Breathwork is a type of meditation which - because it can be done in very short bursts - can be easier to connect with for those who find other forms of meditation challenging. The benefits of breathwork are reduction in stress and anxiety, promotion of calm, creativity and empathy. Here are five simple techniques to try.

Five ways to start practising meditation for total beginners. Where meditation was once a practise considered to be “New Age” in The West, it’s now common knowledge that meditation is a simple and effective method for supporting good mental health with plenty of science to back up what ancient traditions have taught for thousands of years. Still, I often hear people say, “I can’t meditate. It’s not for me. I can’t quieten my mind, it’s too busy”.

Matrix Re-imprinting is a strategy to reduce the intensity of memories or past events which are causing emotional triggers in the here and now. It is a subconscious reprogramming tool and a platform through which unhelpful beliefs are replaced with new supportive ones.

Interest in breathwork has been growing in recent years. More practitioners and trainings are popping up, it’s mentioned more in the media, and a film about Wim Hof is even in the works! But what is breathwork? And why might we like to “work” at doing something so fundamental?

Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT or tapping is a simple and effective body-centered modality for working through physical and emotional issues on an energetic level, but what is the thinking behind it and what happens in a session?

Assessed and confirmed autistic with ADHD earlier this year, integrating the identifers is an ongoing process which hasn’t been plain sailing. Here’s where I’ve got to…

In self development spaces, there is a lot of focus on being unattached to negative judgment. We’re encouraged not to care about what other people think, especially those who aren't out there taking risks themselves. In stark contrast, there is very little said on our attachment to positive judgment aka praise, validation, ego boosts.

It struck me that the way one approaches completing a puzzle could be quite telling. Here's what I noticed that interested me.

Doing something new is challenging! I am squirming at not being the best (nowhere near, sadly), the inner child and inner teen have both been out in force: Disparaging the course content, the size of the class, wanting to run away, kicking off about entirely unrelated things, finding new and inventive ways to avoid the task at hand. It's all been happening.

Grove of oaks for a cradle,
“A beautiful girl who knew God loved her”
View over the village,
Brays Farm below - home

Understanding how the ebb and flow of your cycle affects your mind and body can help you be more intentional in life and work. I’ve reflected on my cycle a lot, learned how it affects me and how I can work with it rather than against it, so I’m sharing my experience

Smile, broad and warm
Sometimes timid and quiet
Always present.
Waiting to be noticed

I’m still in a time of flux, personally and professionally, and what I’m finding incredibly helpful is having a daily writing habit and limiting brain input to quite an extreme level.

A while back a subscriber asked me about being trauma-informed, so I shared some thoughts. They sent me a lead magnet which detailed some information on what it means to be trauma informed alongside the notion that "pain point marketing is not trauma informed”.

There’s a problem with “purpose” and it’s related to the capitalist notion of human beings as cogs in the big old industrial productivity machine.

It’s official: I’m autistic (with a dash of PDA and dyspraxia, but who’s counting?). Those of you who’ve been here a while might recall that I’ve been exploring the possibility I’m neurodivergent for the past year or so. Well, last week I got confirmation that what I suspected was indeed the case.

The term “launch” conjures up an image of a huge, chaotic engine room, a team of sweating engineers with rolled up sleeves, mainlining industrial strength coffee, tearing their hair out whilst chewing on the ends of their pencils

As a small child, I heard voices. They weren't always pleasant or benign. An already highly strung child, I was frightened by the voices. I wanted them to stop. And they did. But a ringing in my ears continued.

I'd had a hankering to come off social media and do promo in a different, more natural way that felt right for me for such a long time, but ignored it because of what "they" say you're "supposed" to do.

When I finally got to the top, it felt so good - light, open, unlimited. A little scary, but ultimately liberating. The sky was blue and the sun was shining. I was free.