Daily Habits – Choose Joy
Stop making choices that make you feel miserable. Make sure there is joy to be had around your house. Look for joy EVERYWHERE
Daily Habits
Daily Habits – Reading
Books are a place of wonder. The second you pick one up you can enter a different world. Leave the troubles of this one far behind. For me, books are a source of comfort, and a place of mindfulness, a source of solace.
Good Guts, week 3
Losing My Religion That’s me in the cornerThat’s me in the spotlightLosing my religionTrying to keep up with youAnd I don’t know if I can do it R.E.M. Have faith in the process I tell my clients. This was the week when I had to tell myself the very same. I gave up. It all …
Daily Habits – Get Outside
When I was gym based it was easy to move, I was surrounded by kit and toys. I could walk down the staircase and I was out in the Great Wide Open. And boy did I appreciate that. Nowadays it is all rather different. I have had to make a new habit. One that drives …
Are You Grateful?
Tomorrow, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day and on that theme I want to share with you the one thing that has helped me over the years: Be Grateful. Gareth Snelson It sounds almost too simple, yet it works. I used to keep a grateful log which, annoyingly, I can’t find anywhere now. It …
Why Diets Don’t Work
Have you ever tried a diet in order to lose weight or feel healthier? Did it work for you? Almost all of us have ‘failed’ at a diet at some time in our lives, simply because we were focussed on an end goal, way off in the future, perhaps one that was not ever realistic. …
Take your Meds.
The gentle heat a low, late summer, sun, strobing through the hedgerow to play tricks on my eyes. As I pushed my ability to sustain a challenging pace
Daily Habits – The Non-Negotiable
In the daily rush that we call life it is oh so easy to let a day, week, month, or even year slip by.Constant goal-setting leads to missed deadlines, burnout, a loss of control and repeated failures. Instead of a goal, set a non-negotiable. An activity that is an important part of the process towards …
17 Years – a Grateful Diary Entry
It is only reflection that you can fully appreciate how far you have come
Daily Habits – Meditation
Writing Every Day. Not an easy task. I have the confidence that I will succeed because of an in-built arrogance, and recent track record of success: Journalling, cold showers, making the bed as soon as we get up, folding clothes in a specific Marie Kondo style. Yes they are all simple things, think how much …