Limiting Beliefs are more than just beliefs
I’m 12 years old and it’s cross-country day at school. Some distance behind everybody else, I struggle to breathe, perhaps because of my...
Being busy
A famous mindfulness teacher once said that everybody should meditate for an hour a day. Unless they were busy, in which case two hours...
University Mental Health Day
University mental health day is an opportunity to reflect on factors relating to well-being of students and staff at the university. Much...
Does Mindfulness really help us to feel calmer?
I have a friend who lives near Newcastle airport. We teach Mindfulness together, and when we can we like to sit together in her back...
Being Like a Mountain
It came as a surprise to me initially that the ongoing work we do in mindfulness training involved so much bodywork or embodiment (why is...
Managing Pain: The Case for Compassion
For most of my career I have worked as a Clinical Psychologist in Pain Management, trying to help people with long term pain to respond...
Mindfulness and the Trouble with Tribbles
Star Trek and mindfulness? Is that really logical? A few nights ago, I was flicking restlessly through the Freeview channels on my TV...
Top 3 Tips to beat exam stress
As exam season approaches it's natural to feel anxious. Exams, or other forms of stress can have a real impact on health and wellbeing....
Feeling Dead or Becoming Alive?
Life might be busy and vibrant with its usual ups and downs but how does our world feel from the inside? Maybe a little grey and...
A complete mess and nothing wrong
It wasn't what I had expected, and at this stage I wasn't overly impressed. In my case I was pretty sure that he was wrong. I had come on...
