AFFIRMATIONS - Just Say The Words: From Shifting Labels to Shifting Identity

AFFIRMATIONS - Just Say The Words: From Shifting Labels to Shifting Identity

Who are you?

Who do you want to be in 2019? What do you want to be associated with? How do you want to be identified? What do you not want to be labelled as? What is the truth?

As we go through our journals and reflective period, we hear from Kate Solovieva as she shares with us a simple, proven way to challenge our beliefs and possible behavioral changes.

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I am not a smoker.
I have never been a

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Keeping It Real with Singer-Songwriter and #girlboss Ming Bridges

Keeping It Real with Singer-Songwriter and #girlboss Ming Bridges

In conversation with Singer-Songwriter Ming Bridges. This #girlboss has recently added the title of CEO to her belt too! With her sustainability themed fashion rental company Rentadella, Ming strives to empower women to be comfortable n their own skins.

What are you busy with? What is your typical day like?

Rentadella from dawn till dusk! I’m a one-woman show so my everyday includes: creating social media content, looking for marketing opportunities, running in and out of meetings, seeing clients,

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Asian Female Olympic Weightlifting Gold Medalist? BELIEVE. ft. Sopita Tanasan & Her Strength Coach

Asian Female Olympic Weightlifting Gold Medalist? BELIEVE. ft. Sopita Tanasan & Her Strength Coach

2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - she competed at the 48kg weight class and won gold. A 92kg snatch and a 108kg clean & jerk, totalling a whopping 200 kilograms!

Meet Sopita Tanasan, a Thai weightlifting athlete and her coach Brett Taylor - The Busy Woman Project Expert and Thailand's National Team Strength & Conditioning Coach.

Hear how meditation plays a big part in Sopita's practice when faced with stress and how this power duo work together to

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What is Stopping You from Doing What You Love and Reaching Your Success?

What is Stopping You from Doing What You Love and Reaching Your Success?

We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Why are some individuals able to balance a full time corporate professional career, as well as pursue their passions via side hustles? Why are others able to build successful multi-million dollar businesses as entrepreneurs, and have a happy family, partner & kids at the same time?

What is limiting you from designing the life you love and living life on your own terms? What mindset should you adopt?

Here's 7

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Recognize Your Fears & Offset the Excuses with this 10-min Activity

Recognize Your Fears & Offset the Excuses with this 10-min Activity

Limiting barriers are manifestations of fear that hold us back from reaching our potential or our own definitions of personal or business 'success'. Often, the scenario goes like this - I want to do “x”, BUT, insert “fear” (and in many cases, we casually joke that this is an excuse).

We speak with Tricia Yap - Strength Coach, Founder of Warrior Academy, MMA Fighter, Director of Fitness at Goji Studios, Mom-to-be, TEDx Speaker, ex-Bikini Fit #girlboss - overall badass busy

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#livingmypurpose: In Conversation with The Busy Woman Project Senior Advisor, Nels Friets

#livingmypurpose: In Conversation with The Busy Woman Project Senior Advisor, Nels Friets

If you have ever found yourself being spoken down to, or being disrespected at work, whether woman or man, having to be in that situation is unpleasant and unnecessary. We #pressforprogress, but we can do zilch if we leave anyone out of the conversation. What we, as a collective, should strive towards is building empowering environments for everyone to thrive, regardless of gender, age, race and any other differences that we may have subconsciously (or consciously) singled out.

And as

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Deriving Purpose from Coaching : John Cheah’s Road to the Commonwealth Games 2018

Deriving Purpose from Coaching : John Cheah’s Road to the Commonwealth Games 2018

Purpose; a theme we’ve been centering around for the past couple of articles in 1Q18. We’ve talked about actionable points to finding one's purpose, how connections are integral in being purposeful, and the importance of finding your ikigai.

Today, we take a look at coaches: the ones hired to help individuals with their goals and move them towards more purposeful lives in various spheres.

Not surprisingly, coaches often live highly purposeful lives, charged with the capacity to uplift

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2018 theme: RESILIENCE

2018 theme: RESILIENCE

Why do some people suffer from real adversity & setbacks, but are able to bounce back quicker from those challenges?

In 2018, The Busy Woman Project set its intentions to raise awareness on building resilience; with a focus on overall wellbeing.

Resilient people have been theorised to possess three characteristics: a firm acceptance of reality; a deep belief that life is meaningful, and exceptional improvisation skills.

Quarterly focus themes are curated in a manner to encourage individuals to join in

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Actionable Insights from Fireside Chat - Move & Live HK: What is Your Life's Purpose?

Actionable Insights from Fireside Chat - Move & Live HK: What is Your Life's Purpose?

"Move Your Body and Your Mind Will Follow."

Whether through leadership, parenthood, philanthropy, lifestyle choices or championing for a cause like gender diversity, living a purpose first requires one to stand for something.

That means, to be centered and self aware - to know yourself, your values, then identifying your purpose, and following through with action.

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Through a mindful movement & journalling session, the #teambusywoman community explored the word "centered" by bringing awareness to their minds & bodies - using

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#livingmypurpose: Personal Leadership & Growth - 5 Tips to Find Your Purpose

#livingmypurpose: Personal Leadership & Growth - 5 Tips to Find Your Purpose

“Sheryl didn’t actually play, she just organized the play of others.”

Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg’s brother

In college, I dreamed of being a “manager.” I know, it sounds like a Dilbert cartoon come to life! One of my super techie, successful entrepreneur friends then told me, “one of my biggest aspirations is to make this an amazing place to work for my employees”. That was an “aha” moment for me. My desire to empower people and solve for

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#livingmypurpose: What Do I Want My Impact To Be

#livingmypurpose: What Do I Want My Impact To Be

What is the impact you want to create in YOUR lifetime?

A desire to make a difference, to leave an imprint on this world - perhaps to positively influence one person, a collective, or leave this earth in a better place; that is what #livingmypurpose is all about.

Goal of #livingmypurpose: Create awareness among individuals & the broader community to just take a pause to think...if they actually have a purpose? If yes, are they living their purpose? If

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PCOS: #teambusywoman shares

PCOS: #teambusywoman shares

"The syndrome that has tried to rule my adult life" - The Busy Woman Project community member Tracy Anderson

As long as I can remember, I never had a regular period. I remember going to my doctor as a naive 16 year old and asking to go on the pill as I was never quite sure when my menses would arrive. This really should ring alarm bells for any doctor - but for mine, it didn't.

As I finished high

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