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92 articles from Amanda Gore’s newsletter on mindset and self-love, newest first.
The Most Important Choice You Make Every Single Day
I want to tell you about the worst version of myself. She shows up, reliably, I might add, in airport queues. Specifically, in the queue behind the person who has apparently never encountered a security conveyor belt…
Mindset & Self-Love
Always Choose to Send Zoots
I am so, so sorry for being out of touch for so long! I AM NOT DEAD!!! LOL. Nor have I vaporised into the cosmos.
Mindset & Self-Love
F.A.R.C. Part 4, C Is for Consciously Choose Love
A, Awareness, Appreciation, Acknowledgment and Allowing Grace
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F.A.R.C. Part 3, R Is for Remember, Restore Calm and Repeat
A, Awareness, Appreciation, Acknowledgment and Allowing Grace
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F.A.R.C. Part 2, A Is for Awareness, Appreciation, Acknowledgment and Allowing Grace
It's extraordinary how many of us walk around completely unconscious! Epigenetics proves that 95 to 99% of the time we are unconscious of our thinking, or awareness!
Mindset & Self-Love
F.A.R.C. Part 1, F Is for Focus on Feelings and Find the Fear
As promised, I am going to share the full F.A.R.C. process with you over the next few newsletters.
Mindset & Self-Love
STOP. START. SETTLE. SUCCEED.
Last night a very good friend who is my 'soul sister' and I were chatting and we decided we were both so used to 'doing' ALL the time that we had forgotten how much 'doing' actually is in 'being' still and in silence!
Burnout & Resilience
Something I Learned About Fear and Decision Making
Lately, I've been deeply absorbed in a series of books by Paul Selig, and they've made me think more than ever about fear, specifically, how it influences our decisions.
Mindset & Self-Love
Happy New Year and Happy Valentines Day
What happened to January? We had planned to send this out so you could have a new year message from us but now it’s closer to Valentines Day!
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
70 Years 70 Lessons
One of my favorite American traditions that we don’t do in Australia is the celebration of Thanksgiving! It’s a wonderful concept - families and friends come together to celebrate gratitude and it’s a reminder to…
Mindset & Self-Love
What is your life energiser?
I know I said I was going to write more regular newsletters and I have not done that and I am sorry!
Mindset & Self-Love
The Recipe for Joy: Love (Especially Self-Love) - Fear + Gratitude = Joy
If life were a math class, wouldn’t it be great if there was a formula that could solve everything? Not the calculus kind but the kind of formula that leads to something we’re all chasing: joy.
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
Life is not the way it is supposed to be
"Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." Virginia Satir
Mindset & Self-Love
5 lessons from 2020, The ‘WTF year from hell!’, How to thrive during uncertain times
PLEASE HELP US - We are reviewing everything at the moment and would like to know...do you prefer Amanda’s newsletters to be in written format like this one? Or like her last newsletter where she recorded a video?…
Mindset & Self-Love
The Real Secret to Thriving While Working From Home
Here are a few photos of fabulous Joy Buddy activities from past events…
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
2020 - The Year Of Monotonous Goodness
Speaking with my mentor, Dr David Martin,(www.davidmartin.world) a few weeks ago, I learned about the concept of monotonous goodness.
Mindset & Self-Love
Who Am I?
For those of you who are sick of hearing about my journey with the amazing Dr David Martin, stop reading now!
Communication
J.O.M.O
I have ‘borrowed’ the wonderful cartoonist Michael Leunig’s concept of JOMO for the beginning of 2019 newsletter!
Mindset & Self-Love
If You Do This One Thing, Everything Changes
Last post I talked about sales and how ‘getting real’ is linked with getting results. This month I want to share with you why you need to ‘get real’ in your life! And why!
Mindset & Self-Love
How To Develop A JOY Mindset - Part 1
What we tell ourselves, the stories we repeat inside our heads about ourselves and others create our perceptions, expectations and therefore reality! So if we can change our mindset by changing our beliefs; and change…
Mindset & Self-Love
When Life Throws You Lemons - Make Gin & Tonic (just kidding!)
Please forgive me! I have not written to you for ages - literally - and I would like to share with you why.
Mindset & Self-Love
The Most Powerful 3 Letter Word
From my years of NLP training I already understood how we can reprogram neural pathways by saying one of 3 phrases at the end or beginning of statements I would hear coming out of my mouth and they were, ‘in the past’,…
Communication
Want a great relationship? Do these 12 things
I created a little poster the other day after reflecting on the secrets of great relationships - of all kinds - in my life!
