How often do you check into your annual plan once you’ve written it? Monthly? Quarterly? Never?  Guess what, never is the wrong answer!

It is so important to review and assess your plan throughout the year for two reasons:

1. To make sure that you celebrate your wins
2. To stop yourself from drifting off track

Has 2021 lived up to expectations so far? If yes, it's time to celebrate, if not, it's time to course correct so that you can make the next 9 months AMAZING! Many of us had big hopes for 2021 after the fiasco of 2020 and in some parts of the world, life is almost normal. Here in the UK we are still in endless lockdown even though Spring is knocking on the door.

The big question you now need to ask in order to move forward with success is how has the world situation affected the goals you set in January? Are you still in lockdown? Are your kids back at school? Are you able to continue with the same hours you allocated for work, yourself and...

Why do we need a special day to remind us of what we should do every day? Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Father's Day? We should always try to practice gratitude and be appreciative to those who have sacrificed for our happiness and nurtured us and loved us. Not always easy, I know, but worthy of more than one day a year.

In that spirit, I wanted to share this LIVE with you because even though I recorded it on International Women's Day, it's sentiment is for every day.

I want you to know that I respect you and honour you for all the hats you wear and all the roles you fill. You are special and deserve to be recognised for all the hard work and effort you put in to everything you do from running a business to running a family.

As women, we tend to focus on dealing with life as it comes and moving forward without taking the time to celebrate our successes along the way. Celebrating success is CRITICAL for your happiness , your energy and your...

Remember going on holiday? I have always loved going away on a trip and I hope that I will be able to again in the not-too-distant future! I know it’s not the same for everyone, but I have to say that for me, half the fun is the planning!

You won’t be surprised to hear that my holiday planning is legendary. Knowing how long I have, the personalities of who’s going and roughly what the weather will be, I always put together an itinerary combining adventure, relaxation, fine dining and chilled out vibes. I like a mix.

My trips are awesome because I apply the techniques of goal setting that I teach with my Goals are Your #1 ASSET methodology when I plan most things in my life. But that’s me and I’m an organisation geek who likes to set goals.  Unfortunately, the reality is that MOST people struggle with sorting through the millions of things they have to do to create goals that are actionable, trackable and generate...

Some people like living life spontaneously being surprised by what each moment brings. Other people like knowing exactly what they are doing every day for the foreseeable future. Most people are somewhere in between, but any way you cut it, having some structure in your day is incredibly important for living your best life.

This is especially true right now as each day blends into the next as we all stay at home without activities like entertainment, sports, travel or socialising to break up the routine. That’s why it’s so important now, more than ever, to put some structure in place to make boundaries between work and home life so that you can be

• Super productive without lack of focus or distraction during your work hours
• Present to enjoy family and me time during your other hours

I know that finding that balance is tough which is why I have put together 7 simple steps to help you create a daily structure that works best for you.

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Confession time: I used to be a To Do List junkie. I used to have to do lists all over the place in various notebooks of different sizes. I also had sticky notes AND to do lists on Notes on my Mac. Work to do lists, family to do lists, food to buy lists, holiday prep to do lists, party prep to do lists – am I alone here or are you with me?

Here’s the thing, I thought these to do lists were helping me to organise my thoughts and my tasks when in fact, they were causing me stress, frustration and overwhelm. How many lifetimes would I need to get half of all that stuff done?

So after much trial and error, this is the conclusion I came to: To Do lists are great for a brain dump, but they are awful as a task management tool.

Let’s drill down into this.

Here’s how a to do list can be of value:

• You can get everything out of your head where it is causing you stress and anxiety thereby allowing you to focus on the task at hand.
• You...

Over the last few weeks, we have been laying the foundation for a truly productive year! We started by taking care of ourselves and the stresses related to covid including all the extra roles we were continuing to play in addition to entrepreneur including but not limited to chef, teacher, pa, housekeeper and counsellor. We then reframed our resolutions to make them stick, set goals and intentions are now ready to take action!

The next step in getting truly productive is taking a look at your work environment. Is your workspace and the distraction it represents sucking away at your time as you hunt for what you need but can’t find it amongst the piles?

Are you trying to get all your work done from the comfort of your bed?

Do you feel unproductive when you sit down at your desk because you feel overwhelmed by all the clutter?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will love the 5 Key Steps for Creating a Productive Workspace that I...

Happy New Year!

Over the last few years, my family has had a tradition of starting the year by going around the table and sharing our New Year’s Resolutions. We then go back around the table and suggest resolutions for each other. Dangerous stuff I know! Fortunately, we haven’t killed each other yet.

But seriously, the act of setting a resolution is both important and rewarding, especially as we come out of 2020 which was such a disaster for so many.  The need to set goals and resolutions is more important than ever for 2021 as they give us something to hope for, to look forward to and to strive for.  

Have you made any New Year resolutions for this year? How are they going? Are you finding them difficult or easy to stick to?

Here's the bad news – New Year’s Resolutions usually don't work. What? On average, 64% of resolutions are abandoned by February. Isn’t it crazy that so many of us make resolutions...

Happy New Year and welcome to lockdown 3.0! I know a lot of people have been pinning their hopes on 2021 for a return to life as we normally know it, but unfortunately, we’re not there yet. With the UK and many other countries in lockdown, we find ourselves once more cooks, teachers, trainers, therapists and motivators – all while trying to run a business from home.

Many of my clients are struggling with the motivation to move forward and that’s what I wanted to talk to you about today. This time around is especially challenging because not only are we coming off the back of an indulgent and lazy Christmas period (I took two weeks off to do nothing but cook, eat and watch Netflix), but it is also cold and inhospitable outside with short, wet and cold days. So where does the motivation to move forward come from?

I'm glad you asked, because I have your back! This week, I have put together 5 strategies to get you motivated to take control of 2021:

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How are your New Year Resolutions going?

My biggest one this year was self-care and so far, so good. At the end of last year, I got myself into a real state physically, mentally and emotionally by not practicing self-care and I wanted to do things differently this year. I know that people get really confused about what self-care is. In fact, one client recently asked, “Is it just manicures and massages?”

I wanted to share my answer with you today and challenge you to start practicing self-care too!

So firstly, what is self-care?

Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Although it seems simple to action, it’s something we very often put to the bottom of our to do list. Instead, we should really make this a priority, because good self-care is key to improved mood and reduced anxiety. It’s also key to a good relationship with yourself and others....

So here we are at the beginning of 2021 and...we are back in lockdown!

To be honest, I can't say this situation is very different from Tier 4 except that the kids are now back to online learning. I have friends in other parts of the world that seem to be living life more normally, but we are all still feeling the stress that the pandemic has brought.

I know there have been a lot of hopes pinned on the end of 2020 and a return to normal life in 2021, but I'm afraid we're not out of the woods yet. On the up side, vaccinations have started and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. On the down side, that light is further away than we thought and we won't get there before March at the earliest.

But don't lose hope my friends! We have all learned from the previous lockdowns and it is a new year with a great opportunity to do things differently. I am of course focusing on how to be more productive as I am a productivity coach, but before we dive into that...