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Mayfly Blog
We'll share musings from our coaches and advice from our experts along the community journey.



Create Your Headline: A Vision Board for Your Mission in Life
Mayfly Maven Toolkit: Create Your Headline What would your life look like if your purpose made the front page? That’s the power of the Create Your Headline exercise, my favourite coaching tool to guide you in visualising and defining your mission in life. It’s a simple but powerful way to create clarity, connection, and momentum for the vision you want to live. Whether you're launching a new business, reimagining your career, or ready to finally put yourself first, this tool
Raj Hayer
Nov 74 min read


7 Methods to Deepen Meditation Practice for Experienced Practitioners
Meditation practice can be deepened, and new methods learned to continue the journey to peace and happiness.

Raj Hayer
Jun 11, 20236 min read


Meditation: Cultivate Inner Peace and Mindfulness for a Life of Health and Happiness
Meditation. Everything you need to know to cultivate inner peace and mindfulness for a life of health and happiness.

Raj Hayer
May 28, 202315 min read


The Pursuit Of Happiness is Futile but There is Something Better
The pursuit of happiness using the Backwards Law, accepting ourselves as we are, allows change to happen naturally.

Simone Smith
Mar 21, 20233 min read


Influence yourself, and you influence your happiness
This one tool can change your whole life. Increase your power to create peace and balance and, ultimately, happiness.

Raj Hayer
Mar 4, 20235 min read


How to spring clean and declutter, enhancing your creativity and energy
Spring clean and declutter, enhancing your creativity and energy. We gain energy when we do things that bring us energy.

Raj Hayer
Feb 19, 20234 min read


How to make your daily interactions meaningful by connecting with your emotions
Emotional development affects our ability to cultivate relationships and intimacy if we cultivate emotional growth from the very beginning.

Simone Smith
Feb 3, 20233 min read


Do what you love. Now is the time
Authentic success is not driven by society's standards but by your internal purpose.

Raj Hayer
Jan 22, 20234 min read


The easiest way to take back your time
Two tools to prioritise and win back your time and energy

Raj Hayer
Jan 15, 20236 min read


Preparing for the new year with "one word"
One word can help with focus, challenges and decision making

Raj Hayer
Dec 31, 20225 min read


How Meditation Influences the Four Pillars of Health
The benefits of meditation are profound and far-reaching [source unknown] Those of us who don’t know how to meditate remain willfully ignorant of the benefits and consistently ignore this practice with dire consequences. Meditation originates in India and predates 3,500 BCE; the practice itself has been adapted and changed, and these days it transcends spiritual beliefs. “Meditation — because some questions can’t be answered by Google.” — Wandering Yogi The benefits of medit

Raj Hayer
Nov 27, 20223 min read


Meditation and the Collective Consciousness
Let’s all get on the same page “I was just thinking” — Raj Hayer, New York 2016 Is it possible if everyone had started meditating and...

Raj Hayer
Nov 20, 20223 min read


Meditation as a Daily Practice
Are you ready to peel back the layers? “The world within” — Raj Hayer, Dublin, 2018 There are many myths and misunderstandings about...

Raj Hayer
Nov 11, 20224 min read


The power lies within us, it always has
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Quarantine edition. “Buddha got this” — Raj Hayer, Thailand 2012 “What is necessary to change a person is to...

Raj Hayer
Nov 6, 20225 min read


Incremental actions lead to big changes, reset, refocus and take action
Sometimes we need to step back from our current lives and situation to reflect and ponder not only what the right path might be but also...

Raj Hayer
Oct 30, 20223 min read


We are all OK, Transactional Analysis for negotiations
During the Mayfly retreats, a crucial component is our focus on one tool or habit or skill that can help individuals along their journey....

Simone Smith
Oct 27, 20223 min read


Four steps to a happier work life
The Four Agreements in the workplace Recently I shared the Four Agreements as a tool to handle quarantine and lead a generally happier...

Raj Hayer
Oct 23, 20224 min read


We all experience some level of anxiety
I’m not anxious, you are! I truly believe most human beings have anxiety. Maybe it’s not always extreme but they have it. Anxiety is the...

Raj Hayer
Oct 16, 20224 min read


How to lead a happier life using a simple tool
Why “The Four Agreements” work “Faces” Temple, Siam Reap, Cambodia — Raj Hayer, 2013 There are schools of thought, that believe our...

Raj Hayer
Oct 9, 20225 min read


3 tips for retaining and increasing energy from your networks
The term “networking” has developed a negative connotation over time, associated with building relationships purely to get ahead in your...

Raj Hayer
Oct 1, 20225 min read


Three tips to becoming a powerful negotiator in everyday life
Negotiations were something I wanted to dive into deeper as I felt I was deficient in this area. Evidence of this cumulated in me leaving...

Simone Smith
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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