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Happiness, Habits & Taking Control with Gretchen Rubin – Your Dream Life Podcast Episode 4

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Join Kristina as she speaks with the incredible Gretchen Rubin, multiple New York Times Bestseller and author of The Happiness Project, Better Than Before and many more! Be inspired as they explore the power of passion, the importance of habits and how by taking control of your life you can create a happier life – your dream life!

As one of the most inspiring, influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature today, Gretchen inspires millions of people to make positive changes to their lives in their quest for a happier existence. In fact, Gretchen’s values and beliefs align so perfectly with ours at kikki.K that we’ve even been lucky enough to collaborate with her a few times in the past!

Some highlights of her inspiring career include being interviewed by Oprah, meeting the Dalai Lama and having her impressive works featured in a medical journal. Known for her ability to convey complex ideas with humour and clarity, in a way that’s accessible to a wide audience, Gretchen truly is an inspiration.

Her wisdom continues to inspire millions of people to make sustainable positive changes to their daily lives. And her story is a wonderful example of how we can take control of our lives and let our values guide us in creating happier life, a life of purpose – our Dream Life.

In this amazing episode, you’ll discover:

  • How Gretchen took control of her life and career to create a life she loves
  • How happiness plays such an important part in living our dream life
  • How important it is to live a life guided by your values
  • How positive habits can play a huge part in creating the life you want
  • And how you too can embrace more happiness in your everyday

– and so much more!

EPISODE OVERVIEW

As a New York Times Bestseller and author of many incredible books including The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, today, Gretchen’s award-winning podcast ‘Happier with Gretchen Rubin’, explores all aspects of happiness and healthy habits with her sister Elizabeth Craft.

But Gretchen’s life wasn’t always dedicated to writing and inspiring others to live a happier existence…

Starting out her career studying law, as a clerk for a Supreme Court Justice, Gretchen took a moment one day to consider what else she might be interested in. Uninspired by the world of law, she began considering what it was that did inspire her. It was then that she decided to change paths to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.

Gretchen took the leap, took control of her life and left her law career to follow her passion. After years of pursuing this career, Gretchen was sitting on a city bus when she thought to herself “What do I want from my life?” And the answer? “To be happy!”

A hunger for understanding happiness sparked and her fascination grew into a career dedicated to helping people embrace more happiness in their everyday. After finding her passion and following it, she jumped into the driver’s seat of her own life and is now living her dream existence.

 “I find it so inspiring that Gretchen has been able to create a career out of sharing her experiences and ideas on living a happier life.” Kristina Karlsson

RESOURCES

 Dream Life Masterclass Sydney and Melbourne

Join Kristina Karlsson live with the amazing Dr Tererai Trent for a three-hour event to focus on your dreams and be put on a path of self-achievement, success and happiness. In Sydney, Kristina and Tererai will be joined by Olympic athlete, Alisa Camplin-Warner, and in Melbourne, Leading Nutritional Biochemist & 12-time number-one bestselling author Dr Libby Weaver. Find out more here: https://www.kikki-k.com/au/dream-life-masterclass-series.html

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Celebrate Cinnamon Bun Day with this Tasty Recipe

October 4th is a special day for lovers of the delicious cinnamon bun – yum! All across Sweden, families and loved ones gather together to celebrate Cinnamon Bun Day by making – and enjoying – this classic homemade treat.

Be inspired to embrace this wonderful Swedish tradition for yourself with our simple recipe. Why not take a moment this week to slow down, pause and reconnect with the simple joy of baking from scratch?

Let us know how you go by sharing your buns on Instagram with #kikkiKLove.

Ingredients

300ml / 1 ¼ cup whole milk
1 tsp ground cardamom seeds
50g / ¼ cup butter
425g / 3.4 cups plain flour
7g / 1 small packet fast action yeast
60g /⅓ cup caster sugar

¼ tsp fine salt
1 egg, beaten lightly
Oil, to grease

For the filling

75g /⅓ cup cup butter, softened
50g / ½ cup dark brown sugar
2tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt

To finish

1 egg, beaten lightly
Demerara sugar, to sprinkle

Method

Start by heating the milk until steaming in a pan with the cardamom. Allow to simmer for a couple of minutes before taking off the heat. Allow to cool until lukewarm. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. There is no need to add water to the yeast before adding this in. Make a well in the bowl and add in the lightly beaten egg and the warm milk mixture. Combine with a wooden spoon.

Using your hands, kneed for 5 minutes on a floured surface until the mixture feels soft and springy. Place dough into a greased bowl, cover and leave somewhere warm to prove for at least 45 minutes. Meanwhile, make your filling by beating together each ingredient until well combined.

Once your dough has risen, take it out of the bowl, knock back and roll into a 35cm x 25cm rectangle. Spread the filling evenly onto dough and roll tightly into a Swiss roll shape. Cut into 7 equal sized buns and line up on a baking tray. Leave to prove a second time for 30 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator. The dough should spring back easily when you press it lightly.

When ready to bake, heat oven to 200C/400F/gas mark six and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Feeling inspired to get baking? Discover our Foodies Collection here.

