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"Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are." Marianne Williamson ✨

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” Hāfez ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I took this photo early one morning a couple of weeks ago when we had woken to a thick blanket of fog outside. It was freezing cold and I would have preferred to stay in bed but I knew the fog wouldn't last.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I'm not sure I'll ever think of myself as a morning person, but once I’m up, there's nothing I love more than being outside as dawn breaks, watching the light change, listening to birdsong, welcoming another new day.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Those quiet early morning hours make a real difference to my day, especially when they involve connecting with nature. 🌿

“Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be." Sonia Ricotti ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Thanks @saxonkent for your beautiful pic of Tallow Beach. We miss you Byron Bay. 🙏

“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” Victor Hugo 🙌

"We are often tired and imbalanced not because we are doing too much, but because we are doing too little of what is most real and meaningful.” Marianne Williamson⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you are currently living in a place that's in lockdown (as I am) or if you have loved ones you can't see, my thoughts and best wishes are with you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It's an incredibly difficult and emotionally exhausting time for everyone. The best we can do right now is to simply be kind to ourselves and acknowledge that whatever we're feeling, it’s valid. 🙏

Beautiful pic by @chrisjamesphotos

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Joseph Campbell 🙌

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

“Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not.” Deepak Chopra ✨

It’s been a week full of mindfulness workshops. Locally with this wonderful team from @warlimontandnutt, Australia wide with some great corporate and NFP clients and globally on @insighttimer. ✨

Even if you’re not into meditation, mindfulness practices such as the following will bring you back to the present moment and help balance the negative bias of the brain.

1. Upon waking, ask yourself "What will make today a good day?" and make sure you find time for whatever that is. Try including something that constitutes self-care.

2. At midday, express appreciation or gratitude for someone in your life. Send a thank you email or text or verbally acknowledge the qualities you value in them.

3. At the end of the day, reflect on the best part of your day. Share these things with your housemates or if you live alone, reach out to a friend and ask them if they’d be open to sharing a ‘gratitude text’ at 6pm every day.

These may sound like simple platitudes but there’s strong evidence to suggest that when we express gratitude and focus on what’s going well on a regular basis, we build new neural pathways in our brains making us more resilient and content in our lives. 🙌

© Kate James 2021

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