This morning, I reached the milestone of 500 consecutive days of meditation. Yes, ok I am showing off a little bit – I’m proud of that achievement. In the last 500 days I have spent more than 280 hours meditating. This was not my first rodeo though; I had previously […]
I’ve had a meditation practice for a few years now, since a client taught me Primordial Sound meditation when S was small. Since then I’ve had times where I meditated a lot, and whole months where I didn’t bother. I use the Insight Timer app to track my meditation (this […]
I meditate daily, and every time I mention meditation to someone, I get the same response over and over (and over and over) again: I can’t meditate; when I try to my brain just kicks into overdrive. Here’s the one thing nobody tells you about meditation though: that happens to everyone. Every […]
One of the best ways I’ve heard for explaining meditation is to think of your mind as a big lake. It’s something I’ve read in Deepak Chopra but also various other places. If you think of your mind as a big lake, your thoughts are creating ripples on the surface […]
As some of you may know, I’ve recently become self employed. One of my clients is Anandi, otherwise known as the Sleep Guru. She helps people to overcome insomnia and sleep problems with holistic solutions – no sleeping pills! If you ever have trouble sleeping, I’d check out her site […]
I’ve been living with anxiety for most of my life – but I never actually realised it was anxiety. I thought everyone was ready to get off the bus or train five minutes before they needed to be. I thought everyone practised conversations before having them (even what to say […]
When we feel hurt by someone’s words or actions, it can be hard to forgive them. Without forgiveness though, we cannot move on – and often this affects us much more than the other person involved. You don’t have to forgive if you’re not ready The first thing to bear […]
In my experience, mental health is not as straight forward as physical health. If your leg is broken, you get a cast put on and usually that does the job. If your appendix is… whatever an appendix does badly, you have an operation and they take it out and it’s […]
I’ve come to believe that many people (myself included) do not know how to deal with difficult feelings, and so we avoid them. We eat too much. We scroll through social media. We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have, all trying to fill a gap to […]
Yoga is a great way to increase your flexibility, improve your respiratory health, and center yourself before a long day. But to make the most out of your practice, you need to fuel up before you lay down your mat after you’ve said “namaste” for the day. Read on for […]
Mindfulness seems to have become ubiquitous lately; it’s everywhere, mentioned in relation to just about everything. It’s the buzzword on everyone’s lips. But what is it, and can it help your mental health? What is mindfulness? The short answer is that mindfulness is being aware of the current moment – […]
Mental health is being discussed more and more in the mainstream in recent years, and the discussion has widened so that it’s not only for people who have “serious problems.” More and more people are beginning to realise that you don’t need to have a diagnosed mental health condition in […]
In the UK we are now in our third lockdown – and this one is during the winter, a time when a lot of us can struggle with our moods anyway. I decided early on that I would need to do as much as I could in order to safeguard […]
Things have been fairly strange for everyone lately, but any time of stress or uncertainty can take its toll on our mental health. Now more than ever, it’s really important to keep an eye on our wellbeing and to do what we can to protect our mental health. Here are […]
Looking for podcasts for kids? You’ve come to the right place! I love podcasts; I wrote a post a while ago listing my favourites. Not long ago it occurred to me that S may also enjoy listening to podcasts… little did I know just how much she would enjoy them! […]
It’s the weekend, a time when many of us breathe a sigh of relief and look forward to relaxing. A couple of days without the school run, the commute, college, work, whatever. But how many of us do actually make the time to really relax and recharge our batteries over […]