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Let’s talk toilet breaks!

Not exactly the toilet bit 🙈 but more the washing our hands after bit. Do you notice washing your hands? Do you wash them on autopilot? Why should y...

World Meditation Day

Today is World Meditation Day, a day to raise awareness about meditating and the benefits it brings for most people. In support of this, I've recorded...

Movement: Moving more for our mental health

When I found out that the theme for Mental Health Awareness week was 'Movement: Moving more for our mental health' I was pretty excited! Not only does...

The little things are big!

April is Stress Awareness Month and the theme for 2024 is “Little By Little”, recognising that sometimes the best way of managing stress is to do some...

Mental strength training

I wouldn’t expect to be physically strong and healthy if I didn’t exercise and mental health is no different. Practicing mindfulness builds mental str...

A change in perspective

😪 Last week I’d had a particularly bad night’s sleep and the following day I was struggling to work through the things I’d planned. ✨ Luckily, it was...

Patience

Yesterday I went on a mindfulness meditation retreat which included a silent mindful walk in nature. I felt immersed in the surroundings and noticed...

Meditation Inspiration - Podcast

I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on Katie Austin’s "Meditation Inspiration" podcast. We talked about several topics including: ✨...

My Year of Curiosity

2024 is My Year of Curiosity! I’ve never heard of the concept of having a ‘word of the year’ before but this year I’ve come across it in a few places...

Mindfulness of breathing

It’s the New Year and often it’s a bit of a shock to the system when we have to dive back into work after a break, and it can be hard to keep our boun...

Guided mindful walking meditation

In this short video I guide you through a basic mindful walking meditation....

Walking in nature

Last week was quite momentous for various reasons and coupled with that I didn't feel 100%. One of the things this all affected was my sleep and by Sa...

Video - Mindfulness and Stress

In this short video I share some information about stress itself, my personal experience of it and how I've learnt ways to be more resilient and manag...

Standing meditation and the benefits of it

Find out how mindfulness can help you to be less reactive and more grounded in this video, something which can bring huge benefits to your life and to...

Noticing thoughts without being lost in them

👉 Your life is whatever you pay attention to, and you can choose what you pay attention to, but it doesn’t seem that way when you live life on autopi...

Video - Mindful walking in the woods

Here’s a very short video of mindfulness in action, walking in the woods....

Video - Mindfulness and patience

In this video I share how mindfulness has helped me to be more patient and present in life instead of always living for the future, a future that neve...

Running in the rain!

Yesterday I went for a run in the pouring rain! In the past I’d have used the weather as an excuse not to run, I mean, who wants to knowingly get dren...

Feeling Good in Finance podcast

I was recently a guest on the ‘Feeling Good in Finance’ podcast with career coach Katie Pope. In it I talk about the finance profession and mental hea...

Joy in the perfectly ordinary

A few days ago, I read an article in Psychologies Magazine encouraging readers to notice the joy in the perfectly ordinary! It piqued my interest imme...

Surfing the urge

In this short video I demonstrate one of the ways in which mindfulness has helped me to stop automatically rushing through life, trying to get to the...

Mindfulness in daily life

In this short video I share how mindfulness has helps me to be more present for my life through noticing the sounds around me. I took this on my dog w...

Reflections from my silent (not silent) retreat

I’ve just returned from a 4 day silent retreat with the Mindfulness Network and their incredible teachers Rebecca Crane and Jaya Rudgard. It’s the sec...

Introducing the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course

In this video I explain what mindfulness is and give some insight into the MBSR course, so you can get a flavour of what it’s like to take part....

Guided practice - Feet On Floor Body On Chair video

This is a short guided mindfulness meditation...

Our minds are made to think

“Our minds are made to think” This is a sentence I often say when teaching mindfulness because it’s a common misconception that with mindfulness and...

New year, new course - starting February 2023

The start of a new year can feel so exciting! For me it feels like I’m entering a new chapter with refreshed hope of what a whole new year can bring....