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I’ve just read an excellent post at Mummy Do That! In fact I’d urge you to read it before you read this one. It may help this one make sense Off you go then, I’ll be waiting…
That post made me think about my myself and my own life, I love posts that do that. Straight after I read the bit about what holds her back the thing that holds me back popped into my head, as if it’s always there but comes to the fore when …

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
I don’t know who originally wrote this but I think I read it on a blog, probably a few years ago now. We all moan about things like lack of money, poor behaviour of children or our lack of success at X but often rather than changing our behaviour to achieve a different outcome we blindly do the same things and then wonder why we aren’t making progress.
Whenever I’m feeling in a rut I …

As parents, are we using our role as an excuse to stay within our comfort zone?
We have our ‘purpose’, the media tells us we should be immediately and indefinitely fulfilled. I relish being a parent and the challenges it provides. But it’s not enough. Parenthood fulfills one apect of my pshyche, but what about the other part, the part that yearns for recognition, measurable success and the rush that is created when challenging yourself.
Throughout my (relatively short) life I have thrived on a challenge. …

I finished reading this book a little while ago and to be honest I wasn’t going to bother doing a review because I didn’t really know what to say.
I wasn’t really sure what I got out of the book, although I’m in the perfect demographic that it should help – a worrier that carrys around a lot of emotional baggage. The byline is ‘How to Get Rid of Your Emotional Baggage and Live the Life You Want’, and as I read that byline again now I think perhaps I …

Two years ago I was working as a nursery assistant earning very close to the minimum wage, I had job-hopped my way through almost eight years of my life working mostly in offices. After trying several different careers I was still no closer to deciding what I wanted to ‘do’.
For five years I had suffered in varying degrees with Crohn’s Disease, I was worried that if we waited too long to have a baby something awful might happen that would render me infertile, for Alex and I, a life …

Imagine your life as an onion.

Photo by Flickr user James Jin
You are at the core with several layers around you. The first few layers are jucy and tasty (fulfilling), however, the further out you get the thinner the layers become, the less tasty they are until eventually you come to the final layers and they aren’t tasty at all. You get rid of those layers.
That is pretty much your life (I’ve only had one tia maria honest!)
You are the centre of the onion. The first few layers …

Religion – there I said it, are you cowering at what is to come. Or maybe it’s just me, because as soon as I hear the ‘R’ word in my house I know my husband is gonna be on a rant, a 5 minute one if I’m lucky….much much longer if not.
He is an atheist (my words not his), but it goes further than that, he vehemently discredits religion at any and all opportunities. He is not usually forceful with his opinions.
His main arguments roughly are; no proof of any …

Out of interest I did a search on the definition of the word ‘normal’.
The definition was ‘common’. The synonyms included ‘average’, ‘commonplace’, ‘general’, ‘ordinary’, ‘run-of-the-mill’, ‘standard’, ‘typical’ and ‘usual’.
Doesn’t sound that great does it. Being normal. So why does everyone want to be normal?
Social conditioning, familial and community acceptance.
Ok so we all want to be normal for good reasons but what is normal? Is your normal the same as my normal? Not everyone’s normal can possibly be the same because surely being normal is being and doing what is right…
‘There …

One of the central themes of Authentic Living is consumerism. In this post I will deal specifically with choice.
You may be wondering how choice is a problem. Surely having the ‘luxury’ of choice is a positive thing, and it is, but like most things – it’s best in moderation.
The problem today is that we have too much choice, just take a look at our shopping outlets, only a couple of generations back our relatives were doing all their grocery shopping on one street, probably between only four or …

Authentic Living ; Living a life that’s right for you and that you are comfortable with. Doing a job that you love (whether that be bringing up your children, pursuing a hobby as a business, or writing a book). Spending more time on hobbies and with family. Making the most of what you have and not selling out for the things you don’t.
Just be yourself.
We’ve all found ourselves changing our character to suit work environment, family environment etc… the time we spend being ourselves is diminished and …