Big goals are inspiring — but they can also feel overwhelming. This guide shows you how to break big goals into small steps, with science-backed strategies, real-life examples, and common pitfalls to avoid. Learn how small actions create momentum and lead to lasting success.
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Motivation fades, but accountability and reflection keep goals alive. In this guide, you’ll learn why these two practices are the secret sauce of goal achievement, plus simple ways to use them, common mistakes to avoid, and reflection prompts you can start today to stay on track.
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Most goals fail because they’re not aligned with our core values. This guide explains what values are, why they matter, and how to uncover your own. Discover practical exercises and examples to set meaningful goals that stick — plus a free worksheet to guide you.
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SMART goals give structure, HEART goals give meaning. This guide explains both frameworks, with real-life examples, pros and cons, and how to combine them. Discover which approach suits you best — and grab the free worksheet to set goals you’ll actually achieve.
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Most goals fail because they’re not anchored in purpose. This practical guide to goal setting with purpose will help you discover your values, choose the right framework, and break goals into simple steps you’ll actually achieve. Includes a free printable worksheet.
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Happiness isn’t about plastering on a smile or forcing “positive vibes only”. Real joy comes from facing life honestly—both the good and the tough. Discover why toxic positivity doesn’t work and how to create authentic happiness that lasts.
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The Think, Feel, Act Cycle, also known as the self-coaching model developed by Brooke Castillo, consists of five key components: circumstances, thoughts, feelings, actions, and results. It emphasizes that our thoughts, not external circumstances, determine our experiences. By becoming aware of and changing our thoughts, we can transform our emotions, behaviors, and outcomes, leading to a more positive life.
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We spend so much of our time wanting to be somewhere else and absent from where we are right now. So many of our thoughts are either in the past, mulling over what has happened, regretting or trying to re-write the past. Or, our thoughts are focused on the future worrying about stuff still to happen and meeting our troubles halfway. We are missing out on the gift of the present.
Yesterday I finally completed writing my 20 for 2020. This is a list of things I want to do in
As I sat down to write this I was thinking about what my word for 2020 was going to be,
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Many of us get hung up on our circumstances. We blame them for our unhappiness or the reason why we are not at a point in our life where we would prefer to be. We say things like, it is because of my upbringing, or, my parents didn’t raise me right, or, it’s my genetics. We may blame our job, or lack of, our boss, our peer group, any number of things. But …
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There’s an old saying, ‘Falling in love is easy, staying in love, that’s the real work.’ From a young age, we are conditioned with an ideal image of love and all that it entails.
Mindfulness, or being mindful can help us to create and maintain strong relationships with our loved ones.
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Mindfulness is described as maintaining a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts and feelings, our physical sensations and the environment around us. So often we are caught up in thoughts of things that have happened in the past or things we are planning or have yet to do, that we do not give our attention to what is happening right now in the present moment.
Imagine checking your mail and amongst the usual bills and advertising material finding a letter addressed to you written in very familiar handwriting, your own. But you have no recollection of ever addressing this particular envelope.
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There is so much promise in this statement. It is so inspirational that not only can your goals be achieved, but in getting there, you’ll become a better person. And on reading it we know it’s true.
Helen Keller’s whole life is an inspiration to us all. This woman with so much going against her achieved so much. Much more in fact than the majority of ‘normal’ able-bodied people. She often spoke of how much she loved life and how grateful she was for her abilities. She firmly believed that helping others was man’s purpose in life and that service to others was the secret to lasting happiness.
The Think, Feel, Act Cycle is a framework that we can use to understand how and why we feel the way we do. And, it’s also a tool that we can use to change the way we think and act and be happier.
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Depression is when you’re feeling really down and that everything feels totally hopeless.
The good news is that depression can be overcome.
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I learned something fascinating this week. A fact that was both fascinating and empowering and also left me with a sense of relief. Negativity is not our fault. Our brains are wired to see the worst in any situation and prepare us to fight or flee. But we can train our brains to be positive instead.
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Yes, I believe you can. But, and there are quite a few buts, you can’t outright lie to your subconscious.
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