I've put together a list of simple yet effective ways for you to embrace the joy of Christmas this year.

And in the spirit of keeping it easy and simple, I will roll out the list over the rest of this week.

Lets take a proactive approach to Christmas because it's easier than you think!

Day 1:

Make plans in advance where possible: I know that's a no brainer, but it's surprising how often it's overlooked and especially when it's still November, we just keep thinking we still have lots of time. But the reality is, you have less than 5 weeks and we all know how manic those last couple of weeks can get. So jump in and make your plan now for what you need to do and get started.

If you're not already someone who makes lists, now is a good time to embrace list making. It gets things out of your head and clears up space in there for feeling calm and you'll always remember the important things because you've written them down. The most important thing lists do is allow you to see all the things...

I was always very afraid of guns, I'd never touched one and the only knowledge I had of them was what I had seen on the news or in movies.
 
So when I was invited to join in a Shoot 4 Fun event with the Queensland Rife Association I took the opportunity to overcome my fear.
 
What I learned on that day is that there is nothing to be afraid of, when you know what you’re doing, which in this case was taking careful instruction from the trainer and coaches on the day, anything is doable.
 
I was even awarded a little certificate for being the best shot for a newbie.
 
But what I really got out of the whole day (apart from a lot of fun) was that everything in life is like everything else in life.
 
The key to shooting straight and getting in the bullseye zone is the same for reaching your goals in life:
 
Set up your target - know what you’re aiming for
Prepare your equipment
Settle in
Slow everything down, breathe low and slow
Relax your grip
Focus in on the...

Here are some tips on how you can prevent yourself from backsliding or falling off the dieting wagon.

When I was stuck in dieting hell, the hardest thing for me to cope with was that all the solutions that were available were all focused on food.
 
I already thought about food too much and what I really wanted was to just forget about it, to only think about it as fuel for a healthy body.
 
But no matter where I looked for solutions, it always came back to “what I was or was not allowed to eat”.
 
I don’t know if you can relate, but whilst all the diets and eating plans on offer seemed to work for other people, I knew they wouldn’t work for me. God knows I’d tried them all, but none of them ever took away the desire for the “forbidden foods”.
 
I like fruit, I like toast and Vegemite, I like all vegetables, I like eggs, I like dairy, and I didn’t want to have to cut them out of my life.  
 
I was overweight and I’d been on and off the dieting wagon for 25 years after I had developed a behaviour of coping with...

“A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don’t allow the happy moments, because they’re so busy trying to get a happy life.” — Abraham Hicks.

When was the last time you took a break from life's hassle and just simply enjoyed the life that you currently live?

You probably can't remember when because you're way too busy trying to do things that you think will get you to a happy life?

But you see, happiness is not a goal.

Happiness is an experience you can have now, regardless of your goals, your situation or experience.

This is exactly the reason why most people have lost their ability to be happy, because they set happiness as their goal, rather than a mode of travel to get to their goal.

You can't set happiness as your goal because it's not something that you "can go out and achieve".

Happiness is free for everyone. and you can be happy anytime you want. But happiness is also a skill that you have to learn.

The number 1 thing to do to...

Do you give your energy away to other people?

Reclaim your energy and make yourself your priority.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation, and wondered ''how the heck did I get here?''

I know I have…..many, many, maaaany times, especially with my weight! And I was always left wondering how did I allow it to happen?
 
Then I learned the theory of how to boil a frog and it changed my life.
 
To boil a frog: put him in a pot of room temperature water and then very very slowly keep adjusting the heat and the frog will make adjustment after adjustment after adjustment in its body temperature until eventually it accidentally allows itself to be boiled.
 
When you gain weight, you do the same thing, you make adjustment after adjustment after adjustment:

You start wearing the clothes that are a bit looser
You let your belt out a notch
You go shopping and buy new clothes but they are the next size up
You stop getting on the scales because you don't like what they say
You stop looking at yourself naked in the mirror or you make sure it's at the most flattering angle...

40% of all premature deaths are caused by habits that could be changed.
 
So that’s not genetics, not environment, not unexpected circumstance or outside influences, but things you’re doing, that if you didn’t do them, could save your life.
 
But changing habits is hard though, isn’t it?
 
No. Not if you have the right process to follow and the right guidance and coaching to show you what is happening behind the scenes of you so that you can take charge of you.
 
Because we actually feel powerless and ashamed that we can’t control ourselves, I know that’s how I used to feel. I was always so ashamed when the weight would pile back on and I would have to endure the mixture of looks from the people who knew me, everything from pity to disgust. There were people who felt it was ok to say unkind things to me about my “lack of will power”.
 
I never understood why, after all the work that I put into understanding human...

What it is that you really want?

To establish the direction that you want to go in, you have to have a bigger why so you know where you're going and you can create a map to it.

Your brain is one of the smartest living organisms on the planet.
 
Yep, that's right - YOUR brain is one of the smartest living organisms on the planet!
 
I know, the best kept secret isn't it! No one has ever told you that your brain is as smart as everyone else's.
 
Your brain has so many facets to it, so much complexity, so much genius, and above all, it is ready, willing and able to do what you want it to do.
 
Everything that you currently do, your brain learned how to do it.
 
So the reality is that everything you want to do, your brain will learn that too.
 
And that is what our work together in Dietless Living Academy is doing, training your brain to do what you want.
 
When you're learning something new, you know it's going to take time to get from being a beginner to being a master.
 
When you're un-learning how to do something your brain already does, then it's also going to take time for it to go from being a master of doing things the old way to...