Jumping off the plateau… A relatively stable level, period, or state: You’ve been working hard to lose a few kilos. You’re watching your food intake and have started an exercise program. Each week you can see the results in how your clothes feel, and your happy with your achievements. Then…
We all have days when we would rather be in any other country than the one we are currently living. In Vietnam we used to call those days “TIV”– this is Vietnam. So much would regularly go wrong in Vietnam that you had to laugh about the difficulties…or you would…
Have you ever started an exercise program, been motivated and keen, only to discover a month or two later that you have let it slip? An offer of a coffee with a friend takes precedence over the gym session, or a drink with the boys sure beats that 10km run…
I have now been an Expat Spouse (often referred to as trailing spouse) for nearly seven years. We started our overseas life in Vietnam, then moved to Malaysia and at present are living in Hong Kong. During this time I have learnt a lot about adapting to different countries, cultures…
It happens to us all. Im sure you can recall a time in your life when you felt frustrated and angry at someone. Perhaps a good friend betrayed a confidence, or a car cut you off and almost caused you to have an accident. Its so easy to react without…
Todays blog post is a bit more serious than some of my others but is an issue that I am quite passionate about. There is no doubt that we are much more sedentary than we were a few generations ago. We sit in cars, on trains and buses to get…
“Belief is confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof, an opinion or conviction.” – Oxford dictionary Belief is one of the building blocks of conscious thought. Our beliefs are at the core of who we are, what we do and the success that…
I have realised that the worthwhile things in life take work, even those which you usually take for granted. A few weeks ago i started feeling sick. I don’t get sick very often, so I didnt take much notice of the sore throat and throbbing head. I continued with my…
On my facebook page this week, i wrote about goals, and the importance of setting them. By giving ourselves a concrete goal to work towards we are creating a purpose in our lives, a reason to get up every morning, a dream to motivate us to achieve. What i also…