Adventures with Polly
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A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER
If you know me, you’ll know that as a summer baby, the winter months can be such a struggle for me. Maybe this is you too, or perhaps you love the fresh, cold winter months. For some reason, November seems to be the toughest winter month of them all. The autumnal colours have gone, it’s cold, the shorter days are making it harder to get outdoors, and Christmas is far too early to get excited about…
ARE YOU SITTING ON A 3-LEGGED STOOL?
Ever wonder why at times when you feel less resilient and with worries on your mind you can feel like you are ‘having a wobble’
We are all like 3 legged stools - when one leg gets compromised it can create a literal wobble.
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE DARKER MONTHS
Taking care of our mental health is our duty of care to ourselves, a personal responsibility, and part of lifelong learning. Yet, many of us fail to take a preventative approach until faced with challenges and realise that prevention is better than cure.
AN ADVENTURE AT 15,000 feet…
Two months ago, a beautiful family friend lost her life to a blood-related condition, just weeks before she could celebrate her 60th birthday with her loving family. So when my wild-woman compadre, Maggie Martin, invited me to take her place and sky dive for Bright Red two weeks earlier, it was easy to say yes...
LET’S PACK YOUR MENTAL FITNESS KITBAG!
To be human means having moments in our lives where things go wrong, life feels tough, and everything can feel like a struggle - this is unavoidable!
Don’t wait for the pants on fire moments to work out how to take care of yourself. Take action - the time is now!
CONNECT WITH YOUR TRIBE
Every day is an opportunity to have more, be more, and do more. Whether it’s about your personal life, your career path, your health, or matters of the heart, I believe it is possible to create a supportive and wise team.
FINDING INSPIRATION IN NATURE
Isn’t nature brilliant? I’ve been finding inspiration in natural spaces for many years and have written a series of blogs about lessons learned from nature. Today, observing wildlife antics on a wee early morning stomp, some of the sights I saw inspired this post…
CLEARING THE CLUTTER
Have you ever felt blocked but didn’t know why or described feeling stuck? The truth is, I’ve been feeling all of these things recently, and it’s held me back on a personal and professional level… do you want to know how I worked through it?
NURTURING YOUR WELLBEING
Do you ever get so busy or wrapped up in tasks, work, or helping others that you forget to take care of yourself? Maybe you give your work or social media your attention and run out of steam to top up your tank?
A Polly Prescription - Study Survival Guide
So, you've got a beast of an exam staring you down? Well, fear not, because we're about to turn that dread into some kickass confidence with a sprinkle of fun. Yes, you heard that right - with the right mindset and a few cheeky tips up your sleeve, let's light this candle, embrace the challenge, and show those exams who's boss - are you ready to rock this?
A Matter of Resilience - A Personal Story
Today I wanted to share a story I've never told online before, about an experience that affected me significantly and made me think hard about vulnerability and resilience.
Adventuring is good for you!!
We associate adventuring and play with childhood and it’s my belief that it remains an essential ingredient of a happy, healthy adulthood and especially into older (wiser) age.
Find confidence within!
We often talk about confidence with the assumption that we have a shared understanding of what it means and how to achieve it.
Yet it will look and feel different to each of us and its presence might create a different result in our lives.
Power up your team
Living life to the full can be enhanced by having a solid team of people who support you and encourage you to reach for the stars. Ensure that you rally people who will help you strengthen your mental fitness, reach out and lend you a helping hand when life becomes challenging and your resilience becomes low. Stay connected with people who will help you look after your mental health and help you live your life's adventure.
The Art of Making Change: Mental Fitness in Action
The art of making change builds skills that strengthen mental fitness. There are many components to change management that need to be understood for this to be possible. Becoming a high performer can happen with solid habits, establishing clear goals, creating a roadmap, choosing a mindset to fuel you forward, and learning to overcome any obstacles faced. We all have the skills to navigate change, albeit fear-provoking at times. This article will enable you to tap into your capacity to manage the art of change with clarity, focus, persistence, and direction.
Resilience - Strengthening Mental Fitness
Resilience is one of the many ingredients in the creation of Mental Fitness. We all have the potential to develop resilience traits and to adopt approaches to resilience building that make it possible for us to thrive.
Embrace your Adventure
Adventure is about embracing unusual, exciting, or free-spirited experiences which can create physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. Regardless of circumstances, t is possible to create simple and fun escapades every day. Adventuring establishes a growth mindset, helps build confidence, develops transferable skills, creative thinking, and enables problem-solving skills to shine. This is where you can learn ways to have more, be more, and do more.
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