I saw this quote today: 'Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticised anyway.' Eleanor Roosevelt. It's so easy to doubt decisions we're about to take, for fear that we might make a mistake or be criticised for doing something wrong,...
Back in March, before the whole world began tackling the pandemic, we shared a piece on Urban hikes for mental health. We discussed the power of walking and how it's a great thing to invest in to enable a happy mind and a healthy body. Fast...
I've been noticing for some time now how I keep myself in 'fight or flight' by keeping my technology ever accessible. I have noticed how particularly my phone is always close, and I have an awareness about what is going on with it at all...
I regularly talk to and teach people about self-care, particularly strategies that involve shifting the way we talk to ourselves and taking time out to get out of our own self-sabotaging way. I talk to people about breathing techniques, being mindful, practicing self-compassion and giving...
I was lucky enough to get away on a holiday these past 10 days. We had to jump through a number of hoops to ensure we were travelling safely, but we made it in the end and it was so lovely to relax and re-energise...
I hope you are lapping up the beautiful weather today. As I write I can feel the warm sun on my arms, filling me with a sense of optimism and joy. As we're emerging (kind of!) out of lockdown in the UK I know for...
Last week I didn't send out a blog post. It got to Friday afternoon and after working my way through a number of different tasks I felt exhausted and without ideas for content to share with you. And so I took a step back and...
It can be easy to get stuck in overwhelm. We can spend our whole day feeling like we've got a never ending to-do list and working hard to keep all the plates spinning. Sometimes we get to the end of the week and we feel...
The past few weeks have been a huge challenge for all of us, there's no doubt. And for many of us feelings of anxiety or fear have cropped up, sometimes in random moments, sometimes for more of a prolonged period of time, and I think...
I'm currently getting stuck in to Rick Hanson's 'Resilient' book, which is articulating some really helpful ideas about how we build and maintain resilience. One piece he discusses is the idea that we have 'green' and 'red' zones. The green zone is our restful zone, and...