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$ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastUnlocking Personal Growth: Five Key Aspects of JournalingIn the hustle and bustle of modern life, it's easy to lose track of our growth journey. We often find ourselves caught up in the demands of work, relationships, and various responsibilities, leaving little time for self-reflection and introspection. However, one powerful tool that has stood the test of time in fostering personal growth is journaling. The simple act of putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) can have profound effects on our mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. So if you have ever been curious about journaling and have been putting it on the long finger, consider the...2024-02-2314 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastPersonal Growth as a Playful JourneyEmbrace your personal growth as a playful curious process.2024-01-2914 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFinding You in 2024What do we do in those moments and those times when we feel lost, when we feel we are still looking for that thing that will make the difference for us. How do we manage that thought or feeling. And the first realisation from my perspective was this. You find what you are looking for, get unstuck or feel less lost by getting to know yourself better! By taking time to be more present for you, taking pause and considering how you are feeling, reflecting on what you are doing, you can give yourself a really good starting point to...2024-01-1617 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastTapping into your Inner Zen in 2024Explore and learn how you can begin to more fully tap into your inner Zen. Feel less stressed, more empowered and energised in your daily life.2023-12-2117 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastEmpowered Self-CareTake the time to nurture your levels of selfcare. Nurturing your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing builds resilience and empowered states of wellbeing. Interested in my free Personal Growth Journal. Check out this blog post on my website: www.mldevitt.co.uk 2023-12-0414 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastSelf Acceptance and Leaning into Personal GrowthExplore how building stronger levels of self-acceptance can help you nurture deep personal growth.2023-11-2312 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFinding your Empowered Wellbeing MindsetFind your empowered state of wellbeing with these 3 key principles to nurture your empowered wellbeing mindset.2023-11-0812 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastStillness and Soul for Personal EmpowermentIn the rush of daily life, we can begin to lose sight of how important it is to slow down and allow ourselves to be still, mentally, physical and on a soul level. The outside world is full of noises and distractions that keep us in doing mode. When actually what is just as important for us as human beings is to be fully comfortable with allowing ourselves to adopt a state of “being” instead. More specifically what I mean by “being” is proactively deciding to get out of that doing state, following to-do lists, need to or should’s and instea...2023-11-0313 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastJournaling as a beautiful personal growth tool Why journaling you might ask? Its only writing stuff down. And yet from my own journaling experience and from supporting my clients with theirs I have grown to understand and appreciate that it is so much more than that. If you can settle into a routine of journaling it truly does lighten your mental load, enable you to gain deeper clarity of your own processes and helps you to relieve stress and find forward movement in your life like nothing else. Have a listen to this weeks episode and think how you could begin your own journaling routine. To...2023-10-2510 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastTruly Embrace the Subtleties of Self-Acceptance Through my own personal growth and while supporting my therapy and life coaching clients, I have become deeply aware of the concept and practice of self-acceptance. I have also become aware of the impact the level of our self-acceptance has on our journeys to being in a better place mentally, emotionally, and physically. The quality and depth of our own degree of self-acceptance permeates into nearly everything we do. It is a low gentle whisper that plays in the background of our daily lives. We can be almost unaware of the impact it has on...2023-09-2513 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastCan you Dare to Dream Big? So how would you like to dream big? Be brave take that first step and begin to pull some thoughts together on what your big authentic dream life would look like. Start to put down some thoughts on where you are now and where you would like to get to. Be intentional and present with the dream daily. Remember that it is fluid and ever-changing, the learning is in the experience you have along the way and your commitment to the process and the journey. Have a listen to my podcast as I talk through some initial...2023-06-0614 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastStillness and soul soothing! Stillness and Soul Soothing Stillness and soul-soothing to build personal empowerment. Use this simple 5 step process to begin to embrace stillness and deeper soul connection. Slow Down! In the rush of daily life, we can begin to lose sight of how important it is to slow down and allow ourselves to be still, mentally, physically and on a soul level. The outside world is full of a range of noises and distractions that keep us in doing mode. When actually what is just as important for us as human beings is to be...2023-04-2510 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastStillness, silence and going within...There is a great Carl Jung quote and it's this. “Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens” Have you ever wondered how to work out what is going on for you? How to work out what’s important for you or do