As a mother, wife, friend, sister, daughter, daughter-in-law, aunt, and therapist, I can find myself buying into the energy of busyness and doing for days at a time. I have a regular meditation practice, and it saves my life every …
Category: Mindfullness
The Benefits of Mindfullness Meditation
Coming to a place of mindfulness is really about bringing our awareness into the present. So often we are physically present, but mentally somewhere completely different. When we are connected to our body, thorough mindful breath or mindful walking, we …
The Positive Seeds
Thich Nhat Hanh – No Mud, no Lotus. Most spiritual teachers, if you listen long enough, will start to talk about the mind as having ‘seeds’. All the ‘seeds’ in the mind have a different vibration to them. There might …
Research Proves Benefits of Gratitude
The word gratitude comes from the Latin gratia, meaning grace, or gratefulness. Its root is linked to kindness, beauty and giving (Emmons & Shelton, 2002). When I feel grateful, I can connect with the feeling of being more beautiful. I …
Self-Actualisation and Transcendence
Whenever there is change, and there has been a lot of that in the last few months, there is re-birth. In the form of Western psychotherapy that I subscribe to, we are moving our psyche and our whole being towards …
Want More Self-Confidence?
A few months ago we did a survey of our female friends to find out whether they would like more self-confidence or courage. The results were 50 / 50. Everyone had a strong pull to one or the other, feeling …
Transforming Relationships
We all know how it is at Christmas when families come together. Hopefully there is lots of fun and connection, but sometimes there are one or two that drive you mad. We know that what we focus on grows. In …
Conscious Parenting
As a therapist and healer raising children I am often asked for hints and tips on raising children. Like everyone else, I am learning as I go, and do not profess to be the perfect parent (if such a thing …