Tips for A Joyful Christmas

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With only 2 weeks to Christmas I thought I'd share some tips on how to take the stress out of Christmas and make it a joyful day! Sadly, for many people Christmas and the lead-up to it is a stressful time. Broken and blended families struggle to see how they can have a joyful Christmas and single people feel even more lonely on this family-orientated festive day. Parents can struggle with the present expectations of their children and money can be tight. Here in New Zealand we have the added pressure of summer holidays - so not only are we stressed with Christmas, but we’re also under time pressure to complete work tasks before the summer … [Read more...]

Power of Purpose

Last weekend in New Zealand we held our general elections and in the lead up to the event I witnessed the "Power of Purpose". Irrespective of my own political beliefs, I had great admiration for all the politicans who through the conviction of their belief in their party's politics and their sense of purpose to put themselves forward to make New Zealand a better country to live in - showed me the power of purpose! We saw several smaller political parties win seats in Parliament through sheer determination and power of purpose. We saw people who had a dream and vision for their political party in New Zealand realise that dream on Saturday night … [Read more...]

Visions, Dreams and Goals

This week I tuned into a great teleseminar by Lev Nathan, a Life Purpose Coach in the USA, www.levnathan.com and what he said reminded me of the important difference between our visions and dreams versus our goals. Every great thing we achieve in life starts with a dream or vision. Dreams and visions come from our spiritual self - our soul. They are inspired thoughts from our higher self. I see our visions and dreams as our internal guide - leading us to our full potential, our reason for living, our life purpose. If we can dream or envisage something - then we can reach it - and that's where the goals come into it. Visions and dreams … [Read more...]

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