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Three P's of Living a Life of Intentional Presence - Pace

Three P’s of Living a Life of Intentional Presence – Pace

The second P is for Pace.

Have you defined your own pace or are you at the mercy of the one that other people and other things have set for you?

Your pace is basically how fast your life is travelling.

Do you remember that movie Speed – from the 90s? Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves?

Basically if you haven’t seen it, the whole movie is about this bus that can’t stop because if it does, it will…

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The Three P's of Living a Life of Intentional Presence - Priorities

The Three P’s of Living a Life of Intentional Presence – Priorities

” Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” Socrates

I don’t know about you, but this quote hits me hard every time I read it.

I’m trying to make attempts in my own life to replace the busy with calm and the frantic pace with intentional presence.

Busy doesn’t have to be the new normal, and since when does being busy equate to having a successful life?

What if our answers to the ‘how are you?’…

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All the Struggles and Glory of being an Introverted Creative Leader

Have you heard of the term ‘introverted extrovert’?

What is it like to be a true introvert in a creative space, as well as a leader of change?

How do you navigate sharing the inner-workings of your soul with the rest of the world when it isn’t your comfort zone?

How do you balance motherhood, marriage and creating?

This is such a powerful conversation with Cate Williams about the process that she…

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A bit like finding a Willy Wonka Ticket

More than another event,

The Inspire Collective for Little Girls,

Is going to be an exquisite experience.

An experience of dreams being awakened,

Imaginations being captured,

And moments turning into life long memories.

An experience of love,

Kindness,

Friendship

Belonging…

From the moment they enter The Platform Space Perth,

They won’t know what’s hit them!

Smiling, friendly welcomes,

Giant…

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The sweet & sour of the school holiday rhythm

School holidays have their own rhythm. Don’t you think? It’s snuggles and sleepovers on the lounge room floor in front of the heater, After staying up too late watching late night movies. It’s the piles of laundry that get done if you remember to do them, And the hours pouring over recipes on Quirky cooking because you have the time to think about what you are going to feed your family, Instead…

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#being a mum #cooking #kids #perth #school holidays #winter in perth

Choosing courage in the storm

We all have a choice when it comes to how we face our storms. And it’s not a matter of if storms will come, but when. Storms can look like illness and deaths, Personal struggles such as loneliness, shame or fear, To others’ criticisms and disappointments, As well as relationship issues. Whatever they are, you have a choice. You can brace yourself and try keep your head above the water, Or you…

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#courage #overcoming fear #romans 8:28 #storms

Do you have destination disease?

It looks like this: You can’t enjoy the moment. You get bored easily. You are forever obsessing about the future, And what you don’t have, And the better life you’re not living. When you do arrive at your goals, You are not satisfied, and immediately start looking for new frontiers to conquer. Your longed for experience is left found wanting. How do you combat destination disease? Some sure ways…

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What do you have in your hand right now?

I am a firm believer in using what we have in our hands. I am also a firm believer in the fact that we shouldn’t wait for perfection or having all our ducks lined up in a row before we do this. Two years ago, I started a ‘mentoring’ group for creatives in my home. I had no idea how I would mentor them, or why they even wanted to learn from me, Or what I had to offer them that others didn’t. But I…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Celebrate the Current

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Celebrate the Current

Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is. Mandy Hale We often have a picture of our life the way it is supposed to be. Very often plans and expectations that we had don’t work out and we are left feeling a bit disappointed and ripped off. What I’ve found works best is choosing to bring my focus back on what I DO…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas -Crush Self Criticism

Perhaps my favourite tip for a mindful Christmas season is this: Crush the self criticism. The struggle is real. As women, when we’re not: Doing the laundry, making meals, sitting with children doing homework, taking them to soccer practice, working full time, being attentive wives, renovating our homes, investing in our own growth, etc etc. the list goes on (and on), We are meant to be operating…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Circle the Cracks

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Circle the Cracks

Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end. – Joyce Meyer. Some of the benefits of mindfulness are being able to respond more effectively to difficult situations and becoming more resilient. One of the ways to facilitate this is by first recognising what is not working in your life right now and making efforts to reconcile it. Sometimes in order to…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Chart Your Course

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Chart Your Course

Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming. Alice Walker What decisions are you making today that are going to impact our tomorrow? Are you making wise choices? Are you thinking about how these choices and decisions will impact your future? Are you creating a future that you want to live in? The Christmas season is the perfect time to…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Clear the Clutter

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Clear the Clutter

Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions, says Barbara Hemphill. Did you know that too much clutter can impair your memory and stop creativity as well as increase stress? A study done by a team of UCLA researchers found that in all of the 32 families they observed, The mothers’ stress hormones spiked during the time they spent dealing with their family’s belongings; You now, the things we…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Cap Your Commitments

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Cap Your Commitments

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates Ask anyone how they are and most often the answer will be, ‘Busy.’ And this seems to be especially true during the build up to Christmas. On an unprecedented scale, Our generation seems to have mastered the art of procuring a busy life, And in the process, forgotten about leading an intentional and meaningful one. So I’ve been on a war path to Cap…

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7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas - Choose Calm

7 Secrets for a Mindful Christmas – Choose Calm

Take a deep breath, get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second. Greg McKeown Do you need to find your calm? Has the end of school year craziness and manic Christmas buying, celebrating, consumerism and busyness already sent you spinning? I felt I needed to do a 7 day series on some secrets to finding a healthier, more mindful approach to Christmas and so I’m…

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When the Unexpected Happens

The image of his shoes by the back door as dusk settled upon the house. The radio still playing, unaware that its tunes sang out across a backyard, To no one. New saplings, lined in rows, garden ready for the impending meeting of the baby grandson, Left silent now as the wind sweeps through the trees he had known and tended to so well. The half finished cross word sitting on the couch, When only…

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Some words over you this afternoon.

Speaking truth over you this Sunday afternoon… You are chosen. Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will. Ephesians 1:4-5 You are strong. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet…

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