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Reading as Therapy

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:29:39 +0000

These days it is easy to find a therapist because of online solutions like BetterHelp.com. But did you know that picking up a book could be therapeutic as well? There are several mental health benefits to reading that are backed up by mounting scientific evidence. Reading is great for the...

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Review: Empower Yourself by Xenia Tchoumi

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:00:32 +0000

How can you empower yourself in the current climate when all anyone can focus on is the pandemic and how the world has come to a complete standstill. “There’s no such thing in life as an overnight success. Behind the scenes of every success story are sweat, tears and countless...

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Learning During a Pandemic: Why we should all consider it

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:00:47 +0000

Since the pandemic started, jobs have become scarce and across the world, almost everything has simply come to a complete standstill. At the start of the COVID outbreak, no one could have predicted how much of an impact it would still be having on our lives nearly a year on....

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Review: Positively Wealthy by Emma Mumford

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:00:13 +0000

This isn’t just another book about getting rich quick, but how to make your entire life rich and fulfilling. This is a book that highlights the need to move away from get-rich-quick schemes and pyramid programmes. Neither does Emma advise you to go out and spend a fortune on life...

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Review: Wintering by Katherine May

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:45:45 +0000

Wintering, what is it? Have you heard of it? Have you ever experienced it? Well, if like me you are left feeling a bit confused by the term, check out this definition. “Wintering is a season in the cold. It is the fallow period in life when you’re cut off...

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Review: The 4 Hour Working Week by Tim Ferriss

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:30:35 +0000

Would you like to work less but earn more? Most people would jump at the chance to spend more time doing what they want, rather than spending more hours in a cubicle or doing a job they feel they have to do in order to make a living. There is...

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Review: Failosophy – A handbook for when things go wrong by Elizabeth Day

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:02:55 +0000

In Failosophy, Elizabeth brings together all the lessons she has learned from conversations with people on her podcast, How to Fail. Failure connects us all; it’s what makes us human. Success however happens when you learn from your failures and turn them around. It is our resilience and mindset that...

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Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:00:36 +0000

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with the pressure to follow the crowd and conform? As a child, we are always told not to follow the crowd and to think for ourselves and yet as soon as we become an adult it seems like our entire life has already been mapped...

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Audiobook Review: 9 Secrets to Thriving by Emma J. Bell

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:28:34 +0000

Imagine being charged with drug smuggling 1000s of miles away from home. Would you survive and thrive or sink to your lowest ever? Or what would happen if you had a surfing accident? Would you give up? What happens when you feel overwhelmed but under-supported in a relationship? Will you...

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Review: Scabby Queen by Kristin Innes

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:02 +0000

Clio Campbell first hit the headlines back in 1990 when she appeared on Top of the Pops wearing an anti-poll tax t-shirt and singing a song she had actually written for groups at protests. She killed herself in 2018 just days before her 51st birthday. Sadly, her death didn’t come...

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