What to do when you’re stuck in a rut
Over the last couple of months I’ve had a few moments where things have seemed a little bit ‘too-hard-basket’ and almost completely impossible to do. I couldn’t even write a simple email to a friend. On this particular night, I sat at my computer, feeling frustrated, angry and hopeless. I had so many words to [...]
The reasons I’m not a size 6, despite my squeaky clean diet
For many years, I struggled with my weight. If I wasn’t starving and depriving myself on one of the many strict diets I forced upon myself so I could be a size 8; then I was overindulging, eating everything in sight and battling to squeeze into my size 14 jeans. I yoyo’d for years, I [...]
6 things I adore right now
By Candice Aiken. It’s that time again to give some shout outs to 6 things that are currently lighting up my life (long overdue!). Here are 6 things I am truly grateful for and adoring the pants off right now: 1. Personalised sacred scents I was blessed to be able to virtually meet Michelle Marie [...]
6 things I adore right now
By Candice Aiken. It’s that time again to give some shout outs to 6 things that are currently lighting up my life. I have a much bigger list this week as I am absolutely full to the brim with gratitude (thanks to my daily gratitude journalling) but I will save some for next time. So [...]
10 Books that will change your life
By Candice Aiken. I have been on an amazing journey over the past few years and there are a gazillion books I can accredit to the life-changing and sometimes “radical” decisions I’ve made. I decided to create a top 10 list of the most influential books in my life so far and here they are [...]
Thoughtful Thursdays: How to Heal Yourself With Love
Curtis Aiken. Every day we are made aware of the hazards in our day-to-day life that are making us sick without us knowing it. Did you know that the following things in your home are making you sick: electricity, carpet, disconnection to the earth, your computer (don’t stop reading though, if you are concerned, print [...]
Thoughtful Thursdays: How to Use Your Self-talk to Empower You
By Curtis Aiken. Recently when I was watching Wayne Dyer presenting in his DVD called “Wishes Fulfilled”, a question came to me. Wayne talks of a story in the Bible about how Moses comes across a burning bush. Moses is spoken to through a voice booming from the burning bush that gives some instructions and [...]
Thoughtful Thursdays: Words of Wisdom
By Candice Aiken. Welcome to *THOUGHTFUL THURSDAYS*… a new segment for rockin’ words of wisdom, knock-your-freaking-socks-off inspirational stories and well, pretty much anything that will remotely fit into this category! This week I would like to share with you some words of wisdom that were relevant to me personally over the last week and hopefully [...]
Thoughtful Thursdays: How We Saved Our Dog’s Life
By Curtis Aiken. We had a scare last night. Our beautiful little boy Dexter (pictured), bolted across the road in front of a car. The timing was just perfect that the car’s corner hit him off on a 45 degree angle so it wasn’t a direct head-on impact. Also, this meant his head was past [...]
Thoughtful Thursdays: WORDS OF WISDOM
By Candice Aiken. Welcome to our new weekly segment… *THOUGHTFUL THURSDAYS* where we will be bringing you rockin’ words of wisdom, knock-your-freaking-socks-off inspirational stories and well, pretty much anything that will remotely fit into this category! This week I would like to share with you some words of wisdom that were relevant to me personally over the [...]
