How I Used Lessons from Judo to Practise Mindful Parenting
Allow your children to find their own paths – like the practice of a martial art, it may just lead you to grow yourself, says Kay Newton.
Category: Midlife Strategies
Travelling Light: When Giving Up Possessions Liberates Your Mind
Making a big life change becomes easier if you ditch the emotional and physical baggage, and travel light – in body and heart.
Take the Rocking Chair Test to Know Your Life’s Purpose – and Regrets
There is nothing to fear in change, it is part of life. Try the ‘rocking chair test’ to see if you have lived your life to the fullest, without regrets, says Kay Newton.
How One Woman Finds Her True Purpose After Being Shamed for Her Dreams
A moving film she watched with her grandma and a humiliating moment in school led Kay Newton to her life’s true purpose.
How to Stop Treating Yourself in a Negative Way
Turn your inner bully into your own inner best friend. Kay Newton tells you how.
How I Stopped Feeling Trapped by My New Year Resolutions
New Year Resolutions often lead us into a trap. How about a new way to begin New Year, asks Kay Newton.
Elaborate Christmas Traditions Tiring You Out? Follow This ‘KISSED’ Formula!
Instead of the festive season being a happy time for Kay Newton, it was a stressful nightmare as she tried to make everyone happy. So now she follows a new method: KISSED.
How to Get What You Want from the Universe
To get what you want, you must first figure out what it is that you REALLY want. Then, let the universe guide you there, says Kay Newton.
Why I’m Walking 800 Km Over 30 Days With Total Strangers
Camino de Santiago is a rite of passage for over 250,000 pilgrims worldwide who converge on Spain each year. This is Kay Newton’s journey.
How I Stay Organised While Working From Home
Today’s flexible working schedules and the ease of technology have given many of us the freedom to work from home. But how does one optimize efficiency with all the distractions of running a home too?
What Guide Books Won’t Tell You About Zanzibar
A visit to an old land like Zanzibar is a feast for the senses and a wondrous opening of the mind. But like other developing countries, there are changes taking place at all levels of society, things that the travel books won’t tell you. Kay Newton reveals all.
Rescued by a Lifeboat and Other Lessons in Handling Stress
It sometimes takes an extreme event to teach you about your own capacity to handle stress, understand it, and survive it, says Kay Newton.
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