Relationships & Family
How to Forgive Yourself, Fast
This newsletter is another one of my more personal ones - but many of you have been on my list for many years now and I feel like you are friends!
Mindset & Self-Love
12 Questions to Change How YOU Feel
The last few weeks has been rather tumultuous for me! And it’s not even my birthday! No major dramas - just (hahaha!) more spiritual growth.
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
6 Ways to make 2016 the BEST year ever
Look back on everything that happened in 2015 and consciously choose to find something good in every thing that happened. Some will be easy. Look back at the challenges and explore what happened from the ‘benefit of…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wipe the Slate Clean!
I love Claire Blatchford’s books. This morning, I was feeling disconnected to myself and home as I have been away for so long and in so many different places so I decided to ask Mum to give me a book that would help!
Communication
Mindset Matters!
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of being one of 5 speakers at the Inaugural Balance by Deborah Hutton conference in Brisbane. Cynthia Morton was one of the other speakers I was honored to present with and she is an…
Mindset & Self-Love
Feel Your Feelings!
Tip 3 of the top ten tips for a joyful 2015 is to feel your feelings! I know that sounds silly but it’s really not!
Mindset & Self-Love
Be a Good Finder
Welcome to the second of 10 top tips for a joyful 2015! We touched on it briefly in tip 1, but it’s so important I want to focus on it.
Mindset & Self-Love
Christmas 2014
I am a Christian and celebrate the values associated with Christmas time. For those of any other religion or belief, it’s my wish that you find some ideas that are valuable for you as New Year and holiday thoughts!
Holidays & Seasons
Focusing on What's Right!
When I speak, I show people a YouTube clip called 'First World Problems'. It's actually an iPhone 6 advertisement, but it's a brilliant work of art!
Mindset & Self-Love
The Joy of Change (2014)
“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them”
Mindset & Self-Love
The Secret Formula for Joy
In this video you will discover the most importance space on earth...it may surprise you.
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
5 Ways to Make Your Workplace Fun
Joyful workplaces are buzzing with people bursting with energy, vitality and enthusiasm! They love what they do and feel they are important at work, and do important work!
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
14 Ways to Stay Stressed
For those of you with perfectionist tendencies, here is your dream list! Fourteen ways you can ensure you wake up stressed and stay that way all day! It’s a perfect recipe for relationship problems, career problems,…
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
The Time Crunch
I don’t know about anyone else but 2013 has started off with a big bang for me! It has felt like a roller coaster as time seems to have condensed even more!
Mindset & Self-Love
What Did You Learn? And the Need to F.A.R.C.!
Well I don’t know about you, but 2012 was a MONSTER year for me! Enormous personal growth and deep realizations and I had many AH HA moments. Many of them were about me recognizing that what I didn’t like in others was…
Mindset & Self-Love
Understanding Others, Part 4
Ok so this appears to have nothing to do with fear but I have just finished watching it about five times and laughed my head off! If you want to loosen up and clear out your baggage, which a good laugh always does…
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
How to Create New, Fearless Patterns
The last couple of blogs have helped you understand yourself and what drives you; to become aware of your deepest fears and to discover the patterns and habits that are dominating your life.
Mindset & Self-Love
Never Fight Again (Well, Almost Never!)
Last month, I went to my annual QI Gong retreat and once again it was amazing. (By the way, they are holding a retreat in California for those of you who are interested. Here is the link…
Mindset & Self-Love
What Would I Do If I Were Fearless?
A friend of mine [Jana Stanfield](http://www.janastanfield.com/) has a beautiful voice. One of my favorite songs is "What Would I Do Today if I Were Brave". Listening to the song again made me think about a very useful…
Mindset & Self-Love
Patterns and Habits: Ruling Your Life!
I mentioned in my last two blogs the powerful realization I had about fear! I believe it is critical for both a successful work and home life, and a life of joy!
Mindset & Self-Love
From Fear to Flourishing
I woke up with a blinding flash of the obvious last week! That the opposite of fear is…wait for it…UNDERSTANDING!
Mindset & Self-Love
The Price of Paying Attention
Just the other day, I was wondering about why I had so many life ‘challenges’. Normally optimistic and upbeat, I thought my hormones had finally taken over! LOL!
Mindset & Self-Love
The Most Important Thing in Your Life
It’s a big statement…BUT…I believe it’s true! The most important thing is life is how you feel about yourself!
