The best way to make any changes to your lifestyle is by taking small steps. Be it getting more exercise, changing your diet or altering the amount of time your family spends together, it’s always going to be easier to do it in stages. Choose simple goals that can be introduced into your routine reasonably quickly to help you form lasting habits that have a positive impact on your life.

Everyone copes with change differently. You may need to alter your routine gradually, mixing it up to achieve the final outcome. Alternatively, you may adopt a more regimented approach, with a defined path to ...

The New Year marks an exciting opportunity for a fresh start. What will the year hold for you? Will it be the year you realise your lifelong goals, change your outlook or start living life on your terms?

If you choose not to set goals or begin visualising how you want to live in 2015, you will continue to experience the same challenges as today, whilst feeling the same emotions about yourself and others. Essentially, you will drift through each day without any real direction or motivation.

Thinking about the things you want to do in 2015 will provide the inspiration to help you move on with ...

Amid all the Christmas chaos and fun festivities, I hope you manage to take some time to truly reflect on all you have achieved during 2014 and celebrate your success. When life becomes one big juggling act, it can be difficult to pause and consider all you achieve on a daily basis. The celebrations at the end of the year give you chance to do just that so grasp the opportunity with open arms!

Setting goals and working towards objectives are the steps we take to improve our lives, helping us to live in accordance with our own set of distinct values and aspirations. If you have challenges you ...

If you are living a chaotic and demanding lifestyle, always remember you are not alone! Mums everywhere constantly juggle roles and responsibilities whilst endeavouring to raise happy and confident children. As the storm of life rages around you, find calm and tranquillity by following these tried and tested tips!

Hone Your Routine Creating a well-considered schedule will enable you and your family to live in a more structured and stable environment. With careful planning and meticulous preparation, the frenzied mornings and late nights will evaporate into an aura of peace and calm! Prepare y...

“Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin." Oprah Winfrey

We have so many dreams for our children that we often forget to pursue our own. When you eventually realise you can still achieve your personal goals and ambitions, your confidence wavers and you think you’re not good enough to succeed. Well ladies, it is never too late to start realising your greatest dreams and, by working to your strengths, you’ll be an amazingly empowered woman in no time!

Taking the first step to achieving a lifelong goal is daunting. You can probably thin...

How many of these titles do you represent? Mum, wife, partner, daughter, sister, friend, colleague, neighbour. I’m sure most of you reading this blog could tick off all eight roles, agreeing that each one provides an enormous sense of satisfaction. However, collectively these roles can bring confusion, frustration and destruction to your life. So how can you ensure these roles don’t collide, allowing you to live in harmony with the real you?

Identifying or reaffirming your priorities will empower you to spend your time doing what you want and need to do, rather than what others expect of you....

How often do you find yourself trying to please others? Do you always wonder what they think of you and does this make you anxious? Do you continually justify your actions so you can feel “one of the girls”? Wouldn’t it be great if you could throw off those shackles and just be yourself?

Often when you’re with others, you can become so consumed by how you think they perceive you that you mask the real you. Yet when you’re by yourself, you focus on what you’re doing and that’s when you feel most content. Try to stay in the moment and focus on what is being discussed rather than fretting about ...

Having a baby is said to be the happiest thing to happen in life and whilst I couldn’t agree more, I can’t help wondering why Mother Nature served a generous dose of guilt and flicked on the “Worry Switch” during the delivery! Since having a child, have you become a worried wreck and has this had a profound effect on your ability to be happy and relaxed in all situations? You’re not alone! Here are some tips to help you worry less and smile more!

Enjoy each day as it comes
If you find yourself continually worrying about tomorrow, you will never enjoy today. Try to live in the moment and savou...

We all get pleasure from different things whether it be our sense of humour, activities we enjoy or experiences that shape our world. Yet despite these differences, there are many consistencies to what makes us all happy. If you struggle to find the brighter side of life, happiness could be within reach after all.

Reach Out
Enjoying fulfilling relationships based on mutual respect has an enormous influence on our happiness and wellbeing. Knowing you can rely on others to support you through life will provide a great deal of pleasure and having as few as three people with whom you can share y...

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

Marilyn Monroe

The expectations of others, whether they belong to family, friends, colleagues or general society, have a major influence on the way you think, behave and live your life. Yet until you realise the key to true life happiness is to stop trying to live the life others want and expect you to live, you will continue to allow unfounded opinions, outdated ideals and negative judgements knock your confidence and self-esteem.

Throughout life you have worked towards achieving the expectations others have had of you. You wor...