Book Review: ‘Play’ is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more.  It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition and we are designed by nature to flourish through play.

Play in adults has been shown to relieve stress, improve brain function, boost creativity, increase and improve connections with others, increase energy, and heal emotional wounds.

Book review: The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire | Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence | Deepak Chopra

Like self-esteem and self-compassion, self-love means you have an appreciation, affinity, and positive regard for yourself - and the good news is that self-love is actually a skill you can develop — like self-confidence or self-trust - and it's an important one!

Being emotionally regulated allows us to respond to challenges in a constructive manner rather than being overwhelmed by negative emotions.

Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem

As part of a healthy growth mindset, being open-minded enriches our lives and challenges our assumptions. What can you practice today to help you expand your horizons and unlock new opportunities?

When it comes to thoughts, you have a lot of control over that glorious mind of yours! Your body listens and responds to your thoughts in both a positive and negative fashion - pretty tricky hey?

If you keep telling yourself that you suck or are getting old or can’t make a career shift because you are in midlife, then you will create this limiting reality for yourself.

You have ambitions and a desire to make a job change, go for a promotion or even go back to school to upgrade an essential skill and kick start your growth - but here is the question - are you really and truly willing to do the hard work to get there?

Our subconscious mind can’t tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined - so listen to your self-talk and work towards making it more positive!