If we stop to think about it, we’d realise that diets don’t work – at least, not in the long term. Research shows that almost two thirds of us are on a diet to lose weight “all or most of the time”. Many of us achieve some weight loss by trying different diets but often...Read More

How Mindfulness can help us achieve our goals. Many people believe that achieving future goals, like buying a new house, getting a promotion, or losing weight, will ultimately make them happy, or at least happier than they are right now. However, research shows that the intensity and duration of this happiness is far less than...Read More

How much better would your life be if you could experience a deep and restorative night’s sleep every night, and bounce out of bed feeling refreshed, energised, and ready to take on the day? If you’re one of the growing number of people having trouble sleeping (difficulty falling asleep, or waking up either during the...Read More

Top tips for long-lasting change January, the door to a new year and the start of new beginnings, is a time when many of us decide to make changes to our lives – perhaps to get fitter, lose weight or eat more healthily, to be more organised, or to save more money. Whatever that change...Read More

Christmas. The adverts joyfully chime “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, painting images of parties, celebrations, and fun; a world where large groups of family and friends, all getting along together, is the norm, and even monsters know the perfect gift for a loved one. But that world is (North) poles apart from...Read More

The Parable of the Chinese Farmer. Whilst teaching a Mindfulness workshop earlier this week, I was reminded of the Parable of the Chinese Farmer, which you may have come across in one form or another. I first read a version of it in Richard Carlson’s well-known book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … And It’s...Read More

According to the urban dictionary, the ‘September blues’ is a feeling of sadness that occurs when summer is over and school is in session. Do you feel it? Are you already yearning for long summer days and BBQs with friends? Are you inwardly dreading the thought of nights drawing in, and feeling a little ‘autumnal’?...Read More

When it’s dark, look for the stars. It’s rarely the events or circumstances in our lives that cause anxiety, stress, disappointment, depression, anger, happiness or joy. Rather, it’s how we think about the events and the circumstances in our lives that cause our feelings and consequent behaviour. In other words, our perception creates our reality....Read More

Take the stress out of visiting the dentist.   Do you suffer from dental anxiety or dental phobia? Are you scared of visiting the dentist – maybe because of a previous traumatic incident that happened to you or to someone else. Maybe you’re terrified of needles. Perhaps you’re embarrassed by the state of your teeth,...Read More

5 Tips for effective practice Repetition is the key to unlocking your potential According to dictionary.com, the definition of ‘practise’ is “repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency”. In other words, practise is the repetition of an action in order to improve whatever it is you’re wanting to improve;...Read More