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The Zest Formula: Notice Do Feel Reflect

If you want your spark back, stop waiting to feel ready. Energy follows attention, not the other way around. The Zest Formula is how you …

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How to Notice What Sparks You

When you have been living on autopilot for a while, it's easy to stop noticing what makes you feel alive. Days blur. You keep doing what’s …

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Welcome to Zestizm: Where Small Sparks Create a Life That Feels Awake Again

Somewhere between keeping it all together and keeping everyone else going, many women over 40 can end up feeling as if something had quietly dimmed. Not …

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Why Momentum Matters in Messy Seasons

Motivation thrives on ideal conditions. It wants energy, excitement, and a clear runway. Momentum is different. Momentum can survive real life. Think of momentum as …

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Small Joys Change Everything

They told you the big things would make you happy.The promotion.The trip.The plan. They were wrong. Joy doesn’t come from the grand moments - it …

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Be Informed by the Past, Not Controlled by It

The past has data, not destiny. It can guide you, teach you, and even steady you, but only if you stop letting it drive. Most …

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You Don’t Need a New Life - Just a New Way of Showing Up for It

They told you reinvention was the answer.New job. New body. New routine.They lied. You don’t need a new life.You need a new way of being …

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The Science of Small Joys: Micro Moments That Rewire Mood

We are taught to chase big happiness, milestones, breakthroughs, transformation. But what actually sustains emotional wellbeing are the small joys. The brief, sensory sparks of pleasure …

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Momentum: The Secret Ingredient to Getting Your Zest Back

Most people think they have lost motivation when really what they have lost is their momentum. And when your momentum fades, so does your zest. …

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Zest for Life: The Art of Feeling Alive Again

You don’t need a new life to feel alive again. You just need to start noticing the one you already have. Zest isn’t about high …

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Zest vs Motivation: How to Act First and Feel Later

Most people wait for motivation to strike before they start taking part in life changing activities. They wait to exercise, to create or to change …

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Zest vs Happiness: Why Aliveness Matters More Than Positivity

Most people say they want to be happy. But what they really want is to feel alive. Happiness is lovely when it arrives, but it’s unreliable. …

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What Is One Thing I Can Do Right Now?

When you feel flat, tired, or disconnected, advice can sound exhausting. You don’t need another list. You need one small action that starts to shift your …

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Is Zest the Same as Happiness?

It’s easy to confuse zest with happiness because both sound positive, and both make life feel lighter. But they are not the same thing. Happiness …

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Stop Waiting for Motivation - Start Moving

They told you to wait until you feel ready.They lied. Motivation doesn’t come before action.It’s the reward that shows up after you move. You sit there, …

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How Can I Rebuild Zest After Burnout?

Burnout doesn’t arrive with warning lights it creeps in quietly. One day you realise you are doing everything you’re supposed to do, but nothing feels meaningful …

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Why Do I Feel Like I’ve Lost My Spark?

There’s a quiet moment when you realise it - you are doing all the same things, but they don’t feel the same anymore.You are working, talking, …

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Reflection: Keeping Your Spark Alive

Zest begins with noticing, builds through action, and deepens through reflection. Without reflection, experience fades before it can turn into wisdom. Reflection is how you keep your …

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How to Reignite Joy When Life Feels Flat

There comes a time when everything feels neutral. You are not unhappy, but you are just not feeling much at all. The days blend, enthusiasm fades, and …

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Design for Aliveness

Zest doesn’t depend on motivation. It depends on environment. You can’t feel alive in a space that constantly drains you — whether that’s your home, your …

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The Daily Practice of Zest

If you are looking to get the zest back into life you don’t need motivation to begin you need momentum. You need to take small, …

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Stop Letting the Past Run the Show

They told you the past defines you.They lied. The past is a teacher, not a warden.Its job is to inform, not imprison. Every memory carries …

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Zest vs Momentum: Turning Routine Into Aliveness

Most of us know how to keep going. We know how to stay on track, show up, get things done. That's what momentum is, steady movement …

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The Quiet Comeback: How to Feel Alive in the Life You Have

Feeling flat never means you have failed. It means your body and mind are asking for change. You have been on repeat for too long …

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What Zest Really Means (and Why It’s Not Just Happiness)

Most of us use the word zest casually, as if it means enthusiasm. But the kind of zest we talk about at Zestizm runs much deeper …

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