When you just have to be mindful
This week, I was guiding a mindful walking and movement on the beach session in Whitley Bay. I was enjoying the bracing feeling of the...
Safe?
When we practise lovingkindness we wish for ourselves and others to be safe. Often in everyday life we would like ourselves and our nearest
Life without Limits
When we think that we can't do something, do we really have to believe that thought? So often our thoughts are a product of the past, w
Why we might want to become more embodied, and 5 ways to help us do it.
When we are embodied, we have an awareness of our body as a whole, including sensations strong and subtle. This awareness is highly adaptiv
Settling the Mind
An online search for images of mindfulness conjures up pictures that suggest calm, peace and serenity. The reality, as many who have...
Fanning the Flames
I'm driving into work. As the traffic slows approaching a junction, a car pulls suddenly into my lane in front of me, requiring me to...
Good Choices
In my work as a psychologist I so often see people struggling to make life changes that they would reallly like to make. I encounter the...
As You Like It.
I was recently leading a mindfulness session on the beach in my local town of Whitley Bay. As we walked and moved mindfully we were...
The Body and the Mind
Working as a psychologist in pain management, on several occasions I have been asked whether I think a person's pain is 'in their mind'....
Calm down!
Do you remember when somebody last told you to calm down? Chances are it didn't help. We often feel that we, or others need to calm...
