12 Timewasters to Avoid at All Costs
We all feel like we don’t have enough time. But most of us waste a lot more time each week than we care to admit 🤪 Unfortunately, the perfect timewaster is enjoyable, allows the time to fly by, and is highly distracting! These days we have a lot of...
15 Ways to Have Your Best Year Ever
Take control of your life and have the best year you’ve ever experienced. With a little bit of effort each day, you can make that wonderful year a reality. It’s the small things that can make the most difference over time. The effect of small...
What’s Wrong With Busy Work?
We like busy work. It’s always at least a little bit less painful than the task we know we should be doing. At the same time, we feel at least a little productive. Cleaning behind the fridge is normally less than inspiring, but it doesn’t sound...
The Power of High Performance Habits: A Multicultural Corporate Executive Woman’s Journey to Success
Born in Australia as the daughter of multicultural immigrant parents and becoming a corporate executive woman, I faced my fair share of challenges in the male-dominated industries I worked in at the time like Finance and Information Technology....
Your Intelligence Making Systems
Hey, it's Stephanie, focused on igniting your spark. I thought I would just go live here and let you know what I've been doing lately. I have been doing a new coaching certification just to augment my skills so that I can show up and be the best...
Overcoming Fear of the Unknown
Overcoming fear of the unknown is a challenging endeavour, but it can be done. As a family we recently dealt with this as our two youngest children took to the stage for the first time in their school musical. The long lead up and continual...
3 Easy Ways to Add Joy to Your Daily Routines
The definition of High Performance living is the ongoing feeling of full engagement, JOY and confidence that comes from consistently living from your best self. But most of us live busy lives. Often, we're so busy juggling tasks and...
Dealing With The Critics In Your Life
Whether you’re trying to save the world, lose weight, write a novel, or master a video game, there will usually be at least one person in your life that's not so positive about it. If you consider that there’s no way to live a meaningful life...
What Aristotle Taught Me About Happiness
I have been doing a bit of reading lately about the ancient Greek philosophers, and Aristotle had more to say about happiness than any other philosopher before him. While he called it by a different name, eudaimonia, much of what he said is still...
7 Ways To Enrich Your Life With Failure
Sometimes, the fear of failure makes you hesitant to try new things or step outside of your comfort zone. Often, the most powerful feelings you've experienced are those that come after a perceived failure. The question of, "What if I fail again?"...
Activities That Expand Your Horizons and Make Life More Fulfilling
Have you ever felt like you've been missing something that could make your life more fulfilling? We sometimes get so focused on "achievement" that we forget that "fulfilment" is not the same. Perhaps you're yearning to expand your horizons and...
How to Regain Confidence (Even If You’re Struggling…)
We've all been through some difficult challenges in life, particularly in the last couple of years. So it is absolutely normal that you may feel like your confidence has diminished. If you are unsure how to go about believing in yourself again,...
Experiments to Improve Your Quality of Life
Making your life better does require focus and planning. Looking at any psychological or medical research, you'll find several ways to improve your life's quality. But as one of my mentors likes to say, "common sense is not always common practice"....
Free Yourself from Needing the Approval of Others
Since we were kids, most of us learned that it could be advantageous to make others happy. Most children want the approval of their parents, teachers, and peers. For some of us, we tend to carry that same tendency into adulthood. While it's natural...
Reclaim Your Life By Living Consciously
Do you sometimes feel like you're just going through the motions? You get up, go to work, come home, have dinner, watch television, and go to bed. The next day, the routine starts all over again. But what if you could become more connected to your...
Is a Neutral Mind Better Than a Positive Mind?
Believe it or not, being positive and optimistic might not always be the best choice. If you've ever struggled with having a positive mindset 100% of the time you know what I mean. There are times when it’s best to have a more neutral approach....
Why Being Proactive is So Important
Things are inevitably not going to go to plan or are going to go wrong. That's just part of our life's journey. Whether these situations have a large negative impact or are merely minor inconveniences depends on how we respond. When we focus on...
5 Keys to Managing Your Unhelpful Thoughts
It never seems to fail. You’re trying to concentrate on your work, but your mind wanders off to a completely unrelated topic. Or, maybe you’re about to do a presentation, but all you can think about is how horrible your last few presentations have...
8 Tips for Incorporating Self-Help Strategies into Your Day
It’s easy to read a self-help book and get excited. In fact, I do it all the time! However, it can be a lot more challenging to actually implement those ideas into your life. Where do you start? How do you make time to take action on what you...
What is a High Performance Coach and Do You Need One?
Athletes have coaches. Many entrepreneurs and professionals have mentors. Both these roles perform the same function, they help an individual excel in that particular area of life. A high performance coach is a coach for your life. Most of us...
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June 9, 2021 Disrupt Magazine
Stephanie attributes her transition from employee to entrepreneur as a result of when she felt the ‘Universal Slap’ that woke her up and ignited her spark. In this article, Stephanie reveals her 5 steps to “Ignite Your SPARK”.
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May 29, 2021 Yahoo Global
Stephanie shares why her mission is to enable women to succeed in their own unique way to fully engage at work and home and remain happy and confident without the risk of burnout.
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Jun 11, 2018 The Asian Entrepreneur
Stephanie Barros is playing a small part in helping others reach their full potential.
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