6 Signs your relationship is abusive Finding a partner who is loving, caring, respectful and thoughtful is not an easy task, but once we find someone, sometimes we do not see warning signs that the relationship is turning abusive. Healthy relationships fill our cup, make us feel positive and add to our happiness, through love, […]
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Forever friendships as an expat? Forever friendships as an expat? Trying to find friends as an expat can be challenging, disheartening and lonely. Maybe you are working from home, a stay-at-home-mum or have colleagues who you have nothing in common with. It is not always easy to meet people you get on with and the
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Is your confidence holding you back? If you were asked what you would like to achieve in life, what would you say? Earn more money? Change career? Find the love of your life? Get the perfect figure? Compete in an event? Climb a mountain? Sky dive? The one thing that stops people from achieving their
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Expat dating – where are all the good men? Getting a job abroad brings excitement about your new home, city life and the opportunities it will bring. Moving abroad as a single person is often much easier than having others to think of, because you only have to focus on yourself. However, the dating world
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Is COVID harder for expats? On top of the stress and anxiety that COVID has brought into our lives, add being an expat into the mix. Among the expat community, there is an over-riding feeling that people in our home countries do not understand how this is especially hard for those of us who live
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Is forgiveness the key to happiness? In the Savage Garden song ‘Affirmation’ it says ‘I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness’ and it has always baffled me. I thought for so long he was saying ‘your OWN happiness’ and that made a lot more sense to me, but after checking official lyrics, it
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Is reflection the key to happiness? There are two types of people in the world: the reflectors and the blamers. The reflectors are the people who look inwards to any situation and work out what part they had to play in the results, and the blamers are the ones who look for external factors to
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‘Fake it til you make it’ – can it work for you? I first heard of the phrases ‘Fake it ‘til you make it’ and ‘Act as if’ a few years ago while working through some issues, and honestly did not understand what it meant or how you could do it. I could not understand
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Is humility the ultimate display of confidence? When we think of being humble, we think of the shy, quiet people who do everything for others and not much for themselves. Very rarely is it seen as a quality to admire. However, when we think of confidence, this is something we would all love to have.
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Put a spring in your step With spring coming, people start to feel more hopeful that the darker, shorter days of winter are over, and summer is on the way. Usually, there is an air of positivity and hopefulness as the days become longer, the sun starts to shine, and flowers appear in gardens. This
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Fall in love with yourself In the busy world of modern life, we have so many things to juggle (life, work, family, health) that we often forget to put ourselves first. Caring for parents, pets, children or friends can be demanding and often, we put ourselves to the bottom of the pile, prioritising work or
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New Year – new you? I love goal setting and love writing down all my goals for the forthcoming year, before New Year’s Day. I don’t believe that I will become a new person each time I set the goals, but I like to believe I will become a better person. Surely this is what
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