I speak to a lot of parents who are worried that their son or daughter is suffering from anxiety. Their child may still be in primary school, or a teenager, and they have heard that anxiety is normal and that their child will grow out of it. However it seems ages […]
Mental Health & Mindfulness
“Nothing is so beautiful as Spring” The seasons remind us of the notion of impermanence, that everything changes, nothing stays the same, and by aligning ourselves with the seasons and the changes each one brings, we can be more at home in ourselves and more accepting of the ups and […]
In 2019, back in those wonderful times when we could travel freely, I attended The Mindful Living Show in London, mainly because my mindfulness teacher-training organisation, The Mindfulness Association, was represented there. There was a whole other event running alongside it, called ‘The Sleep Show’, dedicated to exploring tips and […]
While we may agree that this latest lockdown is necessary, it is still very hard on us all. Life is quite different now and, while we cannot control how the future will pan out, we still have choices available to us. Have we really learned to slow down this past […]
This is not an easy time for any of us. I am sure that many of us had hoped or imagined that we would be in a very different place by now, but instead we find ourselves, in these early days of 2021, in the midst again of a rapidly […]
This year has been an incredible journey so far, and no doubt we will all be processing the events of 2020 for many more years to come. Yet, despite this, there is always something to be grateful for, and always something to be hopeful for. As we approach this season, […]