yourself looking back on 2015 and feeling disappointment that your life has become stagnant or that you are bogged down by the daily routine of being a mum and running a household, then 2016 is the time for change and time...