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The Affirmation Collection
We thought it might be a great idea to post the latest collection of affirmations that were posted on our Facebook page. Please feel free to pin them to your Pinterest boards to inspire you.
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How to set Great Goals for a Better Life in 2013 – 5 Top Tips
As 2013 gets into full swing, many people are either recovering from the holiday binges, getting back into the grind of work or slowly preparing our mindset for the year ahead. The optimists often set out bold New Year resolutions of things they want to change for the better in 2013. The funny thing with [...]
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How To Create The Life You Dream About
Have you always dreamt of living an extraordinary life? A life full of magic, wonder and beauty? Of course you have. We all have. But somewhere along the way you stopped dreaming, didn’t you? You stopped believing that your life could turn out the way you’d envisioned it. Do you remember when this happened? When [...]
Read MoreRussell Brand Speaks About The Nature of The Universe
We all LOVE and adore Russell Brand here in the Älska Publishing office. He’s such a dynamic character, with razor-sharp wit and a vocabulary that seems to operate faster than the speed of light. In this interview Russell expounds on his understanding of how the Universe works. His articulation of the human experience is truly beautiful.
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The Miracle Effect of Water and Love
Think of it in terms of vibration. It’s easy to understand that language — the spoken word — has a vibration. Well, written words also have a vibration. Anything in existence has a vibration.” – Dr. Masaru Emoto Today we’re discussing the concept of treating our bodies like a temple and how we can raise [...]
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Will Smith and the Secrets to His Success
Ever wonder what some of your favorite artists, actors or singers think of concepts such as manifesting and the law of attraction? We have. And today we’d love to share with you what Adventures in Manifesting creator and Älska Publishing co-founder Sean Patrick Simpson considers to be one of the most inspiring videos he’s seen [...]
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Do you REALLY know what it is you want to manifest?
Like many people my first introduction to the concept of manifesting was via the book ‘The Secret’. I remember being so excited and in awe with the discovery that life could be like magic where I could be my own fairy godmother, wave a wand and then, BAM, instantly I would get anything I wanted. [...]
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Changing Your Reality With Your Beautiful Imagination
My imagination is probably the best thing about me. I have the ability to create extremely vivid, almost tangible things in my head. It is a place of never-ending ideas and scenarios, full of such emotion that I begin to feel all that energy pouring through my fingertips when I write. This goes back to [...]
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6 Tips To Help You Get Out Of Your Head and Into Your Heart- The Joy Effect
I absolutely love reading books about spirituality and self-growth. Up until about 3 years ago, I barely even thought about non-fiction- I was always so immersed in fiction and getting caught up in fantasy worlds, tales of the impossible and pure escapism. It was, as it is for many people, Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’ that cemented my fascination with all things other-worldly. This [...]
Why The “Bad” Stuff Happens
With access to so much information to teach us how to attract great things into our lives why do only a rare few achieve the sweetly perfumed bed of roses we all seem to be seeking? Jealously we look on to see others enjoying a perfect life while we nick ourselves on its thorns. No [...]
Love Relationships and Your Archetypes
Romantic relationships are tricky sometimes. It’s safe to say, there will always be a need for wedding planners and couple’s therapy. Reviewing your guiding archetypes can shed light on why some of your relationships work and why some peter out. One of my clients, Bianca*, divorced after a 15-year relationship but then found love and [...]
The Affirmation Collection
We thought it might be a great idea to post the latest collection of affirmations that were posted on our Facebook page. Please feel free to pin them to your Pinterest boards to inspire you.
5 Ways to Savour the Flavour of Life
Try this simple exercise. Prepare a cup of your favourite tea, coffee or fruit juice, sit down with it (TV off, laptop shut) and savour it. Focus on its aroma. Linger over it as you anticipate how good it’s going to taste. Concentrate on the way the liquid goes down your throat and the way [...]
