Being in a place of struggle can, of course, be incredibly hard going. It can feel all consuming, and when in it, things can feel very unclear and we can feel like there might not be a way through the fog. When we’re in this space a change in perspective can provide …
As Bird is growing, we are navigating more interactions, making more decisions and taking more (calculated) risks. There have been some moments lately where I’ve felt hesitant to act, feeling a bit like I’m unclear what the next right step is. My response to certain things has been to freeze, to park …
Like many people I piled on the pounds during lockdown. Recently I’ve taken more decisive action to turn things around and get back to a weight that feels healthy and so I started to change my eating patterns in the hope that the scales would be more favourable. I’ve been working on …
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 a number of occasions this month …
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 myself and many of my clients new …
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 it’s really important to acknowledge that anxiety. …
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 wellbeing we are of course talking …
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 the next, we feel different from …
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… ‘I can’t do this very well, I should just stop.’ ‘I am completely going to run out of …
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 much stayed off the wagon for …