you feel like there’s something you need to be doing but can’t make sense of what that needs to be? These feelings can sometimes be a good indicator that you need some time to pause, rest and reflect, to give yourself some downtime to consider how you can support yourself...2022-11-1813 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastHolding space for Yourself: Step In...In today’s podcast, I'm going to explore how we hold space for ourselves. I know that the world that we live in it can be crazy and busy with lots going on around us. It can get in the way of us recognising when we need downtime or when we need to give ourselves time, attention, and care. Giving ourselves time, attention and space is essential because by grounding ourselves in time and space for ourselves we can recognise what's going on for us and what we need to do to support ourselves and take care of ourselves da...2022-11-0714 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastDecluttering for WellbeingDid you ever take a moment to look around you and take in what your space is like, how does it feel in the spaces you are in most of the time, do your spaces inspire and ignite you, or do they drag you down? Do they drain your energy when you see what surrounds you? Decluttering for Wellbeing I believe the benefit of space in all its forms strongly supports our levels of wellbeing and our capacity for self-expression. If our spaces are cluttered and filled with “stuff” it inhibits and constricts what is poss...2022-10-2009 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastIts all a GoGoIt’s all a go-go. Do you find it hard to slow down? Do you find it hard to be still? Do you know what it is that keeps you moving and pushing forward? Do you feel like sometimes you can’t see the woods for the trees? What would it feel like to truly slow down, to truly pause and consider exactly where you are right now, how you are feeling right now and what you need right now? Believe it or not, that is an essential aspect of what is going to support you in stri...2022-08-2611 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFollow Your BlissI have been getting a lot of messages from the universe over the last week. Specifically saying to follow my bliss. To be led by my heart and to do what I love. I am in the process of a transition in the way I work right now and have been doing my best not to steamroll ahead and do what my head tells me I should be doing. But instead, give me some time and space to think about how I would truly love to work, what does my heart draw me to? Interestingly I wrote about this...2022-08-0410 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastBuilding Personal EmpowermentBuilding personal empowerment Have you ever got to a point of thinking, why am I doing what I am doing, I have lost my sense of purpose, what is life all about? Maybe you are asking yourself where is the meaning in my life? There are things going on around you in the external world, and you are noticing that you are “feeling a bit lost” maybe even “overwhelmed.” Finding ways to get more grounded and connect to the internal you will strongly improve your levels of personal empowerment and sense of direction. It can also help you get...2022-07-2213 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastLetting go and embracing stillnessLetting go and Embracing Stillness Have you struggled to get to a place where you are at ease with doing those things that you get real enjoyment out of or just simply taking time to literally do nothing? Our minds and their thoughts can really put pressure on us sometimes. Making it more difficult for us to make those choices that are truly self-supporting and self-nurturing. Our inner critic can leave us in a space of thinking that we must keep working, be doing something productive, or helping or doing something for others. So when...2022-07-0710 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastHow to calm your mind and let go of overthinkingIn thinking about what to focus on for this podcast the following question came to me. How do we manage our overthinking and get to a place of living calmer and more grounded? The goings-on of our internal thinking patterns, internal narratives and conditioned perspectives can really impact how we engage with our daily experiences. So how do we manage and address a racing mind, a nagging internal narrative and limiting perspectives? How do we actually switch these off and create more empowering inner chatter? Some people would say “that’s just how I’m made” or “well I’ve...2022-06-2715 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" Podcast5 States to Nurture your True Potential.From childhood to early adulthood to full adulthood we go through a range of developmental stages. We learn to walk, talk, run and explore. We grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And on paper, it can all seem so straightforward and simple. And yet it is more complicated than that. Learning to live our lives and be fully content with them, appears to be one of the challenges of our modern times. There are so many external stimuli, so many external influencing factors that can interfere with what should be an organic fluid path for each of us to...2022-06-1412 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastHow to get grounded and focused and live a heartfelt life.Are you trying to pace yourself and find a sense of direction in life? It can feel hard to get a clear sense of direction sometimes. Particularly when there are so many external influences that are advertising a perfect life, in the perfect clothes, perfect house and perfect partner, family etc. Getting out of the cloudy fog of misguided influence can take time. Getting some space and time to assess where you are and what you want in your life also takes time. Sometimes it’s no wonder that sense of “feeling lost” comes about. But what if you looked...2022-06-0615 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFrom Overwhelm to Grounding and Deep Soul ConnectionSo, I wanted to check in with you and ask you this. Do you get to a point of overwhelm or life overload sometimes? How do you address this? What do you do to help ground yourself so you’re able to step back from all life can throw at you? Through the process of exploring different strategies and habits that will help you feel more grounded and soul connected, work to find those things that work for you personally, that sit well with who you are and what you feel most drawn to. My rituals and ro...2022-05-2416 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastManage your "Not Enough" thinking.