Relax, enjoy the journey and move forward with ease

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In our own ways, we all strive to move forward in life.  We set goals, we achieve them, we set more goals, we aim to achieve them and so on and so forth.  Moving forward is what we’re here to experience and a key part of what living a fulfilled life is all about.  However, we tend to associate moving forward with taking constant action which is not necessarily the case.
Our ego mind is the part of us that needs to be in control, it feels it needs to make things happen and judges what is happening based on what we can see and touch.  So the ego mind’s point of view is that if we’re not doing then nothing’s happening.  Asides from this perspective being somewhat flawed, the extreme consequences of doing things this way are overwhelm, exhaustion, stress and anxiety to name but a few.  All symptoms of future-based thinking instead of being present.�

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Acceptance: The heart of personal growth

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In the last few days I have had my biggest moment of realisation so far and I am truly blown away.  I’ve never had more clarity on who I am, where I’m at and where I’m going and boy does it feel GREAT!  So what’s brought this on for me? ACCEPTANCE.

What I mean by acceptance is being totally honest, open, curious, non-judgemental and at peace with where I am right here, right now.  Not where I want to be sometime in the future, being present to my life and particularly to this issue.

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5 Personal transformation lessons from ANTM

There are many roads to the same destination and many vehicles for personal transformation.  Surprisingly enough, Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) is one of these.  I say surprisingly enough because I watch it to satisfy my shallow side so I was astonished at how much there is to learn about personal growth from this show.

We have just completed cycle 9 in the UK (congratulations Saleisha!) and felt compelled to share what I have learnt or what growth lessons have been reinforced by ANTM. 

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