As this last post of Stress Awareness Month, I thought I’d look at the wisdom that we hold within ourselves. Our bodies know how to be well, it’s just that often we have disconnected from that wisdom. If we can … Read More
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 … Read More
Did you know that April is Stress Awareness Month? Stress plays a huge part in our sense of inner balance and wellbeing. Often we become accustomed to a certain level of stress and no longer notice that it’s there. … Read More
This week I thought I would share with you a little about a presentation that I gave earlier this week. It was the last session of 2018 for The Business Haven, a networking group based in Portishead, and was followed … Read More
I am a healer, a therapist, a writer, a teacher and am mostly at the beck and call of my naughty rescue dogs. Because of my own healing journey, I have a deep belief that the changes we … Read More
What an interesting process it is, selling your house and looking for a new place to live! The first response everyone gives me when I say that we’re moving is: “Oh, that’s so stressful…!” My husband and I have been … Read More
Another way to support this is through ‘play’. I’m taking this in its broadest terms, to refer to something that you enjoy doing, that lights you up inside and that ‘makes your heart sing’ – the things that, when you … Read More
When we’re in stress our bodies are effectively in Fight or Flight mode. This can be necessary, for example if we need to escape from a dangerous situation, however our bodies were not designed to stay in this state for … Read More
Another way to look at this is to imagine that we have a ‘stress bucket’. The capacity of the bucket can vary from person to person depending on the experiences we’ve had in our lives and how these have shaped … Read More
Unfortunately we have become conditioned to a culture where things are expected to be instant: access to information, or entertainment, and even fast food. This means that we often look for a ‘magic wand’ – a pill or procedure that … Read More
