The Jasmine in
the Forest

As a freelancer, my biggest issue over the years is getting paid! Half of this is my fault, and half is because I've had clients, which quite frankly, are more trouble than they are worth. Then I've had fabulous clients that pay on time, are easy to work with and I've kept for years. The one thing that I have learnt through these experiences is that I must always take a deposit and have an agreement in place before commencing any work. That's now not negotiable with me and i

I think for years I suffered from Imposter Syndrome i.e. thinking that I wasn't as good as other people may have thought I was. I guess it stems from leaving school without school certificate with the mindset that I wasn't really ever going to succeed in life. It wasn't until my later years that I finally realised that yes, my time is super valuable and what I have achieved in my life is worth paying for. Once I started blogging and built a brand for myself with my Sydney Lif

Recently a friend of mine was telling me how she had overcome a hurdle in her life. A number of years ago, Sarah (not real name) had a car accident which resulted in her damaging her back causing much pain, and difficulty in walking. It also caused her to put on a lot of weight due to the lack of exercise and also depression that followed from the accident. Sarah had to resort to painkillers and mind numbing drugs which of course didn't help. Because of these problems Sarah

Photo: Instagram In all the years I have had an interest in spirituality there is one thing I can 100% tell you works, and that is being positive, thinking nice thoughts and cutting out negativity does definitely attract good things to you. I can also tell you that when I am making a huge effort to meditate, think positive, be happy, and say my affirmations I attract a lot of nice people to me. I notice that people smile at me, I end up getting discounts, people gift me thing

Do you always listen to what other people say about you? Do you let other people’s negative opinion ruin your day? If so, what makes them right and you wrong, and who are they to judge you? For years, I let other people’s opinions influence me on how I should run my life, and it took many mistakes before I finally realised that I had turned off to what other people thought and tune in to what I wanted and what my gut feeling told me. Because I was always approachable, had pre