Stress Awareness Month – Part 2

When we’re feeling stressed, the first thing to remember is just to Breathe! Breathing is so important! Obviously it keeps us alive… but more than that, it gives feedback to the body on how stressed or calm we are. When we pay attention to our breath, just observing it and noticing how deep/shallow & slow/rapid it is, this will give us information…

I Don’t Know What the Problem Is, but I’m Just Not Happy… Part 2

Following on from last week, where I looked at physical ways that we can support our wellbeing and happiness, I will now turn to exploring the more emotional and ‘spiritual’ aspects. Perhaps it would be good to start by explaining that, when I say ‘spiritual’, I don’t mean in any religious sense.  That might play…

I Don’t Know What the Problem Is, but I’m Just Not Happy… Part 1

Sometimes the lack of internet and TV connection here is a blessing!  This week it has inspired me to write this blog… As we can’t watch any of our favourite programmes at the moment, I’ve been going to the library in Abergavenny to borrow from their collection of DVDs.  One of the movies that I…

A Challenging Week!

In my last post, I was excited as we’d finally been connected to the internet via a Minihub and I was at last able to catch up on some work that had been on hold since we moved here, 3 months ago.  But things went downhill from there!  My computer had been in for repairs…