Why do we so often lower our standards when it comes to our platonic relationships?

In the first of our Achievher Book Club (ABC) series we dive deep into why we put up with less-than-ideal friendships, and how to break free in the healthiest possible way. 'How To Break Up With Friends' by Neuropsychologist Dr Hannah Korrel examines how and why our brain makes us do certain things when it comes to friendships. It incorporates mini activities and practical examples to help you work out what true and genuine friendship actually looks like.

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DO YOU PROCRASTINATE? 🙈

Don't panic, we all do! We want to help you use your time to your advantage and give you a chance to spend your most valuable resource in the way you choose.

Time management is a skill that can be learned and we want to teach you to prioritize your activities and use time effectively. We want to you to be clear about the small changes you'll make and the endless series of decisions, small and large, that gradually change the shape of your life.

The secret to effective time management lies in organizing and planning. Today's coaching session will help you take action by:

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It’s often used to describe how someone speaks, acted or pursues their passions, but if you’d ask anyone on the street to point out confidence, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a clear description. It’s arguably the most important element of career success and you might be surprised to know that confidence is a belief first and foremost, described as a trust in your own abilities, capacities and judgements to face day to day challenges and demands. (Psychology Dictionary Online). That description itself leaves ample room to argue that we humans don’t always possess this belief, you could say that some believe it too much (over confident) and some not enough (uncertain).

If this is true, are some people born with confidence and others not? And if so, can we cultivate more confidence?

In this short coaching session Anna breaks down confidence using the Confidence Formula and how you can develop self efficacy and optimism to cultivate confidence in your life. 

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Here's the motivation you need for a Monday if your goal is to take control of your health and wellbeing! Lottie, AKA @farfromfat126 on Instagram, is a force of positivity, honesty and all round awesome. She's battled losing over 60kgs, dealing with CVEDS, multiple surgeries and the highs and lows of documenting this for all to see. 

Check out Lottie's START TODAY highlight tab on Instagram where she runs through all the details of the program she follows for FREE and as always, share this episode by screen shotting and tagging @achievher and @farfromfat126 if you like what you've heard. 

Gratitude may be just what we need at the moment—while we’re hanging on—or still traipsing toward the light at the end of the tunnel of what has been a year now of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies show that when people focused on being thankful, they were more able to demonstrate patience. Gratitude has a positive impact on our mental and emotional states as well as physical health. It also predicts behaviors such as helping others and exercising.

Join Anna as she breaks down what gratitude is, why it's important and some simple strategies you can use in your every day to build your gratitude muscle.

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Self care and self compassion is a major focus for us this year, but sometimes that's easier said than done. With all the hype around 'New Year New You' we actually wanted to get ahead of the game and we  finished 2020 stronger and healthier than we have been in years and that's only because we were able to put into place support systems to help us succeed. We both undertook a 10-week health and fitness program through Best10, custom made for each of us, and with instant access through messenger to talk to a coach when we were struggling with making a healthy decision or motivation. 

Anna's spilling all our secrets today on what worked for us, and giving you the chance to get 15% off with the code Achievher15, in her chat with Kate Grove, the co-founder of personalized nutrition and fitness program Best10. They provide you with customized workouts and meal plans, and the essential part of on-call support you’ll get from their team. That a plan, accountability and support the entire time. Thats a game changer.  

The Best10 approach is based on partnership (something we love at Achievher). You’re assigned your own coach who keeps you moving forward and makes sure you’re well prepared, educated and energised, giving you the confidence to achieve your personal goals. So Anna's plan was completely different to Chloes, and yours will be too. 

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If 'New Year, New Me' isn't quite your vibe, today's podcast might just be the framework you need to simplify your day and focus on your priorities for 2021. Kicking off season 2 of Unwind with Achievher, Anna takes you through a 5 step process for understanding what you need to do, what's holding you back and who you need to be in order to create the life of your dreams.

