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    Redefining ‘Having It All’

    by admin April 10, 2018

    ‘Having it all’ has been about women being able to have a career as well as a nuclear family. We were told that we wanted a fulfilling career, as well as a great marriage, a couple of kids, a house that looks like it could be in a magazine, a healthy body with time to exercise, and holidays overseas.

    This version of ‘having it all’, that we have been brought up on, and that society tells us we want, is really materialistic and consumer driven. 

    It’s also competitive, and has us envying others who we think are doing it better than we are. 

    But many of us are not happy to be pursuing this version of ‘having it all’.

    That’s why ‘having it all’ really needs to be redefined.

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    Having it all must firstly be about working out what your individual ‘all’ is.

    What would make you happy and fulfilled? (Don’t reference anyone else’s goals. Really think what you need to be happy.)

    For me, at this point in my life, I am most happy when I’m working a lot. I do not want to give that up, and children would take up too much time. So it’s my choice not to have them. I don’t want to feel guilty for not spending time with my family, and I don’t want to resent my family because I want to work!

    Happiness for me is also about appreciating what I have, where I live, my marriage, my health, and the many opportunities that present themselves. When I am appreciative, I also feel fulfilled. 

    Finally, I think that having it all also means that we have choices. We need equality to have the range of choices to truly make us feel independent and valued. If we are making choices from being backed in a corner, or we don’t feel like we have a choice because no one else will do it if we don’t, then we lose something of ourselves. 

    The choices we need available to us, if we are going to ‘have it all’, must allow us to be our best self. If we have choses that allow us to be who we really are, then this should mean true happiness. 

    Therefore, I suggest that ‘having it all’ should mean:

    • knowing yourself enough to know what your ‘all’ actually is, and not feeling peer or societal pressure to conform,
    • having a range of choices that grant you the freedom to be who you truly are, and
    • being appreciative of what you have, so you have a sense of pride and happiness with your life.
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    Is Your Organisation Causing You Stress?

    by admin November 26, 2017

    We live in a society of “joiners.”  We like to join churches, clubs, committees, and community organisations.  We like to join classes and magazine subscription drives.  We simply enjoy being with…

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    Life and Self-Mastery

    by admin November 4, 2017

    Many people wander through life trying to find their way to the road to success. Along the way, most people stumble, fall, and get back up to take hold of the…

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    Being Effectively Conscious and Self-Mastery

    by admin September 23, 2017

    Sometimes you have to make positive adjustments to retrain your mind so that you can make room for self-mastery development. Sometimes you have to take control of your life by probing…

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    You’re Doing Everything Wrong!

    by admin September 3, 2017

    I read a funny-angry article in Women’s Agenda this week, about being a woman and being sick of being told that we’re doing everything wrong! https://womensagenda.com.au/life/jugglehood/im-sick-told-im-wrong/ I related strongly. I’m sick…

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    News Junkie Stress

    by admin August 19, 2017

    Perhaps you’ve been watching news channels, or national news updates religiously for its coverage of the war on terror, ISIS and the economy.  Or maybe you spend hours glued to the…

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    5 Things I’m Grateful For

    by admin June 25, 2017

    There is a trend to ensure we include gratefulness in our daily routine – either by journalling, or by consciously acknowledging a few things aloud to another person. Some prefer the…

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    Give, Give, Give

    by admin June 25, 2017

    Everyone knows the old sayings about marriage, and how everything requires compromise, and each partner should give 50%.  Well – they are wrong!  Everything should not require compromise, or everything will…

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    Creation and Self Determination

    by admin May 27, 2017

    Take control of your thoughts and your life! The way we as humans were created with self-awareness, made us the greatest creation, simply because of our ability to think, communicate, and…

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    Feeling Down and Self-Mastery

    by admin April 30, 2017

    There is many things that can make people upset. When people get upset it is normally because someone has hurt their feeling, or they don’t feel worthy. It doesn’t feel good…

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    Building Self-Determination

    by admin April 8, 2017

    We all have to adapt to the many changes that go on in our life, environment, in the workplace, cultures, and economy. It is often difficult to keep up with the…

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    5 Things I Can Stop Worrying About – And You Can Too!

    by admin March 26, 2017

    As women, we worry about many things that we cannot change and have no control over. This wastes a lot of our mental energy and physical emotions unnecessarily. Instead, we should…

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    Battling Romance Myths

    by admin March 26, 2017

    The institution of marriage is surrounded by a number of myths, stories and advice freely offered by people on a daily basis.  Unfortunately, many people listen to and believe these pieces…

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