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You may have read in my recent post May is Mental Health Month  that I have taken up the Mindful in May Challenge,an online mindfulness program which also raises funds to bring clean water to those in developing countries. Each day I will be…

  Resilience – What makes the human spirit resilient? What makes us get up when we are knocked down? Resilience can be learned and built upon each day to make us stronger and more capable of coping with trauma and problems. How resilient are…

Conquering Change is not easy for any of us.  By nature, we like structure, we like feeling comfortable, we like familiarity. Making changes can be daunting and overwhelming and yes, scary! However, in order to thrive in life and live the life we want,…

    Okay, I admit it I’m a bit of a worrier.  My husband and children would probably say a ‘lot’ of a worrier and in fact in the past have suggested that if there is nothing to worry about I will worry about…

It is the season of giving thanks and good will  to all men, however, the Festive Season can certainly not live up to it’s name and in fact it can become one of the most stressful times of the year. We are full steam…

  Do you ever really stop and think about your breathing and our emotions? How to master your breathing I recently went to a day retreat and we concentrated on our breathing techniques.  As we lay there slowly breathing in and slowly exhaling, the…

Maintaining good mental health means accepting that we will get stressed or anxious from time to time.  That is natural and it only becomes a problem if the feelings build and become so overwhelming that we can’t cope.  Finding ways to relax our mind…

Why is it that you feel sleepy and as soon as you go to bed your mind suddenly decides to go into thought overdrive?  Does that happen to you? You know the drill, you lay there and drift off to sleep, wake up feeling…

The last month has been a roller coaster ride for our family and I have to admit I’m struggling.  For those who follow my blog you may know that we live downstairs from my parents-in-law and have done for the last 8 years. Nonna…