April is Stress Awareness Month here in the UK, marked every year since 1992. Despite this, stress seems to have become an increasingly problematic feature of our society. So let’s talk about it. Stress is a physical response from our bodies when our nervous system perceives us to be under threat. Our ancestors relied on […]
Aren’t the stories we tell ourselves, and how they shape our behaviour, interesting? I promised myself that I would come back to writing a regular blog this year, and yet every time I consider getting going, I keep hearing the response “not yet”. Now, with all that is going on in my life outside of […]
It would appear to be December… It’s that time of year again when I start asking myself where on earth the year has gone to. I know I’m far from being alone in this experience, so I thought I’d talk about it here a little, just in case any of you can resonate. I think […]
Hello there. It is fabulous to see that you have chosen to join me here for this next instalment of my blog. If you are new here, I would like to extend a very warm welcome. I hope you enjoy your time here with me. And if this is a return visit for you, I […]
Hello again fellow journeyer. As I start my writing today, I find myself wondering how you are, as you meet me on this page and how my words may land with you today. I am currently sat in my back garden, having constructed a cobbled together laptop shade from my laundry basket, so I can […]
So, last month it felt like I left you very abruptly. I want to apologise if this caused you any discomfort or frustration. It was not my intention to end in what felt like the middle of my story, and neither was it my design to leave you on a cliff hanger. What I realised […]
***Trigger warning!!! This post may pose a challenging read for anyone who has experienced abuse, emotional neglect, or more generally experienced a negative relationship with a parent (particularly a mother). I’m not going to beat about the bush here… I’m just going to get it out here right away… This may sound nuts, but these […]
It’s early, early morning on the 19th March. I step out of the patio doors at the back of the house and into a frost encrusted garden. The sun, which is rising to the front of my home, is tinting the world a gentle ochre hue. It makes my garden look like a scene from […]
It is World Sleep Day this Friday, and as sleep is often a highly underestimated factor in maintaining good health, I thought it might be useful to jump on here and have a chat about it. In this fast paced society that we live in, where we are encouraged to be permanently switched on and […]
This week has been self-care week, which depresses me somewhat. The fact that we need an awareness week to encourage people to take good care of themselves, says something significant about the toxic narratives that we are surrounded by in the Western world (in my mind at least). The stories of carrying on regardless, pushing […]
Mindfulness has been a bit of a buzz word in the health and healing sector for many years now. People have attributed all sorts of spectacular effects to having a regular practice. Often when people get introduced to the concept of mindfulness, they are thrust straight into a world of meditation and usually come to […]
It’s time to greet the darkness again. The wheel of the year is turning. A chill has sneaked into our morning air and August sunshine and carefree summer days will soon be a distant memory. We are officially heading into the dark half of the year. This time of year is odd, if you think […]