“Not enough” thinking: an obstacle to your Personal Growth and Expansion. “Not enough” thinking, some people say can be a big motivator to helping you strive to achieve what you wish in your life. And on one level, yes, sure that is possible. However, I've noticed that “not enough thinking” and dwelling on this thinking daily can end up feeling like this massive obstacle you have to try to overcome every day. And the trouble with “Not Enough” thinking is that it will never slow down or stop unless you learn to face it head-on and start to create another...2022-05-1611 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastIts your Life to ShineLeaving the Social Media Shine behind Scroll, scroll, scroll. On and on it goes…. We seek, feed on, explore and absorb from the external what in reality we can only find within in our deeper soul-self. So we can get pulled into comparing ourselves to the external world. But, believe it or not, this is a spinning wheel that you don’t always need to jump on. When you look at those images on Social Media and feel yourself begin to self-judge and find yourself wanting. Stop, take a breath, and ask yourself this...2022-01-1211 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastCrush Your Inner Critic (Pt 1)Crush Your Inner Critic – Part 1 Today we're going to talk about how to crush your inner critic and why it's so important. It's so important because literally, it can change the way you present yourself in your day-to-day life it's a bit like pulling back the curtains of that inner critic taking those curtains away and giving yourself a whole new fresh outlook to base your day on. We want to crush that inner critical thinking pattern because it drains us, it takes us to a place that most times doesn't exist. It's lo...2021-12-2011 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastSelf-acceptance as a gift to yourself.Stepping into Self-Acceptance is a gift you give to yourself. The benefits of having a self-accepting attitude and the ripple effects this can create are limitless. So where do we start in developing a solid foundation of self-acceptance to grow and develop from. What is the first thing that we can do to begin to accept ourselves for who we are in this present moment? So that we can move forward with purpose and energy in our daily life? Think about how you would like to build in a self-affirming and acceptance practice for yourself...2021-12-1812 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastMeditation MagicMeditation is the key to your soul self. I've often heard people say the following about meditation: what's that going to give me, I can hardly sit still for 10 mins let alone meditate on a regular basis? I don't think it's for me. Do those thoughts sound familiar? So this is where I am going to say "hold your horses" and "don't be so quick to dismiss the practice of Meditation". You may well be talking yourself out of something that is in truth a true gift to yourself, in your endeavour to live a...2021-10-2010 min

Midlife Freedom

Midlife FreedomHow to make tough life decisions by listening to your heart, with Marie Louise DevittSend us a text In today's episode you'll hear about Marie Louise's journey of having to make tough decisions based on what she felt in her heart. You'll understand that even when difficult decisions need to be made, you can rely on what your heart tells you! Marie Louise also shares some of the tools she has created over her years of working that can help you to blend the wisdom of your head and your heart. Support the show Join the community on Instagram Find out more and get resources at h...2021-10-1344 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastThe Power of Internal Focus…the Trap of External Focus!Looking at the people around us, and comparing ourselves to what they say, what they are doing, what they have just bought or how far ahead they are, can eat away at us if we let it!! The habit of looking at things external to ourselves and comparing ourselves to those things can leave us feeling drained and demotivated. We can end up putting a lot of “should’s” on ourselves as a result. We can end up thinking - I should be where they are, I should have what they have or I should be as outgoi...2021-07-2707 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastBalance and Flow through Proactive Self-CareHow to Find Your Balance and Your Flow through Active Self-Care Ever notice as you go through your day or week that you feel off-kilter, not quite centred, or a little off balance? Is it possibly because you are juggling too many tasks that week? Trying to do too many things in very little time? Or is there a lot swirling around in your head that it’s hard to know where to start? Sometimes, depending on what’s happening around us, and what thoughts are going around in our heads, we can feel off-centre. We c...2021-07-2109 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFrom Procrastination to CreationGetting from thinking to doing… stop the procrastination and start creating. Have you had an idea in your head or a sense of something you would like to achieve for yourself, but it stays in your head? Do you recognize that you are procrastinating? Making that shift from thinking about something to doing it in a fully committed and motivated way can take time and daily application. It takes monitoring and shifting your mindset along the way. So where do you start? I hear you ask, what can you do to start to bring that thinking into re...2021-06-2911 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastThe Unfolding, Inspirational