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How To Be Grateful in a Challenging World

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 23, 2012 / Confidence, Gratitude, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Wellness Coaching

Practising Gratitude Even though Thanksgiving is an American holiday, it’s a wonderful act of gratitude that I teach my students and clients to do on a daily basis. Particularly for those struggling to shift negativity. When our attention is constantly focused on the annoying, uphappy, challenging, upsetting or just plain hard aspects of our lives, negative thoughts can consume us. This constant worry and stress can perpetuate feelings of helplessness, depression and anxiety – particularly leading towards Christmas time. In this state of mental stress and tension it’s all too easy to forget that whatever it is, it will pass in time. In

Get Your Body in Motion to Still Your Mind – Elemental Movement Meditation

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 5, 2012 / Benefits of Meditation, Confidence, Fat Loss, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Passion & Purpose, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Esteem, Sparkle & Shine, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

I’m excited!! separate monthly Recently I spent a long weekend up in Maleny (near gorgeous Montville and Mapleton on the Sunshine Coast) at a practitioners retreat: learning, sharing, brainstorming and dancing….. yes that’s right, DANCING!! It wasn’t your normal kind of dancing – it was so much more than that. Initially I thought, hmm, I’m not so sure I want to do this in front of a bunch of people I don’t know! BUT… once we began I found myself quickly forgetting about the other people struggling to find their own personal rhythm; some swaying timidly, others clearly uncomfortable and

31 Ways to Feel Beautiful

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 1, 2012 / Confidence, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Self-Esteem, Stress Management

Easy Ways to Feel Beautiful In Your Own Skin It’s more important to recognise and embrace your own beauty, than to compare and feel like you fall short. So today I thought I’d have a spontaneous stab at writing down what makes me feel beautiful… This is really making me think for a moment so I’ll take a few breaths, tune in and start slowly: I feel beautiful when I smile I feel beautiful after a few slow, deep breaths. I feel beautiful when I meditate using personal, powerful and present tense affirmations. I feel beautiful when I eat lots

Where does your happiness come from?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 8, 2012 / Gratitude, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mindset, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Wellness Coaching

HAPPINESS – is it really just a never ending, elusive, undulating pursuit…? You know those moments where you instantly move from happiness to sadness? Do you sometimes find yourself asking, Why am I so unhappy? Why can’t I just get over it and stop feeling/being like this? Could it be that happiness for you is dependent on external things? If you want things to change in your life, YOU must be the catalyst. Others’ cannot be changed; not by force or anger or resentment. No matter how much you withdraw, pout, yell or accuse, others will remain as imbedded

Make Your Life Happen!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 16, 2012 / Confidence, Holistic Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Wellness Coaching

TAKE HOLD OF THE MOMENT! To experience the profound potential of happiness and fulfilment in your life, be the person you dream of being right here and now. You don’t have to wait for the right moment, time or place – create it Now! You are in the driver’s seat of your life. Be mindful, be aware. Pay attention to your beliefs, thoughts and feelings about what you want, why it’s important, and what’s keeping you from your true path on life’s journey. Don’t fall asleep at the wheel, listen to backseat drivers or

How to Change Your Thinking With Affirmations

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 17, 2012 / Confidence, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations

When words become beliefs… A while back I spoke with a woman who takes great pride in her work. Even so, she said that she “didn’t feel she was good enough, that she’s very hard on herself, although she knows she shouldn’t be – knows she shouldn’t do that.” Here’s how our conversation went: I asked if when she worked, was she doing the best work that she was capable of. She replied, “Yes, I try to do my best”. To clarify, I asked – “So even though you know you are doing the best job you can do in

Emotional Eating

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 30, 2011 / Body Image, Confidence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Personal Growth, Positive change, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

Are you thinking, breathing and fearing food 24/7…? What we think and how we feel often dictates what we eat, if we should eat and when we should eat. This may lead us to console our emotions with food we don’t really want or need but that temporarily might make us feel better. Without a healthy self-image or balanced lifestyle, this may be enough to permanently chip away at your self-confidence and further influence your emotions. In the long term, it may be enough to spark a greater issue with food and body-image, leading to disordered eating. Do you reach

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