Mindset & Self-Love
'Tis the Season to Be Jolly, or Not! It's Your Choice!
(It is long I know, my husband tells me too long!!! But I am not smart enough to say really deep things in short, pithy quotes! LOL. Sorry!)
Mindset & Self-Love
What You Say, Think and Believe Matters (Florence Scovel Shinn)
If you have never heard of Florence Scovel Shinn, your life is about to change!!
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to… Patterns and Habits!
A couple of months ago I woke up with a powerful thought that I believe is critical for success at work and home, and a life of joy!
Mindset & Self-Love
Three Simple Secrets for a Happy Life!
A couple of weeks ago, I was with a wonderful woman who lives on the Sunshine Coast, Roslyn Uttleymore. She and her husband run a raw food health school and it’s well worth visiting their site www.uttleyrawfood.com to…
Mindset & Self-Love
New Year Resolutions
Will this new year be the same as usual for you? You rush around for Christmas, eat and drink too much and then find the best party you can go to on New Year's Eve, drink buckets more and the next…
Holidays & Seasons
Peace on Earth, and in Your Heart!
I suppose you have been inundated with all sorts of end of year newsletters with new year resolutions etc! And hopefully this one is a little different!
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to Your Purpose and Meaning
Gen x, y and z are ruled much more in their lives by feeling that they are making a difference in the world - that their contriubution is noticed and valued. Baby boomers and traditional leadership models have not…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to What You Are Hanging Onto!
How many of us live in the past! Or the fears and beliefs from the past? How many of us let those fears and beliefs ruin our present lives?
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to What Brings You Inner Peace
I will never forget a moment in my little old Mazda 1300 car about 30 years ago! I was driving and international speaker around in Syndey as social convenor of a conference. He asked me 'what is it that you most want in…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to the Presence of Fear!
Many of us are totally unaware of the deeper fears that are driving us. The amygdala is part of the limbic system of the brain - our oldest brain. The part that kept us alive through it's survival instincts. When we…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to the Magic of You!
If you have never had a particular blood test called 'dark field microscopy' then I would recommend you find someone who does it and look with awe and wonder at your amazing blood! We found a wonderful lady called Maria…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to the Choices You Make
Every moment , we are perceiving and judging everything! We are making choices based on those perceptions. This is very dangerous generally!
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up and Shine Your Light in the Dark Parts of Your Soul
I remember reading a novel called Glittering Images many years ago. One line has stayed with me every since. The story of a monk who battles with his love for a woman with his love for God is counselled by a wiser monk.…
Mindset & Self-Love
An Angry Heart
If you haven’t read a book called ‘The Hearts Code “ by Paul Pearsall then rush out today and order it! Or call it up on amazon.com. I met this man years ago and this book will transform the way you think about the…
Mindset & Self-Love
Thought Viruses
Robert Dilts is a well known American expert in neurolinguistics and writes frequently for a magazine called Anchor Point. In a recent edition he was discussing the connection between beliefs and health or wellness. He…
Health & Wellbeing
Wake Up to Your Impact on Others
Full of sound tips to help you become more aware of how you can improve your success, performance, resilience, ‘get noticed’ factor and anything else that will help you find success and fulfillment at work (and by the…
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to What Happens When You Squeeze an Orange
When you squeeze an orange, what do you get? Orange juice! Of course.
Mindset & Self-Love
Wake Up to the Spirit in Which You Do Things
A quote from a book written by The Mother, a student of Sri Arubindo (a famous Indian Guru) touched my heart.
Culture & Workplace
Wake Up to the Power of 3:1
My latest favorite book is "Positivity" by a leader in positive psychology, Barbara Frederickson. The most exciting finding is that there is a critical ratio in life - for your joy and success. They actually talk about…
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
The Symbol for Waking Up and Seeing the Big Picture
Vicki, have attached an image to show you what I mean if you can get a better picture!
Mindset & Self-Love
Curiosity Can Change Your Life!
Curiosity - it might have killed the cat, but it makes US come alive!
Mindset & Self-Love
New Year 2009, The Year of Possibilities for Change
I am reading a new book called “The Brain that Changes itself” by Norman Doidge M.D. It was first published in 2007 in the States so it won’t be new for many of you reading this!
Mindset & Self-Love
How Connected Are You?
