How to beat the winter blues
It's not unusual to get a little blue around winter time. The drop in temperature, lack of sunlight, wet and dreariness can easily creep in and impact our mood and overall wellbeing. It's an important time of year to take good care of yourself - particularly if you find yourself feeling seasonably glum or irritable. Below are a few tips to help you ward off the winter blues, and find your invincible summer...
5 reasons you’re not getting therapy
1 out of 5 people have a mental health condition, but 5 out of 5 people could benefit from therapy. Why? Because we believe we should live to thrive, not just survive. But there is still plenty of stigma around seeing a therapist, and we thought we’d explore the top five things that are holding people (maybe even you) back…
What to do with unhelpful thoughts
Have you ever thought about what you think about? (Bit trippy, isn’t it?) At first it’s an odd thing to consider. Thoughts drift and swarm and dart and pound in our minds often non-stop through our waking hours. But rarely do we take the time to observe them – What are they about? What are they telling us? Where do they come from?
20 Little Ways to Feel More Connected
Despite the fact we’re told we live in a society that’s more connected now than ever before, so many of us suffer from feelings of disconnection. These feelings can inflame our depression and anxiety and make us feel like withdrawing within ourselves more and more.
6 Steps to Smart Self Care
We’re living in an exciting time where self-care is getting some much needed time in the spotlight. Unfortunately, plenty of brands and companies are co-opting it to help sell expensive skincare products and kombucha (which, I won’t argue, is delicious – change my mind.)
3 Tips to a Happier Mind
We spend a lot of time being stuck in our heads. Our ability to take long walks to nowhere in our minds, revisit old conversations, think of unsaid comebacks or what’s for dinner is exclusive to us as human beings but this gift is also a curse because it actually makes us unhappy.
Back to Basics: What is Mindfulness?
Let’s get down to the nitty gritty of mindfulness. What IS mindfulness, why is everyone talking about it, and why is it so SEXY at the moment?
