Are you suffering from comparisonitis? Here’s how to cure it…
How many of us can identify with feeling perfectly fine until we start aimlessly scrolling our social media feeds? Suddenly we feel flat, unhappy and inadequate – and all in the space of a few minutes.
How to silence that self-critical voice
It’s mean and it’s nasty and you wouldn’t talk to your loved ones like that. Yet you talk like that to yourself – and you might not even be aware of it.
What’s the point of journalling?
I’ve tended to be a bit sceptical about journalling up until now, mainly because I tended to see it as a something else I’d need to find time for during the day.
Living Now magazine covers my piece on Mindfulness for Mums
This has been one of my most popular blogs, so I was delighted when Living Now magazine picked it up for their March/April issue. Read all about it here:
Mindful eating…say what?
For me, the best way to understand exactly what eating mindfully means, is to think about it’s opposite – mindless eating.
Ditch the New Year’s resolutions once and for all
It’s that time of the year when we start with those impossible to keep ‘absolutes’ – I will lose weight, I will not shout at the kids…sound familiar? Instead of feeling like a failure the minute you cannot keep to one of your new resolutions, why not try something different instead…
Take care of your mind and your body will follow
Fernwood Robina recently invited me to talk to their members about mindset, and how it impacts health and fitness.
Why am I so angry?
People often view anger quite negatively, sometimes due to how they were brought up themselves, for example you might remember being told “Don’t get angry” or “You need to go in your room until you calm down.” Despite this, anger is quite a normal emotion and really useful for us to understand ourselves better.
Slowing down for a calmer life, as featured in Families Magazine
My article on mindfulness for mums was just published by Families Magazine, you can read it here:
Self-care isn’t selfish…
In the early days especially, it can be hard to find time for yourself and when you do, it can be hard to switch off. However, so often I hear stories about mums who don’t take any time for themselves, as they feel guilty or they don’t trust their partner to take care of things.