State of Being Slow and Steady!In recent months I’ve used one quote often, for my clients and for myself, and that is the quote: “slow and steady wins the race”. There are similar quotes to this one including, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, “take things one day and one step at a time”, “you can’t rush a good thing”. Each of these offers an important perspective that we can lose sight of sometimes or struggle to be in, other times. That act of trying to motor on with things, rushing things, that act of creating a plan and steaming ahead with it when sometimes...2021-05-2708 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastGetting Unstuck and finding forward Movement!How do we build momentum in our lives, how do we get the forward movement that inspires and motivates us? What motivates us to begin to do things in a different way and gain the forward movement we want in our lives. What helps us break out of the caterpillar mode we might find ourselves in? What would it take to become the beautiful butterfly you are meant to be? Certainly, one of the things that helps is knowing what direction you are headed in, knowing what you want to strive for in your life and knowing what you...2021-05-1014 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastSelf Acceptance a Gift for Personal Transformation!Self-acceptance is at the heart of what will support you in paving the way towards the life you want to achieve for yourself. Self-acceptance is the bedrock of our personal foundations that we build from. In contrast, self-criticism, self-judgement and that constant pressure we can live our lives by truly slows us down wears us out and drains us, without us even realising it. We think those patterns of thinking are what get us to where we are, and we couldn’t possibly progress without them when maybe, just maybe, by talking to ourselves in a more su...2021-05-0611 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastFinding your Flow!Have you ever noticed that when you are rushing around getting through your to-do list and doing all those things that you committed to doing, that you are almost doing things in a “going through the motions” sort of way? And when you think about it, you are less present in the moment and more present in your thinking around the next place you need to be or the next thing you’ve got to do. Then it gets to the point of being switched on and focused on those things in the future rather than being present in the mo...2021-04-2612 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastCreating Empowering and Supportive Self-TalkWe can become victims of our own negative thinking patterns, in very subtle and unconscious ways. And yet the research suggests that these negative thinking patterns that are stored in our brain can be rephrased and adapted to create more compassion-based and empowering thinking patterns. And that these thinking patterns help build you up, rather than knock you down. So, where do we start to create that more compassionate and empowered self-talk? Offer yourself Compassion and Understanding Daily Begin to recognize when you are giving yourself a hard time or pushing yourself too...2021-03-1510 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastCreate Your Wellbeing Routine With These 5 StepsWhen we get caught up in our daily lives and all the things we need to do next, we can easily find ourselves slipping to the end of our to-do list. This can occur sometimes without us even realizing that it has happened. So how do we keep ourselves in...2021-03-0810 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" Podcast5 Ways To Let Go Of Those “Shoulds” And Learn To “Just Be”Do you ever notice that you get caught up in the “to do’s” and the “shoulds” and “need to’s” and end up in a constant tailspin as you try to catch up with yourself around all these things? These can take over our day-to-day routines, to the point that...2021-03-0110 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" Podcast4 Easy Steps Personal Growth PlanThe concept of personal growth can feel nebulous at times. Finding ways to look at our own personal growth journey in a concrete way can be a challenge. And yet the beauty of ongoing personal growth is that it significantly supports our levels of...2021-02-2508 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastCreating Positive Shifts in your Life with these 5 Key StepsAt times it can be hard to recognize that we are the creators of our own destiny. It can be hard to realize that everything we need to make significant and positive shifts in our lives is within us. Each of us has the capacity to achieve the life we...2021-02-1610 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastBegin to Achieve your Potential with these 3 StepsYour potential is not just about what you can do well, it is about tapping into that capacity for self-expression through the things we do and the things we get genuine enjoyment out of. For me potential is not about excelling at something, it is about...2021-02-0815 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastEmbracing PossibilitiesIt is so easy sometimes to live our lives in a very set way, conditioning our daily habits and behaviours based on rules we put on ourselves. But what if every so often you were to come out from under that umbrella of rules and norms? What if you...2021-02-0107 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastYour 10 Steps to PositivityHow to build a pattern of positive thinking – Your 10 steps to Positivity. Do you recognise that your thinking can be negatively focused sometimes? Do you recognise that this negative thinking cycle can then have an impact on your mood? Do you Feel...2021-01-2409 min $ML Devitt’s \$ ML Devitt’s "Wellbeing is Key" PodcastWhy choose meditation and 3 simple steps to get startedThe benefits of a regular meditation routine over time are far reaching. Meditation benefits you not just while you mediate, but also as you go through your day. Keeping you more grounded, more present and less in your thoughts. It slows you down...2021-01-1907 min