Sabotaging Idea Cloud

How to stop your inner critic from sabotaging you

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I had the great pleasure of sitting down recently with Grace Fodor, founder of the fabulous Studio 10 makeup range, to have a discussion about that inner critic. We did this for her new StudioLIFE series which she sends out to her subscribers. We actually recorded it live with people listening in and and here it is for you all …

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Glynis on Loose Women

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I’m used to being interviewed on TV about my acting work, but these days people are also wanting to talk about Ageless. Which makes me happy. I love talking about health and the many, many topics I’ve covered on Ageless. This week I was on Loose Women with Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Janet Street-Porter and Brenda Edwards. The ladies were …

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A beginners guide to meditation

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The practice of meditation is of great benefit as the mind and body are closely connected. Meditation can help lower blood pressure, reduce the stress hormone cortisol and is a wonderful way to process the turmoil and challenges of life. A daily dose of meditation keeps stress at bay It’s a discipline like any anything else, just like exercise, but …

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The non-emotional contract

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You may know Marie Reynolds as a skin guru extraordinaire, but it turns out she is also a sage. Treating her many clients often turns into a form of therapy and she wanted to find a way to practically help them with their stress. Marie kept seeing clients overwhelmed by stress She noticed the emotional way they tried to deal …

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Navigating world chaos mindfully

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I sit down with mindfulness author, Ora Nadrich, to talk about her most recent book “Time to Awaken”. The world has changed with warp speed in the last few years and many people are now struggling with both their mental health and their physical health. How on earth are we meant to process the current upheaval in the world? Everything …

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Control your negative and fear-based thoughts

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I recently met up with Mindfulness author, Ora Nadrich to talk about her “Says Who” method, based on her successful book of that name. The question is who exactly is that speaking in our heads? And who has control of that voice and the dialogue? According to Ora we do. We are in control of our internal dialogue Through a …

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How to practice mindfulness

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Ora Nadrich is one of the world’s most respected mindfulness authors and according to Book Authority, her book “Live True” is one of the top hundred mindfulness books of all time. I’ve known Ora for many years and can attest to her authenticity and practising what she preaches. She is a person filled with empathy, spirituality and is driven to …

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Stress ages our skin

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Is there anything that stress doesn’t affect? The answer is a resounding no and in this article, written by Shabir Daya, a pharmacist at Victoria health, it also ages us and in particular our skin. Yes I know, it’s a bit dispiriting but there IS hope The first takeaway from this is that managing stress needs to be a top …

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Get rid of the weight of expectation this Christmas

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Christmas has a strange hold on so many of us. We often think of it as some sort of Disneyesque fairytale even though we know the reality is very different. And each year we think that it’ll be different, that this year the perfect Christmas will be achieved. And therein lies the problem. If we are hoping for perfection then …

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How to silence the inner critic (video)

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Do you have an inner voice that tells you off all the time? It tells you how you’re not good enough and how everyone else is far superior, more successful, smarter, thinner and on and on. According to hypnotherapist Zoë Clews, this voice is aimed at the inner child who is often troubled and vulnerable. In this video she shares …