Author page: Alice Graves

Confidence vs Courage

Confidence vs Courage

Everyone wants to be confident. We know if if we were just a bit more confident, life would be so much better We’d apply for the promotion We’d ask for the pay increase We’d move abroad We’d start our business I lost out on soo many opportunities, because I was too afraid to put up my hand. But was it…

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Life Is Not Linear!

Life Is Not Linear!

I used to feel so much pressure to discover my passion and my purpose in life. My one true calling.  I believed that there was only one possible ‘best life’ for me. So I had to choose the ‘right life’ because if I didn’t, I was doomed to misery. So I stood at the starting line looking up at all…

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WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?

WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?

A lot of people think they need to change who they are in order to be happy.  They have an image of the person they feel they are meant to be, and all too often that person is a direct opposite of who they are.  I also used to be like that.  However what I learnt is you don’t need…

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How Do You Use Your Umbrella?

How Do You Use Your Umbrella?

It’s raining outside and a person is getting wet. A stranger gives them an umbrella and they slowly start to dry. Once they are dry they no longer think they need the umbrella so they throw it away only to get wet again.  I love this story. To me self care is the umbrella in this story, even when we…

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What Padel Taught Me About Commitment

What Padel Taught Me About Commitment

COMMITMENT IS AN ACT, NOT A WORD – Jean-Paul Satre Sometimes you have to learn a lesson a hundred times before it finally sinks in. I had that last week when I played Padel for the first time. For those of you who don’t know what padel is, it’s a mixture of tennis and squash, and very fun to play!…

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Mother Knows Best! Podcast

Becoming a Mother with a Full-time job I had the pleasure of joining The Curious About podcast where we spoke about everything to do with finding balance as a working mother. Click here to listen to the full episode and read the key takeaways. “As you become a mother, it’s a massive adjustment. You go from really being able to…

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Decide What Success Means To You

Decide What Success Means To You

Will being successful really make you happy? I used to believe that when I was “successful” everything in my life would be better. I’d be slimmer, smarter, richer and happier. However I had never taken the time to determine what success meant to me personally. I just saw what others did and thought I have to do that too.  I…

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Why Challenging How You Think Is So Important

Why Challenging How You Think Is So Important

Why Challenging How You Think Is So Important I was brought up believing that ‘only the weak get sick’ and as much as I knew my father said this in jest, it was a belief that ingrained itself in me.  That if you’re strong enough you’ll just power through.  I’d like to think that as an adult I am able…

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