Mindfulness Meditation is the Best Medication
Just how much can we reduce the judgements and find acceptance of emotional and physical pain?
self awareness
When We Fail – We Grow
Some of the most distressed individuals I have met over the years have been those – who the rest of us may think – were “darn lucky”. Why? The people I’m referring to are those who have rarely, sometimes never, experienced hardship, disappointment and loss – to name a few. [Read more…]
You Are as Worthy as You Choose to Be!
A trait most commonly observed in the therapy room is low self-esteem. As a professional ‘observer’, I also see this in the wider world too. Celebrities, wealthy individuals and those who to the untrained eye, “have it all” are actually often seen to be in great distress. I have never been a celebrity or had the burden of wealth, but I too was one who others shared their thoughts – “I wish I could be in his shoes!”
Is Your Anxiety Necessary?
When I poll readers, most say ‘anxiety’ is the condition they wish to know more about. So here are some thoughts – about thoughts that can lead to the emotional state we know as anxiety. [Read more…]
The Dichotomy of Trust
What we think about trust isn’t the sole domain of what we believe about those around – and outside of us. If we lack trust in what we experience AND and in ourselves, the impact on our emotions and behaviours, based on those cognitions can be significant. [Read more…]
Where is self-esteem in your list of attributes?
It is never too late to begin the self-compassionate process of bringing your self-esteem back up to Number One. But first, we have to recognise whether our friend and life-partner, self-esteem, is with us at all just now?
What’s Your Body Telling You?
Do you listen to your body? Because if you do, it will tell you everything you need to know for your present health!
The Nutrition of Mental Health
Very interesting information about nutrition and mental health. [Read more…]
The Introvert, the Extrovert and the HSP
Labels, labels, labels… If we must describe what I may be, then I am quite possibly something of each of the three labels within the title. [Read more…]
Book Launch: Why what’s inside ‘Mind Mechanics – The Mindfulness Compendium’, may help you?
Following the acid test of providing free of charge over 500 downloads of the ‘rough’ copy compilation of blogs attributed to my website, I decided it might be reasonable to have a version of the most popular blogs formatted, tidied up, re-edited, proofed and made available across all major e-readers at Smashwords. [Read more…]