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Introducing the kikki.K Planner Insiders

Earlier this year we selected a small group of people from all over the world to work with us on a super exciting project.

This group of people are now known as our kikki.K Planner Insiders and were selected based on their creativity, passion, involvement in the planner community and of course their love for Planners!

We wanted to truly connect with our wider planner community, so as part of the team, our Planner Insiders provided us with insights, ideas and opinions whilst attending meetings, phone calls, emails as well as joining us for a brainstorm session at our Global Support Office.

Over the last few months our Planner Insiders have been helping us to design and develop a brand new Planner, made for planner lovers by planner lovers. With every aspect considered, this new planner has bespoke features and is a customisation dream!

We have loved working with this team and look forward to sharing the finished product of this project with you all.

Meet our Planner Insiders…

Ashleigh Newton | @plum_mashable

 

Desley Pitcher | @desleyjane_plans

 

Daisy Martin | @mygreencow

 

Hannah Andreasson | @Hannahs_Haven_

 

Damian Hunt | @theplanner_guy

 

Nadia Azni | @lettersinnovember

Sign up and become a member with us to be one of the first to hear about the release of our new Planner!

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Passion, Positivity & Purpose with Deliciously Ella – Your Dream Life Podcast Episode 3

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In this amazing episode, Kristina speaks with the truly inspirational Ella Mills – founder and brand director of Deliciously Ella – the leading plant-based food company, and health and lifestyle brand helping people all over the world to make healthy changes to their eating habits. Ella’s story is the perfect example of how we can take control of our lives and let our passions and values guide us in creating a life we love – our Dream Life.

Her first book Deliciously Ella was the fastest selling debut cookbook in the UK and is now translated into over 20 languages. And her brand-new podcast, Deliciously Ella is now also taking the world by storm.

Together with her husband Matt Mills, Ella has grown her passion from a personal recipe blog – which she began in 2012 – to the world leading lifestyle brand it is today.

In this episode you will discover…

  • How a serious illness and very low point in Ella’s life led her to take control and really steer her life in a more positive direction
  • How this shift in focus led to her discovering a whole new passion and purpose in life, eventually leading to her living her dream life with her husband, Matt
  • How being honest with yourself about what you want to do, what you’re truly passionate about and really want out of life, can help you to work towards your own dream life.
  • The importance of community and how sharing her experience and journey with others led to truly positive outcomes, both for Ella and others
  • How important it is to find a way to bring a ‘glass half full’ attitude to any situation, and the importance of finding the positive in any situation, even when faced with the toughest of challenges.
  • How focusing on your strengths and surrounding yourself with people who can support and help you can open up a world of endless possibilities.
  • How you can create a life you love and follow your dreams if you stay strong and true to your beliefs, letting your values guide you in all you that you do.

EPISODE OVERVIEW

Struck down in her 20s with a debilitating illness that left her in hospital for four months, Ella sank into what she refers to as ‘an incredibly unhappy place,’ taking lots of medication that wasn’t working, before realising that she needed to help herself as much as she could.

After deciding to take things into her own hands, she went in search of a healthier way of life, eventually creating a personal blog to document her new plant-based lifestyle journey. While the blog was initially a way for her to fill her time, Ella soon developed a true passion for what she was doing and began to share her blog with friends and families. Before long she had built an audience and her blog has now had over 130 million hits!

Through sharing her journey, Ella – together with her husband Matt – has been able to grow her community and following beyond anything she had ever imagined. Ella now inspires millions to make positive, healthy changes to the way they eat through her social media channels, best-selling books, the Deliciously Ella app, blog, podcast as well healthy products stocked in around 6,000 stores across the UK.

One of the most inspiring elements of Ella’s story is her ability to always find the silver lining, no matter how dark the cloud, or how tough the situation may be.

Empowered by taking control of her life and following a true passion, Ella discovered that being honest with yourself is one of the most important things you can do in order to take charge and begin creating a life you love.

“You are going to find her story so inspiring … with deep insights into turning positives into negatives, living life guided by your values, the power of following your passion and very interestingly, how sharing your journey with others can have the most unexpected benefits.” Kristina Karlsson

RESOURCES

 Dream Life Masterclass Sydney and Melbourne

Join Kristina Karlsson live with the amazing Dr Tererai Trent for a three-hour event to focus on your dreams and be put on a path of self-achievement, success and happiness. In Sydney, Kristina and Tererai will be joined by Olympic athlete, Alisa Camplin-Warner, and in Melbourne, Leading Nutritional Biochemist & 12-time number-one bestselling author Dr Libby Weaver. Find out more here: https://www.kikki-k.com/au/dream-life-masterclass-series.html

 #101milliondreamers
If you loved this episode and found it useful, please rate, review and subscribe, and help us spread this inspiring message by sharing our Dream Life podcast with the hashtag #101milliondreamers. Our dream is to inspire and empower 101 million people around the world, just like you, to write down 3 dreams, and go chase them.

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https://www.instagram.com/kristinakikkik
https://www.facebook.com/kikki.K.Swedish.Stationery
https://twitter.com/kikkik
https://www.pinterest.com.au/kikkik/

 

For a full transcript of this inspiring episode, click here