Bikini Diaries Unfiltered - My Transformation

The lessons I gained from watching The Voice. I hardly have time to watch television, unless there is a good show on. I happened to watch The Voice, while I was doing some work. Fell in love with the coaches!  Watching the coaches on The Voice; and listening to their advice for the contestants, gave me a new understand of how important the right advice and coaching is. Words they said that came to mind; my favourite was about being a coach who can e mpower the contestant and give them the freedom to be true to themselves.  Also having coached believe you have the potential and can win is so important. They also have to give some good criticism; Usher said to a contestant that did not make it: “If you do not live up to or   exceed expectations it could not benefit you” I spoke to Natalie Du Toit (SA Gold medallist swimmer), and she said that having that ONE person believe in you, is all you need sometimes, that one person that will not give up on you, wh...

Part 2:  My Answer: “I do not have all the answers to your questions, and I like to consider various options: The important thing to me, of having the right partner would be:  Firstly Be a man… a gentleman…  Secondly the attributes: Respect, Real Honesty , Old school values , Compromise, Compassionate, Patient; Someone strong so I feel protected, strong in mind and spirit, having intelligent conversations (as when we are older this is important), and acceptance of each other fully (Flaws and all ).  Keeping promises and never making you feel insecure. Because when I trust you, I give fully and unconditionally.  Tough love: The ability to be tough with me when I go off the rails, an open mind so we can share many new experiences, and lots of laughter… I will cry, I will get angry, I will scream and laugh but only because I want to experience each emotion fully.  We will argue and fight, because we are passionate about lif...

“Teach only love for that is what you are.”                                                                                              ― Helen Schucma   Part of the knowledge i attai ne d in my yoga practice, that self-acceptance and self-love are crucial to unconditional love. My blog last year I wrote about “first love”, loving you first. This year I am adding self-respect to that list. I am also adding a new word taught to me by a man (yes a man! i too was shocked!), “ value ” and “ worth ”.  Everyone simply...