The Mindful Person’s Guide to SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS with Family

The Mindful Person’s Guide to SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS with Family

Does the end-of-year holiday season fill you with excitement and anticipation or some anxiety and dread? Perhaps by using some mindfulness techniques, we can survive the holidays with a little more grace, ease and flow.

I've got 7 tips in this video that have helped me navigate this season with family with a little more patience and compassion, and hopefully this helps you too!

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What Is An Ayurvedic Retreat, and Which One Is Best For Deep Relaxation?

What Is An Ayurvedic Retreat, and Which One Is Best For Deep Relaxation?

Are you already back from that summer holiday? The best thing to do post-holiday is to start planning your next break! That way you’ll not only have something to look forward to in the next few months, it will also be a good reminder that you need to consistently slow down and plan when you’ll be taking your next timeout…

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3-Part Sabbatical Series: Everything You Need to Know About Why + How to Take Extended Time Off From Work

3-Part Sabbatical Series: Everything You Need to Know About Why + How to Take Extended Time Off From Work

I wrote a 3-part series on taking a sabbatical. It’s everything you need to know on why you need a sabbatical, what kind of timeout you’re looking for, and how to start planning your sabbatical…

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Sabbatical Planning: 7-Step Guide to How to Plan Your Sabbatical

Sabbatical Planning: 7-Step Guide to How to Plan Your Sabbatical

This is part 3 of a 3-part series I’ve written on why you need to take a sabbatical.

Not sure where to begin planning yours? Let’s break it down.

1. Decide What You Want to Do

The first thing to decide is what kind of sabbatical you want:

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What I Did on My 7-Week Sabbatical - Ideas For Yours!

What I Did on My 7-Week Sabbatical - Ideas For Yours!

Following on my previous post of 5 Reasons To Take a Sabbatical (an extended timeout or break from work), here’s what I did when I took 7 weeks off my producing day job. Hopefully it will help spark some ideas of what you might like to do when you take yours…

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5 Reasons to Take a Sabbatical (Extended Timeout or Break From Work)

5 Reasons to Take a Sabbatical (Extended Timeout or Break From Work)

If you follow me on Instagram, you would’ve been sick of all my travel updates the past few weeks (sorry, not sorry!) In my day job as an Executive Producer, I’m really fortunate to be working at a company that gives everyone a paid-for 6-week sabbatical every 7 years of…

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7 Natural Remedies to Prevent That Festive Hangover

7 Natural Remedies to Prevent That Festive Hangover

Ho! Ho! Ho! So you’ve made it through the office parties, manic airport queues, and trying not to kill your family members on day one of seeing them. Well done, you. Now with a few weeks of sleep debt, endless party hangovers and racing to wrap up the end of the year at the office, you’re feeling kind of run down and…

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Karma Surf Retreat - SUP & Yoga Holiday!

Karma Surf Retreat - SUP & Yoga Holiday!

I've just returned from a one-week holiday in Portugal - staying in a beautiful house in the mountains in Malveira da Serra, near Sintra, and heading to the beach everyday at Cascais. I'd gotten to the point where I was near a burnout - taking on project after project at work, and also heading to nutrition school in London every other weekend (while living in Amsterdam...

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