Practising gratitude can improve your relationship with yourself and with others. When you notice and appreciate the little wins – the parking space right where you needed it, the kindness of others, the sound of birdsong, the smell of coffee…
According to philosophers, change is the only constant. It can be appealing to stay with the safe and familiar, but you cannot grow this way. And getting more used to being outside your comfort zone can bring great benefits. Mindfulness…
How easy it is to think that you must be hard on yourself to make progress. If you are your own worst critic, it will stop anyone else judging you. Right? There can be a quiet aggression at the heart…
Resilience is the capacity to cope with life’s inevitable ups and downs. It involves being able to recover quickly from adversity, let go of negative emotions, and meet the storms of life with flexibility and adaptability. Mindfulness for resilience helps…
You know what you want to do, but somehow you just cannot get to it. Perhaps ‘it’ is an exercise routine, or filling in your tax return, or taking a step towards a life goal. Sound familiar? You are in…
Whether it is dwelling on the past or trying to plan for every eventuality in the future, overthinking can do you harm. Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, insomnia, substance abuse, chronic pain, can all result from too much thinking. Fortunately,…
Ever find yourself meeting everyone else’s needs and not your own? Or finding that when you do take time to care for yourself, there is a nagging voice in your head telling you to prioritise everything else on your to…
For some women, the peri- and menopause brings with it a loss of confidence, a fear of failure. You begin to worry over things you would normally take in your stride. Anxiety can increase, and as your self-esteem drops, your…
Around 60 per cent of midlife women experience ‘brain fog’ at some time or other. It is a particular problem during peri-menopause and can take the form of difficulty concentrating or being forgetful. Mindfulness for brain fog is one way…