Welcome to my blog to share my experiences and things I am learning during my journey to better wellbeing
All in Mind
It’s perfectly natural to feel like we are struggling right now - there is a lot going on that is out of our control. In this blog I share a few tips that I try to follow myself as coping strategies.
This blog is a diary of the recent Wellness Festival that I attended over bank holiday weekend. Highlights included ecstatic dancing, enforced laughter, lots of yoga and the gong bath. I am pretty much up for trying anything on my well-being journey so it was great to try out some new things…even if some of them were a bit odd.
This blog was inspired by my recent trip to the Lake District where I set myself the challenge of taking photos to showcase the amazing myriad of colours of nature. Witnessing such a vibrant variety of colours was really uplifting so everyone should get lots of colour in their lives. Our food, what we wear, the colours we surround ourselves with at home can all have an influence on how we feel.
Holidays are great aren’t they? I am very much in need of one after a fairly stressful year. In this blog I consider what holidays mean for me and whether all the boxes will be ticked given the current travel restrictions.
My blog takes the form of a poem this week. It’s entitled Less is More and it questions why we always strive for quantity over quality in every aspect of our lives.
I absolutely LOVE everything about coffee! So the fact that I am currently going 7 days without it (in support of my sister’s detox) does not appeal to me at all. However, I am using this opportunity to research more about whether coffee is good or bad for us. Do the potential downsides of caffeine outweigh the benefits and the sheer pleasure of it?
We humans are always beating ourselves up for failing and that is not a good feeling. Whether it’s failing an exam, to get a job, to keep a relationship going, to meet our own unrealistic goals. We should see each of these failures as steps towards success as they are all valuable learning experiences that help us grow.
The sun is very good for us but can be very bad for us. There are so many physical and mental benefits of sun exposure but like most things in life that we enjoy, moderation is the key.
Time is so precious - we can’t slow time down or go back in time but there are many ways that it influences our well-being. I have been thinking about the ways that I can deal with time better
Keep Learning is one of the evidenced 5 ways to wellbeing. There are so many benefits to us continuing to learn things throughout our lives but the trick is to find the things that most interest us and to reflect our own way and pace of learning.
We all have a tendency to take what we have for granted and continually wish for things to be different. It’s easy to forget that we have a lot to be grateful for. Being thankful for what we have and who we have right now makes us more contented.
Our sense of hearing, like all of our senses, can have a huge influence on our emotional well-being. Whether it is noise from nature, my favourite music, going to a live gig or experiencing a gong bath - this blog is about how sounds play a very important role in my life.
Houseplants not only make our homes look pretty - they enhance our mood and have proven health benefits as they purify our air and increase oxygen levels.
I have been meditating daily for over 3 months now having been both fascinated and daunted by it for some time. It is progressively helping me to become more aware of my thoughts and to find a moment of calm.
Certain smells can make us feel happier and have an immediate uplifting impact on our mood. IMHO essential oils ARE an essential item right now so sharing my favourite ways to use them in your home.
There seems to be a lot more to feel guilty about in the current climate. It’s a struggle to know what we should be doing but very easy to feel inadequate if we pay too much attention to what everyone else says they are doing.
When times get tough, it’s important we can still have a laugh. Laughter not only lifts your mood but there are scientific reasons why it is good for our heath. Let’s keep making each other laugh.
Challenging times for us all living through the unknown territory of a pandemic so anxiety levels are bound to spike. In this blog I share some ways we can cope with anxiety and the changes to every aspect of our lives.
Sleep is vital for our health and well-being and boy do you notice it when you don’t get enough zzzzzz. I have been researching why I am having problems sleeping and what I am doing about it.
Physical activity keeps us fit, strong and healthy and improves our energy levels. Find a way that you love to move your body and do it!
