Welcome. Regularly I will share either a tip which will give you a practical to integrate into your everyday life to help keep you sane or it will show you something I have done that week to stay sane. It is also the home of my Sanity@Work (R) Podcast.
Remember if you are having a challenge staying sane, one percent of your day is 15 mins and I know you can spend one percent of your day taking some action to regain balance and control of your life.
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Sunset in Darwin
Last weekend we went to Darwin to run a Essentially for Women workshop and ended the day heading to the bay to enjoy the perfect sunset. We had so much fun being silly with the sunset. I hope you enjoy the video. Darwin is THE place to be in winter in oz.
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My first and only half marathon
On Sunday I ran my first and only half marathon on Queensland's Gold Coast. The longest distance I had run in the past was 10km in the NIKE Great Race last year. The half marathon is 21km and even though it was a flat course it was a real challenge for a social runner like me. Anyway I am rapt that I did it and I know that it will be my first and last half. I am more suited to the shorter 10km runs which seem soooo easy after doing a half marathon. To see the clip of my race hit the play button below.
In his book ‘Anatomy of an Illness’, Norman Cousins tells the story of how he ‘laughed his way out of a crippling disease’ that doctors believed to be irreversible. Cousins was an author, diplomat and editor of the literary magazine ‘The Saturday Review’. In 1964, he contracted ankylosing spondylitis – the connective tissue in his spine was disintegrating. He was told that there was no record of anyone ever beating the disease and that adrenal stress could have been the cause behind it. Learn how he beat it.
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Energy Suckers vs Energy Givers
The biggest source of energy suckers in your life is yourself. You are the one cutting corners by not respecting your own needs, eating well, exercising or making time for fun in your life. Anything that takes the fun out of your life is an ‘energy sucker’ and anything that puts the fun back into your life is an ‘energy giver’ and feeds you energy. Identify your ‘suckers’ and replace them with ‘givers’ that feed you with energy and enthusiasm.
Picture this, your alarm screams at you at 5 or 6am. You think to yourself you’ve got a full on day ahead and need to get to work NOW. You skip breakfast and just grab a coffee as you run out of the door or at one of those drive throughs on the way to work. You get to work and are straight into it. Ten o’clock arrives and you are fading fast, your energy is below low, you can’t think straight and you are ready to eat the first thing that walks past you. Learn about healthy quick and easy breakfasts to get you going for the day.
