I did Dry January this year. A friend said to me, 'wow, that's hardcore, doing Dry January in a lockdown.' And yes it has been a tough one (I have done it for the past few years) but I think I've learnt from it too. On...
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...
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...
When we prioritise self-care and wellbeing practices we feel good. When we feel good we have better connections with others, better ideas about problems and we are more productive. We also just feel better emotionally; life feels easier and clearer. When we talk about self-care and...
Humans ebb and flow. Sometimes we feel joyous, energised, optimistic, sometimes we feel lethargic and hopeless. Sometimes we don't know how we feel, we feel numb, or lost, or just ok. We are emotional and chemical organisms. We change, we feel different from one day to...
Radio Non-stop Thinking (as coined by Thich Nhat Hanh) is our mind chatter, our monkey brain, our self-sabotage, our gremlins. It's thoughts that rubble on in our brains in a less than conscious way...
Thank you to all those who shared thoughts and feedback in response to last week's blog. It's lovely to both hear your support and to hear what you are doing to support yourselves as well. So, an update, after sending the blog last week I very...
Recently, I was trying to get to a venue for a course. I couldn’t find where I needed to go, and got myself increasingly wound up, angry and frustrated. I shot off a few emails to those involved in the organisation of the weekend. The...
I really hope you are feeling good on this blowy October Thursday. Sometimes I become consumed by the minutia of life. I worry about the small stuff, I get absorbed in things I have no control over. I find myself forgetting that there is a big...
When I was working for a charity a few years ago, supporting women who had survived domestic and other forms of abuse, I used to find myself going to ridiculous limits to make sure I'd done my job perfectly. I used to get off the...