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Peta-Ann Wood
6 min read
'Tis the season to be masking or unmasking...
One coping mechanism that many of us use is masking—hiding our true selves to fit in with societal norms.
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Peta-Ann Wood
3 min read
Did I sense that or did I make it up? Soul nudges vs Imagination
A question I am asked frequently is how do I know it’s my soul actually nudging me or whether I just think it is?
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Peta-Ann Wood
4 min read
Beauty beyond the surface
Be you in all your divine, intrinsic beauty and keep captivating hearts and minds as only an Elegant Rebel® can.
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Peta-Ann Wood
9 min read
Follow your heart – cheesy cliché or elegant recipe
True beauty emerges when you choose to listen to your soul’s truth, your inner voice, your passions and desires.
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Peta-Ann Wood
5 min read
Elegantly taking up space
How often do you truly allow yourself to take up space and be the youest version of yourself? Your true self. You, in all your authenticity.
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Peta-Ann Wood
6 min read
Re-igniting your inner Elegant Rebel®
This is my dream and my wish – to be able to inspire others to find their voices. To re-igniting your own inner Elegant Rebel®...
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Peta-Ann Wood
4 min read
Acceptance - not better or worse, just different
Acceptance is based in the true meaning of empowerment – when you are able to respond and not react, stay neutral, set your boundaries...
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Peta-Ann Wood
5 min read
Magic in words
Like many of us, I have undertaken the practice of choosing an annual word for a number of years now. For me though, this year is different.
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Peta-Ann Wood
6 min read
Is the term ‘woo-woo’ dismissive?
So it may surprise you to know that about 10 years I ago I completed a Diploma of Professional Psychic. Yes. You read that correctly.
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Peta-Ann Wood
6 min read
Can you handle the real truth?
What is the truth behind this simple statement – ‘be the real you.’ We all want to be accepted for who we are. We all want to be ourselves.
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Peta-Ann Wood
3 min read
Woo-woo P-A
The empowerment and peace I seek will never be found outside of myself. True serenity will always be an inside job. Always.
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Peta-Ann Wood
4 min read
How does one be an Elegant Rebel®
Perhaps you are a bit of a quiet disruptor too? There is so much power in grace, compassion and kindness.
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Peta-Ann Wood
5 min read
Words are spell-ing
What words do you sense the energy and power of? Do you feel this in your soul?
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Peta-Ann Wood
4 min read
Embrace your uniqueness
It was that night in New Farm (Queensland) I decided "I got this”.
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Peta-Ann Wood
8 min read
Purple is my colour, not pink!
Wearing the best colour for you means the focus is on your beautiful face and not your clothing or your physique.
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Peta-Ann Wood
4 min read
How much time do we waste hoping to 'get happy'?
For me, sustainable happiness lands in the realm of living my values everyday such as joy, peace, contentment, playfulness and optimism.
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