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Have you ever found yourself giving some empowering advice to a friend, a colleague or family member? And while you're changing the world one deep & meaningful conversation at a time you're thinking 'wow this is great advice, I've really missed my calling as a therapist' - but at the same time kind of dying inside thinking 'GF - who do you think you are, Oprah? You don't even listen to it yourself!' 

It got me thinking about the advice I would give myself (if I took the chance to get back in my box and put on my advice-receiving hat), and came up with a few things I wish I'd known before self-discovering at the prime, ripe age of 32 ;) 

(Read from inside my box, with my hat on):

1. Glass half full - not empty. Look at the 70% full, not the 30% empty
2. Speak out about what's important to you - follow your intuition
3. Family is super important. Don't be a brat (sorry Mum and Dad)
4. Stop trusting those that don't deserve it, or continue to break it
5. Friends are a reflection of your best self. Invest in those true goodies
6. Less is more. You have a million-and-one pairs of shoes, the next pair won't define you  
7. Accept change, embrace it for what it is
8. Boys can be arseholes - choose them wisely
9. Do things that scare you 
10. Saving is smart. It's called adulting. See point 6
11. Eat the cake. One piece will NOT make you fat
12. It's OK to be alone
13. Time is precious and a great healer, trust the process
14. Be kind, always
15. Your happiness is your number one priority

Gab x