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This week Anna speaks to beauty boss Maria Hatzistefanis, founder of skincare group, Rodial. She's just released her second book, How To Make It Happen where she spells out how to motivate yourself and harness your drive and energy. With clear guidance, tips and celebrity stories throughout, Maria sums up her business secrets with three golden rules: set your goals; plot your trajectory; make it happen! 

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London-based beauty entrepreneur, Maria Hatzistefanis, founded her ground-breaking skincare group, Rodial, in 1999 by identifying a niche for treatments targeted to specific skin concerns. With a growing global beauty empire, her results-oriented products excite with evocative tongue-in-cheek names such as Dragon’s Blood and Snake Serum. There are 2 brands – Rodial, and Nip + Fab – sold through 20,000 doors across 35 countries worldwide including Saks Fifth Avenue, Space NK, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. Today, the cutting-edge products are available in the most prestigious stores around the world, while high profile celebrities such as Kylie Jenner and Sofia Richie fronting the brands campaigns.

In 2014, Hatzistefanis expanded Rodial with a makeup collection and an exclusive sculpting bar and counter in London’s Harvey Nichols. She pioneered the concept of communicating with the consumer in the digital age via social media with her own social media handle @mrsrodial, with over 1 million followers across Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. She is also the executive producer and star of the docu-series “The Mrs Rodial project”, about the drama and glamour of the world of beauty, fashion and celebrities.

Maria started her career as a beauty writer before moving to New York where she received an MBA from Columbia Business School. After a stint in corporate finance at Salomon Brothers, first in New York and then London, she followed her passion and instinct for beauty by founding Rodial.

Maria has become a respected and sought-after opinion- leader. Her point-of-view attracts followers both online and off, and she is increasingly in demand to speak at fashion, business and digital conferences such as her latest appearance at London’s Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design, Web Summit, Fashion Tech Forum and WWD Digital.

Along with speaker events, Maria is also known for her mentoring and entrepreneurial guidance, where most recently she was a judge for the BFC Vogue fashion fund, as well as guest appearances as a mentor on US fashion series, aired on Lifetime TV, Project Runway: Fashion Startup. Maria also be appeared as a guest mentor at the Project Runway: All Stars in Fall 2017. Maria is a patron of the British Fashion Council and is heavily involved in working alongside the BFC to support and promote young, emerging talent and promoting British fashion.

Maria’s latest venture is the launch of her first book – How To Be An Overnight Success. Exploring Maria’s journey so far, the book provides insights into how she built and began her brands and the challenges and fun that she encountered along the way. The book was a huge success with it becoming a best-seller on Amazon.

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Modern creative voices are finding a fresh platform to share their work thanks to social media. Today's guest is testament to the positive side of these content platforms and proof that poetry isn't a dying art form! Lang Leav is a novelist and poet with a brand new collection of work just released this month called September Love. She writes about love, loss and female empowerment and in today's conversation she is candid about the reality of sharing her work online in a digital age and the pressure that come's from having migrant parents. 

Our conversation was recorded on zoom so there's a few glitches but you'll really enjoy this episode as we cover a variety of topics from The Crown to a childhood mishap of cutting up family photographs in order to give her dad a 'haircut'! 

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Novelist and poet Lang Leav was born in a refugee camp when her family were fleeing the Khmer Rouge Regime. She spent her formative years in Sydney, Australia, in the predominantly migrant town of Cabramatta. Among her many achievements, Lang is the winner of a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Churchill Fellowship and Goodreads Reader’s Choice Award.

Her first book, Love & Misadventure (2013) was a break out success, and her subsequent poetry books have all been international bestsellers. In 2016, Lang turned her attention to fiction, and her debut novel Sad Girls shot to #1 on the Straits Times and other bestseller charts internationally.

Lang actively participates in international writers festivals and her tours consistently draw massive crowds. With a combined social media following of two million, Lang’s message of love, loss and female empowerment continues to resonate with her multitude of readers.

Lang has been featured on CNN, SBS Australia, Intelligence Squared UK, Radio New Zealand and in various publications, including Vogue, Newsweek, the Straits Times, the Guardian, and the New York Times. She currently resides in New Zealand with her partner and fellow author, Michael Faudet.

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