The ‘I LOVE YOU’ Project
Recently I ran into someone I knew about ten years ago. I walked over to him to say hi. He taught my children karate when they were young. I approached him and he stretched his had out to introduce himself. I say, I remember you. You instructed my children. He didn’t remember and that was [...]
How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others and Learn To Love Yourself
You were created in a moment of magic to be you. Not that person at work who seems to get every promotion going, not your friend who always seems to get everything handed to her on a plate, not that impossibly perfect celebrity with the air-brushed skin and clothes. You. Lovely, glorious, wondrous you. I’m [...]
How to set Great Goals for a Better Life in 2013 – 5 Top Tips
As 2013 gets into full swing, many people are either recovering from the holiday binges, getting back into the grind of work or slowly preparing our mindset for the year ahead. The optimists often set out bold New Year resolutions of things they want to change for the better in 2013. The funny thing with [...]
Change Your Mindset One Step At A Time
The path to fullness begins with the self -review. 1. Listen to the language you use. Are your words prone to what is missing in your life or are they pointing to all that you have? 2. Look around, are the people you are with day to day downers or do they lift you up [...]
Honest Communication
Relationships come and relationships go. All the while the circle of life presents opportunities to grow and evolve. At some point the decision is made where remaining stuck is better than being postive; that remaining frustrated is better than being open minded. What eventually occurs is divorce, or in the very least a break up [...]
All That Matters Is Now
It doesn’t matter why I waited 30 years. All that matters is NOW I will do it. I was cleaning out my closet. Way in the back behind a stack of blankets was a backpack I purchased thirty years ago. At that time I was in my twenties and I longed to hike trails and [...]
5 Tips to Elevate Your Focus
Multi-tasking is so 2012. The key to getting things done in the New Year is focus. Elevating your focus can not only allow you to accomplish more, but also make you happier. In contrast, splitting your focus (i.e. multitasking) can make you feel overwhelmed, worn-out, and pulled in many directions at once. But here’s the [...]
7 Self-love Intentions for Singles
There can sometimes be a tendency to presume that everything would be ‘better’ if only we were with ‘Mr or Mrs Right’. No-one is a stranger to fantasizing about meeting that ‘perfect’ person. However, if we are really honest with ourselves, many romantic relationships are based on need. Putting aside the initial chemistry, there is [...]
Do You Seek Validation From Others?
This video is so funny and goes to show how validating people can go a LOOOOONG way.
Doing better business by being a conscious business
In my roles as a business professor and a consultant I get an awesome opportunity to help ailing businesses get better. Most businesses I have talked to over the last few weeks have resolved to make 2013 a more profitable year. So far so good. When I ask how they plan to do that I [...]
10 WAYS TO GET OUT OF A RUT
1. What You Want One of the main reasons for being in a rut is not knowing what is wanted. Then when this question is asked there are too many options, it becomes overwhelming and then procrastination sets in. So, make it simple. Make a list of ten things that are wanted from simple to [...]
Power Question: How Will You End This Day?
That is a question I decided to ask myself each morning. It is becoming sort of a prayer. This question prepares my mind. It brings me to my center. Considering this places me on the path best suited to my journey. How? When we become aware of anything we cannot turn back that awareness. To [...]
How To Create The Life You Dream About
Have you always dreamt of living an extraordinary life? A life full of magic, wonder and beauty? Of course you have. We all have. But somewhere along the way you stopped dreaming, didn’t you? You stopped believing that your life could turn out the way you’d envisioned it. Do you remember when this happened? When [...]
Learn How to Say YES!
You +Energize+ Spirit = YES One day the drudgery of my life was just too much. I knew I had a substantial amount of negative people around me. What I hadn’t realized was that negative energy had gotten into me. I discovered I was moving through my days with similar self- talk. I was trying to [...]
How To Keep Your Promises For the New Year
With the start of a new year comes a slew of resolutions concerning how we want to change our lives for the better by the time 365 days have elapsed. Honor and staying true to one’s word is a valued virtue. Very often, we go the extra mile to stay true to our word and [...]
