Most of us will be familiar with various forms of non-verbal communication. Reading people’s body language and facial expressions are key to interpreting a person’s mood, helping us to know how to interact with them. Touch is another form of non-verbal communication that has often been overlooked. Maybe it’s because more typically reserved societies like [...]
Now spelt backwards is won! Not too obvious right? But so often we, and I included, miss the now and the won! I met a friend the other day and we talked so much about the memories, the laughs, experiences, the mad night’s out, the hangovers, the morning chats, the madness and calm, the parents, [...]
Have you heard of free writing? It’s when you let your hand do the work and your mind relax. In theory, it lets your subconscious rinse its thoughts without your internal editor taking control. There’s an artist, Julia Cameron, who recommends using this technique first thing every morning to help build your creativity and clear [...]
When a seemingly great job started to turn sour earlier this year, I found myself in a state of constant stress. I knew I was struggling - the dread of going to work, the tightness in my chest, butterflies in my stomach but I didn’t realise just how chronic my stress had become. It wasn’t [...]
Life begins and ends with the breath, and every breath we take can have a positive or negative impact on our bodies depending on how it is performed. The average person breathes 25,900 times a day, which correlates to 12-16 breaths per minute. Though one of my teachers, Paul Chek, who is an internationally-renowned expert [...]
Have you ever felt capable of anything at a given moment in your life? Ever experienced a clarity in your resolve that you thought was never humanly possible? If your answer to any of these questions is “yes”, then you probably lived through a Flow experience. According to Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the concept of [...]
Last week I wrote about trying to meditate every day with my boyfriend (it didn’t go well!). This week I want to share with you my experience of attending a 10-day silence meditation retreat in Yangon, Myanmar. For many, the scary part of that sentence is: SILENT. And by silent, I mean no talking, no [...]
When you read or hear statistics such as 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime. How does it make you feel? For me when I hear this, I feel both sad and inspired. Let me explain why. Having worked in health and wellbeing for over 20 years [...]
I’ve always been in good health for as far as I can remember. I come from a very big family – we’re two brothers and three sisters – and from a very young age our father encouraged us to engage in sports, from football to running and ping pong to simply exercise at home with [...]
