Hold up the mirror to yourself thinking & reflection Jan 25, 2021

We all know the story of the Ostrich who puts his head in the sand to hide away.  Remember yourself as a child – hiding behind your hands, convinced no-one could see you because you couldn’t see them?...

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Be your own Cheerleader. Believe in yourself thinking & reflection Jan 11, 2021

We’re all familiar with the young fit teenagers in ra-ra skirts shaking pompoms on the sidelines to whip up crowd support.  It might seem very un-British to some of us. But the concept has a place in ...

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Keep it simple. You don't need the faff thinking & reflection Jan 04, 2021

New year is often a time to chuck out our stuff, but any time is good for a clear out.

Lockdown made me look at my stuff and decide what mattered. I had my things around me like most of us, but what ...

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Re-write your story of 2020. A year’s Review thinking & reflection Dec 28, 2020

2020 has been a roller coaster for most of us. Many of us planned for events that were not possible during a pandemic.  I heard one joker describing a 2020 Planner and the most useless 2019 Christmas ...

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I am What I think I am thinking & reflection Dec 21, 2020

I am many different things, to myself, and to others.  Just as you are.

I am what I think myself to be. I am who I feel I am. I am whatever I want to be. In any moment.

Mindfulness asks us to be in ...

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Stop seeing things through a cloud of dissatisfaction thinking & reflection Dec 14, 2020

We’ve all got friends who are a glass half empty type. They can be hard to be around for long. 

The husband of a friend of mine was moaning one Christmas we spent together. He didn’t stop. I told him...

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Energy is like a rolling stone thinking & reflection Nov 23, 2020

Thoughts have energy. And we all give off energy every moment, every day.

There are those who pick up on that, fan it with discontent, or help it burn bright with possibility.

I ‘ve heard energies d...

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Hope. A personal Story. It’s not over till it’s over thinking & reflection Nov 16, 2020

About 13 years ago now my only daughter moved to Thailand having said she didn’t love me. That wasn’t her reason for leaving. But it started a wealth of questions and searching that only quietened wit...

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Doing a Check In thinking & reflection Nov 09, 2020

We’re all feeling the strain of past, current and future restrictions.

These changes affect our hearts, our minds and bodies. Scientists used to believe that our thoughts triggered responses in our b...

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You've Arrived. Now let your breath catch up! thinking & reflection Oct 12, 2020

Arrive breathing is a relatively new term to me.  I came across it a while back when I was doing some research for my new course “Introducing Mindfulness to Your School”.

It all made perfect sense, a...

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Tapping to ease stress in school thinking & reflection Oct 05, 2020

Tapping is used in many PTS Post Traumatic Syndrome therapies to help release feelings and thoughts that threaten to overwhelm our daily lives.

As complex individuals, we build layers of feelings ove...

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You're in the right place at the right time thinking & reflection Sep 21, 2020

 

I've often questioned why I am where I am, doing what I do. But lately I’ve stopped resisting and come to realise I am, like everyone, simply in the right place at the right time.

Letting go of th...

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