There are just so many things around you that can help you get into the state of happiness fast.

At any moment of any day, especially when life feels hard, pause and take a moment to remember something that makes you happy (keep it simple: puppies, birds, flowers, kids laughing, snuggling in your comfy bed perhaps).

Or simply look outside and see the real things that are there just waiting for you to enjoy them: the blue sky, a baby laughing, kids playing, the trees, the flowers, even the weeds that grow and flourish in the sidewalk can be beautiful if you think about how they grow to full bloom even in such harsh environments.

Think happy and you will look for happy things. Did you know that what you look for you normally find?

Feelings of happiness in your mind and body are the real secret to great health as they;
Change the way you think
Which changes the way you feel
Which changes the way you perceive what is happening around you
Which changes the way you react
Which changes your...

A Fool Proof Way To Achieve Easy Change Over 365 Days.

When we think about making changes, we often procrastinate because we think of change as 'challenging', 'daunting', 'uncomfortable' or we just plain dread it.

We think we have to give up something to gain something and we're not always keen on giving up things we've grown attached to, even if they're things that no longer serve us in helpful, healthy or happy ways.

So imagine if you could simply allow yourself to out grow it?

Out growing stuff is easy right?

You've been doing it your whole life.

You've outgrown:
Santa
The tooth fairy
Sucking your thumb
Being scared of the dark
Toys you've loved
Friends from childhood
Friends from school
People you used to work with
Neighbours you no longer live next too
Groups you're no longer involved with
Schedules you've lived by
Having someone look after you
Playground scuffles
Being upset with your friend for having their lunch with someone else
The fashion you wore in the 80's
The hairstyle you had when...

We had amazing conversation about decluttering, and contrary to popular belief, it’s not just a one-time thing. We also did a deep dive into our relationship to the things we own and why we keep the things we have.

Lauren says: “We weren’t born organised, these are skills we have to learn, and regardless of how you grew up, your organisational skills are an individual thing”

One of the biggest obstacles that Lauren had to overcome was letting the relationship she had with her mother go. Gathering up the courage and wisdom to sever the maternal cord and relationship with her mum and embracing the fact that it was the best thing she could have done for herself, her health, her family, her happiness, and her life.
She gives 3 tips for anyone else who feels they need to release someone from their life voluntarily.

Among her many clients, Lauren works with people who have neuro diversities such as Tourette’s, ADHD, and autism. Lauren helps all her clients to...

I remember when I first read that quote many many years ago, it shocked me as I hadn’t really thought about it in that way.

I struggled with my weight for a quarter of a century and I was ashamed and bewildered that I kept regaining the weight time and time again.

I didn’t understand back then that what I really needed wasn't another weight loss program what I needed was help to overcome the weight loss obstacles I had so I could lose the weight and keep it off.

Finally, in 2011, I developed a program to overcome those obstacles so I could change the habits and behaviours I wanted to change so I could lose weight my way and lose it for life.
 
Dietless Living® is helping women and men overcome weight loss obstacles in 6 Simple Steps.

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* People who have done all the lotions, potions, pills, powders, shakes and diets but keep regaining the weight

* People who've had gastric banding but not won the war over wanting

* Overweight, exhausted A-Type...

I recently heard of a weight-loss plan that combines daily injections of a hormone that’s released during pregnancy and is extracted from the urine of pregnant women.

Along with the daily injections you can only eat 500 calories a day.

The cost of the hormone is nearly $1500 for a 5 week supply and the weight loss really comes from the highly restricted caloric intake and apparently the hormone doesn’t assist with the weight loss or reducing appetite.

Among some of unpleasant short term potential side effects of the hormone are stomach pain and swelling, severe pelvic pain and shortness of breath. While some of the long term side effects include fatigue, depression, and possible blood clots along with….weight gain!

Although I never did this particular diet, I did do some crazy diets over the quarter of a century that I yo yo dieted, I always seemed to be trying to manipulate my body using some weight loss strategy that would trick it into giving up the fat and...

In this week’s podcast, I had the great pleasure to talk to Ingrid Galloway who shares with me 2 of her biggest obstacles in life that she’s had to overcome: leaving Indonesia to move to Australia and 10 years later finally leaving an abusive relationship after 3 failed attempts.

The interesting thing about Ingrid is she sees all of life's events as opportunities for growth and can shares great wisdom, along with 3 helpful tips for anyone who is trying to leave a domestic violent relationship.

Ingrid has been a relationship coach for 13 years now and works with couples before and after marriage as well as couples coaching for people who are in their first relationships and about to move in together. But what I really love about Ingrid’s work is that she works with broken-hearted singles.

Grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy today's episode. 

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When I decided to forget about dieting and focus on living, it changed more than my weight, it changed my life.

I'd grown up around trucks and when I was a little girl I went to work with my dad a lot and naturally I wanted to be a truck driver just like him. My father had a long history of driving international trucks in the 50’s and 60’s and in the 70’s he worked in Gove and Weipa, back before there was “fly in/fly out”, which meant we didn’t see him for a long time.

In 2012, I finally got my opportunity to make that little girl's dream a reality when I got on a project in Weipa operating a 60 Tonne rigid (which I learnt to operate on the job).

I worked on 2 more projects after Weipa; McArthur River and Maules Creek. There was a lot to love about this work, and one of them was living in a camp. Whilst most complained that they put on lots of weight as the food was all supplied, I always lost weight. I was just so happy living life that I was no...

Happiness actually isn’t very highly rated; it is highly coveted, but not highly rated in regards to the value it can add to your life.

Yet the ROI on happiness is massive!

It:
Lowers your risk for cardiovascular disease
Lowers your blood pressure
Enables better sleep
Improves your diet
Boosts digestion
Reduces stress and anxiety.
Boosts your immune system
Reduces inflammation in the body
Reduces auto immune problems
Improves blood flow through your body by releasing tension from your body
Releasing tension from the body reduces migraines, headaches and aches and pains
Improves brain function (all the increased blood flow clears thinking)
Increases mental health
Increases emotional health

All of which helps you to maintain a healthy body weight because when you feel good you make better food choices, you want to exercise more, drink less alcohol and generally you have all round better health habits because happy people make happy healthy choices.

Imagine what you could do if...

What do you do when you get a phone call in the middle of the afternoon to tell you your daughter has been involved in a hit and run and is in intensive care and she lives 2 states away from where you are?

Debbie Barker shares how she got through that very challenging time and how she applied her skills as a Reiki master to help her daughter and her family.

In this heart-warming interview Debbie (who was a PT and Pilates coach for nearly 30 years) and I share some great weight loss tips and do a deep dive into energy work.

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The other day I popped a post in about what’s gone on in the background to get up my business up and running. The post was about how I needed to learn everything from scratch, basically I put myself through what I laughingly call “Katie University” as I’ve tried to work it all out and put the pieces of the business puzzle together.

And you know what, as I look at that post, I can see that’s exactly how dedicated I was for the 25 years preceding it when I was putting myself through another version of “Katie University” when I was trying to work out how to lose weight and stop relapsing and putting it back on. I wish I’d logged the hours I’d spent reading and listening to audiobooks, CDs, going to workshops, seminars, and taking courses. Not to mention my fetish for constant note-taking and writing down ideas and insights which filled many journals over the years as I tried to piece together the puzzle that is human behaviour....