A sea breeze for the spirit
There is something so healing about the smell of the salt water and the warmth of the sunshine on my skin. The wonderful sea breeze blows away all my pain. And this combination of all [...]
25 09, 2023
23 09, 2023
Momento mori – when life gets real
The other thing that I have been thinking of in terms of psychology lately, is the idea of memento mori. I have heard a few great thinkers say that it is important to ponder on [...]
28 06, 2023
Feeling sad thoughts – self-compassion statements
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
25 06, 2023
Validate your own feelings – the ACT approach
One of the things that make ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) so useful is the fact that I think it can be a kind of 'validation' for your thoughts and feelings. If you are feeling [...]
20 10, 2022
Self-compassion for a crappy day
Do you ever have one of those crappy days when things go pear-shaped for whatever reason, and you are left in psychological pain? We all have those kinds of days sometimes. It is a part [...]
2 10, 2022
How (and why) to transform anxiety avoidance
The most interesting thing that I have come to learn about anxiety is that it can be a signal that something transformative has the potential to happen. Anxiety avoidance is understandable. Because the sensation of [...]
18 04, 2020
Thoughts on the impacts of enforced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
How are you going? It is an important question to ask during this very unusual and challenging time of the coronavirus pandemic and all the quarantine conditions that we are all subject to at the [...]
11 11, 2018
Social anxiety – are you a Highly Sensitive Person?
Where are you at with your self-development journey? Lately, I have been voraciously consuming all the information I can find on various topics that are relevant to my particular personal concerns. Last night that led [...]
6 10, 2018
Fun mindfulness activities – wine tasting for the senses
Have you ever heard of the concept of mindfulness being combined with the experience of wine tasting? On Wednesday night I was lucky enough to go along to 'Winefulness - A Mindful Wine Tasting Experience.' [...]
24 09, 2018
Blue sky mind – finding what is always there
Have you ever heard that your thoughts and feelings are the weather, and you are the sky? I revisited this concept of a 'blue sky' this morning, when I was doing some mindfulness exercises on [...]
