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How To Be A Photographer And A Mother: Nahomie Hann

This month, we’ll be showcasing people who’ve gone beyond the 9-5 but are not primarily blogging (some may have blogs but that doesn’t make up a majority share of their income-generating activities). This week, join us in welcoming Nahomie Hann, a maternity, birth and newborn photographer based in Scotland who we met when we were…

Can Children Change The World? – 5 Powerful Videos Of Hope

Can Children Change The World? – 5 Powerful Videos Of Hope

Children are our future. The youth can change the world. They herald the dawning of an entirely new generation who will occupy powerful positions and implement massive changes in society. Unfortunately, we keep hearing complaints about the younger generation being entitled, spoiled, disrespectful. All negative descriptions that are designed to justify our continued disrespect and…

How To Be Your Own Boss From Home As A Freelance Writer

How To Be Your Own Boss From Home As A Freelance Writer

Hi everyone, today we’re back for another inspiring post about someone who’s managed to go beyond the 9-5 and live life flexibly, exactly the way she wants to live it. So, if you want to know how to be your own boss from home as a freelance writer, this is the one post in this…

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Features, Ideas & Successes: Celebrating The Small Wins

Today is Feel Good Friday and you have to admit that nothing feels as good as celebrating the wins and being grateful for all that is going right in your world. For our part, we’ve had quite an eventful month (talk about great timing!) and we’d love to share our small wins with you. In…

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Beyond The 9-5 Series: Live Life On Your Own Terms

Welcome, everyone, to our totally kick-ass, brand new section called Beyond The 9-5, where we talk to people from all over the world who are taking a relatively novel and very much rare path.  Tim Ferris calls them The New Rich, “those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New…

5 Sanskrit Meditation Mantras: Deva Premal on YouTube

5 Sanskrit Meditation Mantras: Deva Premal on YouTube

Discover the five most powerful Sanskrit meditation mantras (beautifully sung by Deva Premal). Sanskrit meditation mantras are meditation mantras recited in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit and explicitly formulated to free the mind. This is a literal translation. In Sanskrit, “man” means mind and “tra” means “free from”. Deva Premal is a German-born singer…