Feeling Good

4 Things You Must Consider When Turning Your Hobby into a Business

Four-years ago I turned my glass-making hobby into a working, thriving business. The process wasn’t as simple as just putting a sign on the door, and I had my ups and downs, but I love what I’m doing now – and I’ve learned tons, about my work, myself and my business. There are four things that, if I had put some thought into them up-front, would have made life so much easier…

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Living beyond limits: Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

Instead of looking at our challenges and limitations as something negative or bad, we need to look at them as blessings. Magnificent gifts that can be used to ignite our imaginations, and help us go further than we ever thought we could…

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Menu Mondays: Easy, Peasy Sauce with Pasta or Gnocchi

Menu Mondays: Easy, Peasy Sauce with Pasta or Gnocchi – making a lovely sauce doesn’t get much easier than this

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“Return to Work” Bonuses Used to Lure New Mothers Back into Cubicles [video]

More and more women realise that working from home, whether starting their own business or otherwise, can be the best option following maternity leave. With the ability to balance family and work – on her own terms – being so attractive, companies feel threatened by the loss of many of their best people. If an effort to combat this show of independence, some companies are resorting to ‘return to work bonuses’ to lure women back to the cubicles.

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The Zen of Housework: How to Make Household Chores a Family Team Event!!!

Let’s face it, there always seem to be people in the family that need to pull their weight around the house, and it might even be you *gasp!*. Whether we’re talking about our kids, our partner, or ourselves, we know that the balance for working around the house is rarely perfect.

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Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – easy, full of flavour and a real treat

Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – an easy vegetarian dish, low-fat, full of flavour and a real treat for all the family

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10 Food Rules To Cure Your Kids’ Picky Eating Habits (the French Way)

Do you know any kids that are picky eaters? Check out these 10 little rules to sort it out – the French way

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Menu Mondays: Thai Vegetable Soup – Full of Flavour & Surprisingly Simple

Last week’s favourite was a bit of a surprise for me. It’s something we’ve never had before and to be quite honest it just seemed to… well, simple. But when we put it together, the flavours really came together and it was really good. It just goes to show that good meals don’t actually need to be that complex.

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Elizabeth Gilbert: Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Talks About Nurturing Creativity [video]

Instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. Check out Elizabeth Gilbert (Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’) in this funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.

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Why Astronauts Feel Low, Olympians Go Cold At Gold & You Should Plan For Success

Creating a series of plans and alternate routes for the future can mentally free you up to enjoy the process of your success. It can also allow you take the wider view and see possibilities you would miss if you didn’t stop to look around every now and again.

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