Win Your Week

Find yourself continually comparing yourself to other? Here's how to break the unhealthy cycle! These strategies can help you think about yourself more positively. When you stop comparing yourself to others and turn your focus inward, you start being better at what really matters: being you.

You may have heard the saying ‘comparison is the thief of joy’. This sentiment is particularly relevant today, especially with our constant access to social media and people’s curated and seemingly perfect lives. So, today we want to talk about comparison, where is comes from and how we combat it before it takes over our lives - and hopefully by the end you'll be inspired to WIN YOUR WEEK!

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Scented candles can induce calm and help to alleviate symptoms of stress, with the ability to lower cortisol. There are many ways to add little luxuries to our lives and ‘treat ourselves’. Today we want to talk about one of our favourite ways to add a little bit of indulgence to our homes and level up our self-care routine. This is by burning scented candles! Recent years have seen candles and scented candles in particular majorly grow in popularity and use and this is for a good reason. Candles have a plethora of uses and benefits.  In this blog post we'll explore some of these helpful, mindful and powerful tips - and hopefully by the end you'll be inspired to WIN YOUR WEEK!
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There’s a reason there are millions of songs written about friendship. Friends are vital to our wellbeing and are some of the most powerful bonds people have. Having close friends enriches our lives. Friends can celebrate our wins with us as well as provide support during bad times. Having friends can prevent isolation and loneliness and give us the chance to offer essential companionship. Friends also play a significant role in promoting our overall health. With adults who have strong social connections having a reduced risk of depression and high blood pressure. In addition, studies have found that older adults who have meaningful relationships and social support are likely to live longer than their peers with fewer connections.

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The way we talk to ourselves can be highly influential over how we feel about ourselves and how we behave. The effect can be good or bad depending on whether your self-talk is positive or negative. Self-talk is important because it has a big impact on how you feel and what you do. It can be supportive and beneficial, motivating you, or it can be negative, undermining your confidence. So, today’s blog is about self-talk and how we can ensure we are talking to ourselves in a productive and positive way.

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The art of being a confident and happy person means being able to voice your opinion and hear other people’s opinions. But, being able to speak up as well as remain open to other people’s opinions or be ‘assertive’ can be a hard. Assertiveness means expressing your point of view in a way that is clear and direct, while still respecting others. Assertiveness is the quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive to defend a right point of view or a relevant statement.
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