A man who hits you – does not love you. A man who wants to break you – does not love you. A man who wants to humiliate you, control you and make you feel small and worthless - does not love you. This is not love. It’s abuse. To the women in these relationships, the message is: you can walk away.

Rather than growing a thick skin that allows all emotions to bounce off us, what we need to do is develop a filtering mind: one that sieves through comments and actions that are purposely hurtful and understands them and treats them for what they are.

The world celebrates big things: successful people, big ideas, giant leaps. The little stuff does not get the credit it deserves. But the big stuff is often made of lots of little things.

If you really want to do it… say it out loud!

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire? Not always. Sometimes it’s not so drastic. There could be… a smoke machine.

No is a complete sentence. You do not need to justify why you don’t want to do something. Self-boundaries are important.

There’s a lot of everything out there. Don’t let that put you off from adding ‘you’ to the mix.

When something looks too hard, break it down. The smaller, more manageable, pieces will become your building blocks.

There are rainbows at your fingertips. All you have to do is look for the light and see the colours around you.

This is all about perspective. There will be times in life when people are rude, abrupt, mean etc.  In most cases: this is not about you. So don’t take it personally. It’s not you, it’s them.

There are some moments in life when you feel: this is what true happiness feels like. How can you capture that moment? One way is to take a ‘memory token’.

As you grow older you do not become immune to scary movies. On the contrary. With age you will discover a whole spectrum of emotions during the weirdest of on-screen moments - like during adverts.

It’s never okay to be mean to others. No matter what medium you are using: you should never write something to or about someone you would not say to their face. And it’s not okay to say things that are hurtful just because you can.

Don’t pretend that you understood something when you did not. It’s okay to ask questions.

The only person who can stop you from living a full life - for all your life - is yourself. So let’s top asking ourselves: “why now?” and swap it with: “why not?”

Never, ever trust a washing machine with time. These appliances have their own time zone.

You know that ‘perfect’ girl? Chances are she too has insecurities. We are all human. Which means we are not alone.

Save money. The earlier, the better. The more, the merrier

Enjoy your favourite things. Don’t wait for that ‘special occasion’ to wear your favourite shoes or dress. Life is too short.

Ever since I was a child I’ve divided people into two categories: there are the walkers, and there are the waiters.