

The Awesome Healing Power Of Meditation....And Science Agrees
The practice of Meditation has been around for over 3000 years. Meditation has always been strongly linked with religion, mostly...


Immediate Pleasure, Long Term Pain: Delayed Pleasure, Long Term Gain
We live in a world of instant gratification; fast food, online shopping, information at the touch of a button, easily available alcohol...


Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships
What comes to mind when you think of having boundaries? When personal boundaries are discussed in the public arena, the focus is often on...


Mindfulness. Here. And Now.
Yesterday I spoke about thought 'monsters' or negative thoughts and how they can dominate our thinking, especially if we overly engage...

Coping With Those Thought 'Monsters'
When my daughter was 4 she went through a phase of being afraid of the dark. She thought there might be monsters in her room and she...

More Than Just A Gut Feeling (You Need to Know This)
In a previous post I mentioned the importance of physical health for mental wellbeing. However, the link between the two is much deeper...


Building Strong Foundations
If there is one self help book I would unreservedly recommend for the general reader, it is Susan Jeffers’ “Feel The Fear and Do It...


Do You Need To Stretch? (And No, I Don’t Mean Exercise!)
I first encountered the concept of ‘stretching’ when listening to a recording (in the days before podcasts) by John Powell, an American...


Running On Empty
Imagine driving your car every single day, maybe a few times a day, and never pulling in to a petrol station to refuel. What do you think...