5 Ways to Jump-Start Positive Thinking
You become what you believe, it really is that simple. What you believe is what exists for you but before the belief comes a thought. Your thoughts will direct your actions and determine paths of your journey. It takes time to train your brain to filter and discard the negative and choose and accept the [...]
How to Achieve Personal Goals With Ease
“The goal becomes personal when it affects more than the day to day; it affects you” In some way every goal is personal because it encompasses the integral element to ensure the success of the goal is achieved – by that one, individual person. It would be easy to externalise this responsibility which consequently would [...]
How to Get A Healthy Mind
There is no doubt that the mind has the power to create, control and otherwise provide the path in getting what each person wants. However, if the mind upon which is relied is not in optimal health then this is when the limitations within a mindset will find its way into the day to day. [...]
The Miracle Effect of Water and Love
Think of it in terms of vibration. It’s easy to understand that language — the spoken word — has a vibration. Well, written words also have a vibration. Anything in existence has a vibration.” – Dr. Masaru Emoto Today we’re discussing the concept of treating our bodies like a temple and how we can raise [...]
Returning to Your Authentic Self
About 18 months ago I started a journey to cleanse my body and mind. I was drinking way too often which then led to unhealthy eating habits. I was way too stressed, not sleeping properly, my mind was cluttered, I was too consumed with work and how to make money. I had no idea where [...]
Discovering Your Passion and Life’s Work
I realized from an early age that I wanted to be an educator. When I was a child I used to hold “school lessons” for my sister and her friends. When I left school I was tired of studying and got a job in an office. That lasted two months. Mum asked me what I [...]
The Soft Approach into Spiritual Sexuality
Sexual energy has the power to revitalise, improve confidence, reduce stress, improve self esteem and that is just the tip of the iceberg! Consider this the step before the physical application because simply, without being engaged from an emotional and mental perspective the physical really doesn’t gain the full extent of these benefits. There are [...]
The Engagement of Sarah Prout and Sean Patrick Simpson
I am over the moon that I get to marry the love of my life (Sean Patrick Simpson), my best friend, my co-pilot of Älska Publishing and the person who I consistently have so much fun + joy with on a daily basis. I love Sean sooooo much and I’m thrilled (beyond words to accurately describe [...]
The Importance of Self Advocacy
We’ve been trained to surrender our power. “Let someone else take care of it.” “I don’t have time.” “That can wait.” We must be our primary advocate. I learned about this while working as a Home Health Aid. In doing this work I needed to advocate for people who could not advocate for themselves. I [...]
Self Love is Good For Your Soul
What goes through your mind when you look in the mirror? Does it trigger an onslaught of internal criticism? My bum is too fat. My boobs are too small. My belly is super-wrinkly.’ These thought forms don’t feed your soul on any level, and yet as women (and some guys too) we’re extremely prone to [...]
How to manifest a car with the greatest of ease
Eight years ago I had an old Kombi that had so much rust it was a surprise that my children didn’t fall through the floor on the school drop. The registration was coming up and I knew that it would not pass. This Kombi was ready for Kombi heaven – a place in the hinterland [...]
Take Healing Into Your Own hands
“When you love yourself enough you open widely to your greatest potential and begin to heal any form of dis-ease your body, mind or spirit may be holding.” I share my miraculous transformation from surviving to thriving to inspire you to do the same. After being diagnosed at age fourteen, undergoing eighteen surgeries and 40 [...]
7 Ways to Influence Happiness at Work
Research suggests that close to 90 percent of our long-term happiness is predicted not by the external world, but by the way we process the world. What this suggests is that while there are many programs, policies and practices that undoubtedly have some impact on happiness of people at work, overwhelmingly each individual’s ability or [...]
Synchronicity + Law of Attraction = Meant To Be
There is a mystery to how certain things unfold in our lives that make it magical. I would like to share one of these personal experiences. First, a couple definitions: Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, yet are experienced as occurring [...]
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