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well." - Plato
Mindset & Self-Love
The Joy of Change
It seems an oxymoron to put joy and change in the same sentence, a short sentence at that! But this is my next mission, to help people understand that change is possible and can be joyful. We know change is the only…
Mindset & Self-Love
Change or Die, The Start Is Hope
I have just finished reading a very interesting book by Alan Deutschman called Change or Die. He first wrote an article in Fast Company magazine on this topic and in it he covers what causes people to make changes in…
Mindset & Self-Love
Patience and the Conscience Box!
This month I decided to write on patience because it is what I need to learn right now! Patience is different from equanimity although patience would automatically be present in someone with equanimity, I explored that…
Communication
The Web of Life
"Man did not weave the web of his life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." --Chief Seattle
Mindset & Self-Love
Everything Is Always About Perceptions
I have been speaking about the importance of perceptions for some time now & but mostly from the perspective of how we make others feel. As I have been writing my book on joy (which is almost ready, at last!) I have…
Mindset & Self-Love
Expectations
Rather than the usual new year resolutions newsletter, I thought this year it might be worthwhile starting off becoming conscious of our expectations!
Mindset & Self-Love
Christmas 2007
I am a Christian and celebrate the values associated with Christmas time. For those of any other religion or belief, it’s my wish that you find some ideas that are valuable for you as New Year and holiday thoughts!
Holidays & Seasons
Make Me Feel Special
Reader's Digest often has wonderful little "thought provokers." In one of their issues, I read a comment by Mary Kay Ash, the founder of a very successful cosmetics company. The advice she gave to salespeople was to…
Mindset & Self-Love
What Can Frogs Teach Us About Change?
You have probably heard that old story bandied about in management circles about two frogs. One is put into a pot of boiling water and guess what happens? Surprisingly, it jumps out…very quickly! (Smart frog!) The other…
Mindset & Self-Love
The Spirit in Which We Do Things
Last week, I was reading a book called Questions and Answers by The Mother from the Sri Aurobindo ashram, and was struck by a "blinding flash of the obvious" from this sentence:
Mindset & Self-Love
We See and Experience What We Expect to See and Experience!
A friend of mine who is a business coach sent me a great article last week called the "Neuroscience of Leadership" from the Strategy and Business Journal.
Mindset & Self-Love
Heart Read, Not Mind Read!
It’s interesting how my presentations change as I grow and develop and broaden my life experiences! Just recently I have been finding myself speaking more and more on judgment and how it affects everything we do. Evan…
Mindset & Self-Love
Life and Leadership Lessons from the Crocodile Hunter
(Sorry guys, in advance for the longer than normal newsletter this month...but I was moved to write this article and wanted to share it with all of you!!!)
Amanda Gore JQ®: Joy Intelligence
From My Heart to Yours
First, I'd like to say thank you to the many, many kind people who wrote to me after last month's newsletter, with kind words about my Mum's passing and shared their stories and love. It took me awhile to reply to all…
Mindset & Self-Love
Psychological Sunshine
Not only is Glen Capelli one of the most outstanding speakers I’ve ever heard on learning organizations, but he is also a poet and songwriter. The first time I heard his song "Psychological Sunshine" it exploded in my…
Mindset & Self-Love
Our Deepest Fear (Marianne Williamson)
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,…
Mindset & Self-Love
Attitude Adjustment Hour
Most of us would be familiar with the term 'attitude adjustment hour' used by many pubs and hotels in Australia to promote their half price session between 5.00pm ish and 6.00pm ish. Alcohol certainly can have a…
Mindset & Self-Love
Life Balance: Myth or Possibility?
Stress is a fact of life, but it doesn't have to be a way of life!
Burnout & Resilience
The 10 Commandments of New Year Resolutions
Will this new year be the same as usual for you? You rush around during the holidays, eat and drink way too much, find the best party to go to on new year's eve, drink buckets more, and the next morning think about what…
Holidays & Seasons
Phone Rage, The Cure!
Wow, forgive me all of you readers out there! I had lots of people who responded with favourable comments saying it was good material for their customer service training and on what pain the folks that finally speak to…
Mindset & Self-Love
Encouragement
As I was walking yesterday morning, I saw a two year old boy, playing cricket with his father. He had a two year old size cricket bat and after a few attempts, he actually hit the ball - well, rolled it along the ground…
Mindset & Self-Love
Fear and What to Do With It
A popular saying in America for years has been 'feel the fear and do it anyway. There's even a book called that. The theme behind the saying is common - if you are scared of something, walk up to it, meet it head on and…
Mindset & Self-Love