Mental Health Awareness Week - Nature and beyond
You may or may not be aware that it is Mental Health Awareness week taking place 10th-16th May. The theme this year is nature. There is no doubt that through the tumultuous year we have all been through together, and...
Variety is the spice of life... well exercise anyway
The COVID19 pandemic and the various lockdowns have proved to many of us that we don't like to have our movement restricted. Whether we are restricted to the house to isolate, only allowed out once a day for exercise, stopped...
Uncertainty, Vulnerability & Tectonic Plates
Uncertainty It is fair to say that we have been through a period of extreme uncertainty in the last year. It may also be fair to expect that we may be used to living with uncertainty now. The numbers, however,...
Children's Mental Health Week - what is the best way to influence your child's mental health?
It may have escaped your notice that in this time of COVID-19 dominated news that it is Children's Mental Health week and the subject for this year is Expressing Yourself. Finding ways to express your thoughts and feelings. I'll come...
Developing the Attitude of Gratitude
A lot gets written about gratitude and there are many people telling us to start gratitude journals. If you have a judgemental side, which I do, it can be easy to label a lot of these advocates as "tree huggers."...
The 6 ways we increase our lockdown and unlocking stress
COVID-19 and lockdown have come with a wide variety of challenges for us all that include issues such as; reduced pay, increased workload (depending whether you are furloughed or not), loss of control, uncertain business and physical environments, and fears...