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“True humility isn’t thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less.”  - C.S Lewis When we get caught up in low self-esteem and self-pity, it’s very easy to overlook the greatness that abounds within each and every one of us. Most people are pretty terrible receivers of compliments and gifts!  Whenever someone says something nice about us or wishes to do something kind for us, we often either brush off their words or don’t believe we’re deserving of nice gestures. Supposedly, the only way to deal with our pride is to demean ourselves and call this ‘humility’. The truth is, it is neither pride to recognise our strengths nor humility to demean them. Many of us are sincere when we compliment someone else, but if a compliment or kind word is given to us, we tend to let it slide and down-play its merits. How many of us actually take the time to stop and receive the compliment? How many of us stop to let it sink in for a moment? To breathe it into our cells and just receive it with open hearts and feel into how someone is complimenting us? In this episode, we redefine what humility really is within the context of your own achievements, accolades and awards.

We all need to ask ourselves: "How do I see myself? As a victim of problems? Or as a master of my own destiny? Is my success dependent on other people? Outside decisions by others? The weather? What my friends do?" How we see ourselves determines how we think, and the decisions we make. In this episode, we dive into defining your current identity and how to begin to craft a new, more empowering image of who you wish to be and embody. 

In today's episode, we learn how to protect your time & energy. To protect your time and energy... You don’t have to click on every link or watch every video sent to you. That goes for every book, Netflix show or podcast you’re recommended. You don’t have to say ‘yes’ to every event, birthday party, housewarming, dinner shindig you’re invited to. You don’t have to respond to messages that don’t warrant a response. That includes texts, emails, Whatsapp messages, Insta DMs, Facebook messages, non-urgent phone calls. You don’t have to be into the same things everyone else is just because it’s #trending, it’s new, it’s shiny, it’s ‘in’, it’s cool. You can choose to be alone. You can change your mind. You can take a day off. You can say ‘no’. You can choose to be around people who bring you joy. You can choose to do things that bring you joy. Remember: at the end of the day, you’re the one making a choice for your own wellbeing and happiness. You have to live with the choices you make and the way you feel about those choices. Choose wisely.

You’re desiring and aspiring and striving and planning. It’s been brewing beneath your skin for quite some time. You ache for it — and it aches for you.  So you hatch a plan. Craft your to-do list. Create your bucket list. Strategise. Assign yourself some accountability partners. You download apps that track your habits; and follow inspirational people on Tumblr, Instagram and Pinterest – just so ya know, you have some extra motivation on the days you can’t be bothered getting out of bed! So you begin your pursuit; the chase of that elusive dream…  EXCEPT! Hold on a moment!  You’re not actually after the goal itself. Not at all.  You’re actually after a feeling! In today's episode, we learn why leaning into your feelings are so important to long-term goal planning. 

"A third of people are going to love you, one third of people are going to hate you and a third of people don't give a fuck." So we do all this hard work - we make our Instagram feeds aesthetic AF, we design some nice Pinterest and Tumblr images, cultivate posts for our Facebook page and save all our witty one-liners for Twitter...and yet we then have people continue to unfollow us. It can be so disheartening at times when we invest all this time, energy, attention, love and sometimes money into our personal brands and businesses and yet struggle to see an immediate return with a growing audience. Today's episode hopes to provide a different perspective as to how to look at your follower account and how to better engage and connect with your audience.