How to Create a Contingency Plan for your Health and Wellness Business
In my previous blog, 3 Key Steps to Finding the Best Work/Life Balance for your Family, I discussed having a contingency plan in place in case of unexpected events that might disrupt your business. I covered the basics of the kinds of questions you should be asking...
3 Key Steps to Finding the Best Work/Life Balance for your Family
Not so long ago, we’d have a clear distinction between work life and home life, even though the lines may have blurred on occasion! Things are far less clear cut these days thanks to the pandemic, where our home is used for work, school and spending 99% of our time...
Why Christmas is the Perfect Time for Setting Intentions
Winter has long been considered as a time of reflection and a time to dream. While our ancestors had little choice but to remain indoors during the cold and dark winter months, reflecting on the year that was and how to make the year to be the best one yet; we don’t...
How to avoid burnout when managing a spiritual business
It’s a wonderful thing being able to do what you love as a business owner. Whether it’s teaching mindfulness and meditation, offering holistic therapies, being a life coach, baby massage and yoga teacher, or any of the many other “health and wellness-based...
3 Tips for Tackling Diary Management
Diary management is one of the most important tasks for a Virtual Assistant when helping a business owner or executive to be more efficient and effective with their work. It’s also one of the most misunderstood. You might think that diary management is about booking...
Why Back to School Time is the Best Time to Establish a Good Routine
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started” (Sally Berger) How many times have you planned to do something but just haven’t been able to get started? It can be extremely difficult for many of us and why deadlines can be so useful at getting things done. But...
My Top 5 Time Management Tips
Have you ever used the phrase, there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day? Or do you often find yourself at 5 o’clock wondering where the day has gone and whether you have achieved anything? Are the weeks whizzing by yet you still feel you’re at square one?...
To Rescue or Not to Rescue
Back in 2015, we decided as a family to look at adopting a rescue dog. We’d never had any experience of dog ownership. My mum was never keen on dogs despite my father having them growing up and my husband’s family had cats. Luckily, I knew someone who did a lot of...
Are You Looking After Yourself as Well as your Business?
Ok, I’m not going to lie, if anyone had told me running my own business was going to be this hard, I probably wouldn’t have done it. It’s hard to truly switch off, your business is like having another baby, you want to look after it, always be there for it. ...
Love it? or Loathe it?
I Loathe it? It pains me to say it but I’m afraid I’m in the loathe exercise camp. Well maybe loathe might be a bit strong. Perhaps! I really do wish I liked it. I envy people who can go out for a run, put the music on and just get in the zone. It must be...