Mental health, emotional wellbeing & personal development
Life is so challenging and day to day challenges can leave us feeling drained and exhausted. I have created a mental health maintenance kit to help maintain emotional wellbeing. It’s a quick and easy way to keep yourself balanced and can assist in coping with…
Acceptance and distress tolerance Life’s not fair. I can think of many things that seem unjust. I just have to watch the news or listen to people’s stories to confirm this. If you’ve ever found yourself saying “Why me?” or “It’s not fair”, you may…
Sometimes I find myself getting too sucked into life events around me. It might be an argument at work or an event on the news that riles me. I find myself getting quite irate and it’s usually about something that doesn’t affect me directly or…
Find out more about the great mindfulness app that teaches you meditation in stages – from beginner to expert
Mindfulness isn’t just about being in the present moment, it’s also about observing your thoughts from a distance. Being aware of the thoughts that are arriving in your mind from a distance, as in : Oh, I see I am catastrophising right now by thinking…
Life is scary a lot of the time. Things happen that are beyond our control and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t had some trauma in their life. It makes me sit and question why this is so. Why life has to be so darned…
For those of you whoa re interested in recent research into the effects of mindfulness on emotional clarity… Highlights • Mindfulness practice may help to develop skills that increase emotional clarity. • A systematic review yielded 17 pre–post intervention studies, totalling 894 participants. • Overall, the…
What is success to you? Do you see yourself as successful? If you do…why is this? If you don’t…What are the reasons? Success means different things to different people. To many, success is financial freedom. Sure, this is definitely a big help in the happiness…
How to cultivate peace of mind Peace of mind can be hard to find in the troubled world we live in. You can have every will in the world to have a good day and something will come along to scupper your plans. Whether it’s…
10 Characteristics of contentment Have you ever wondered how it is that some people just seem happier in general? The usual worries and life woes don’t seem to affect them as much as it does others. The characteristics of contentment can be attained by…
Control, Resistance and Acceptance Peace of mind and contentment doesn’t come from control. We all fool ourselves by thinking that if we can control our worlds and environments we will be happier. This is a myth. Firstly, there is no such thing as…
How to promote peace and contentment Be realistically positive Sure, life has horrible bits, very horrible bits in fact, but you CAN learn the skill of looking for solutions rather than pessimistically going over the same things in your mind. When we churn the…