How to be happier As a burnout recovery coach, I have often wondered what the opposite of burnout is? Is it contentment? Success? Happiness? Peace? All of the above? Gretchen Rubin explains in her podcast Happier how a very normal moment in which she realised she was at a greater risk for losing her sight,

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7 months on…..

It has been seven months since we arrived in California. In that time so much has changed. Read more about our move here We said goodbye to my grandma (my last grandparent). My sister launched her book and then ended up in hospital. My dad had surgery. I celebrated my 40th birthday. My mom celebrated

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Mom burnout is real!

It is even more familiar to those of us with neurodivergent / special needs families and families with sensory challenges. The world is designed for neurotypical fully abled children, so the constant ‘fight ‘for our children can be exhausting. We are all very different humans and understanding ourselves is the first step in order to

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Using food for self-care

Our bodies are amazing, they are designed to protect us from famine. However, under eating has become “normal” for us as a society. Under eating effects our mind and body, this was demonstrated in the Minnesota Starvation Diet. The Minnesota starvation diet was set up in 1944. It was done to establish the effect of

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