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The Importance of Healthy Boundaries When Dealing with Bullying

31 March 2023 / Life Skills, TRTP Trauma therapy / By Joslyn Gardiner / anxiety, boundaries, limiting beliefs / 3 minutes of reading

Bullying is rife in our communities. Seven out of every ten high school kids in Australia have been bullied somehow. Bullying occurs in the home, in schools (by teachers and other students); in the workplace. I am sure you can think of other places or scenarios. Setting firm, healthy boundaries while being clear on what you will and will not tolerate is essential. It is essential to maintain the respect for others’ boundaries as you maintain a strong sense of who you are.

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Boundaries are the limits you set. Be clear on what you tolerate

Seeing Yourself as Yourself

2 June 2022 / Leave a Comment / Coaching, Life Skills / By Joslyn Gardiner / anxiety, LGBTQIA+, Values / 6 minutes of reading

One of the hardest things to achieve is to see Yourself as Yourself. It is normal human behaviour to look over the fence and think someone else has a life better than ours. But in reality that is not true. Our values determine who we are, the decisions that we make, our choices, our lifestyle. When we start trying to please others, copy others or do what others expect us to do, we lose our identity. This is when we start to live according to the values of others. We do things to please them. We say yes to them and NO to ourselves. We live their life, achieve their dreams and forget who we really are. Your life is yours to live. Never stop seeing yourself as Yourself. Be true to you.

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Live Your Life on Purpose

28 April 2022 / Leave a Comment / Life Skills, TRTP / By Joslyn Gardiner / Purpose, Values / 4 minutes of reading

Humans have been searching for the meaning of life for millennia. While there isn’t a universal answer, it’s possible to find meaning in your own life. It is a complete waste of human potential for a life to go ‘unlived!’ Everyone is a genuis in some area of their life – find your genuis and share it with the world.

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Take Control of Your Finances

2 December 2021 / Leave a Comment / Coaching, Life Skills / By Joslyn Gardiner / money management / 5 minutes of reading

Money flows to where it is most managed! If you lose control of your finances, you lose control of your life! Managing your Money is not savings, skrimping and starving yourself and your family! It is about building habits that give you long term choices. Manage your money. Make it work for you. If you don’t know how to do this, ask an expert for help. Most people want to be financially free, but most never take the time to put a plan in place to manage their income and expenses. To be financially free you must take control of your finances, which means lowering your spending and increasing your savings and investments.

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Do You Need to Set Boundaries?

18 November 2021 / Leave a Comment / Life Skills / By Steve Gardiner / bad habits, Goals, mental health / 5 minutes of reading

Boundaries are the rules or limits that you set to let other people know what you will tolerate. Many ‘people pleasers’ forget to do this. Before you say yes or agree to anyone else’s wishes or demands, make sure you are not saying yes to them and NO to Yourself! When you are forever doing what others want, you are living their lives not yours! Be Yourself – everyone else is already taken!

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Just Make A Decision

16 September 2021 / Leave a Comment / Coaching, Life Skills / By Joslyn Gardiner / 3 minutes of reading

How many opportunities have you let slip by because you couldn’t just make a decision? Life is about taking a chance. Nothing is guaranteed and if we don’t take a risk or two, learn to trust our gut and make quick decisions we will find life begins to pass us by. Practice making decisions quickly daily with small choices, then progress to larger ones. Always do your due diligence when appropriate.

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Create a Wealth Mindset

6 August 2021 / Leave a Comment / Life Skills / By Joslyn Gardiner / success, Values / 5 minutes of reading

Becoming is more about How you Think than how much you earn. It’s what you do with your earnings that is important. Do you have a savings or a spending mentality? If you were given a windfall $2000 what would you do with it? Go shopping? Pay off some bills? Deposit into your mortgage or invest it? Of course, if you are born into a wealthy family, it can fast track your success, but not always! Winning lotto is not the answer either. Statistically, people who win $1 million or more in Lotto have lost it all within 5 years! Mindset is the key! You need to create a wealth mindset and belief you can be wealthy before money and assets ever start to accumulate in your accounts.

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Habits Run Our Lives

16 June 2021 / Leave a Comment / Beliefs, Life Skills / By Steve Gardiner / addictive habits, bad habits, mental health / 6 minutes of reading

Our habits, both good and bad, control what we do, and often how we do it. These habits have been formed from years of repetitively doing the same thing every day, in the same way, usually at the same time. Try cleaning your teeth with your non-dominant hand to see how ‘programmed’ we have all become. Our phone habits, computer habits are now dictating how we even wake in the morning. Think about it, what habits are controlling your life? Is it time to change a few?

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What’s a Wrong Decision?

6 June 2021 / Leave a Comment / Coaching, Life Skills / By Steve Gardiner / believe in ourselves, Values / 3 minutes of reading

Failing to decide is equal to deciding to fail. Every day we are presented with choices: what to eat, to wear, to do; these are very basics. More important choices pop up unexpectedly, getting into the habit or being comfortable to make a snap decision (based on previous experiences) is an art and practice is the way to perfect it. Practice making quick decisions. Every decision can be corrected by another. Write down the pros and cons of life-changing decisions – anaylsis against your desired outcome. If it fits, go with it. Keep moving to get more out of life.

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Gender is on a Spectrum

1 June 2021 / Leave a Comment / Coaching, Life Skills / By Joslyn Gardiner / respect / 4 minutes of reading

It is the little things that matter when you are ‘different!’ Whether it is because you are a bit quirky, overweight, loud, or simply born a little physically or mentally different – all you really want to be is accepted, respected and treated like everyone else. Its time for humanity to step up! Its time for everyone to be ‘respected!’

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