Do you feel like your life is an emotional rollercoaster? Happy one minute, sad and apathetic the next? You're not alone. Many people feel like they're swimming through a sea of emotions that are completely out of their control. It's frustrating, frightening and destabilising. Big emotions can get in the way of work, rest and play - getting us into debt, unhealthy relationships, frightening situations and contribute to health conditions and a sense of unease. However, emotion

My local GPs surgery this week - not somewhere I frequent often - maybe once a year for proactive health checks, possibly even less. It's...

Stress is the biggest cause of health issues - full stop. But what many people don't realise is that stress is often generated from...

Did you know that every single illness we have can be improved by getting to know ourselves better? More than just a physical body, our...

At a Mindfulness workshop recently I gave the group a perfect, unintended example of being caught up in thinking and not being mindfully...

Winter can be a hard time for some. Short daylight hours, more time at home and indoors, less socialising, credit card bills from...

Meditation has been banded around now for a while as a cure-all for a lot of conditions, but does it really hold up to the hype? Whilst a...

Ever find yourself getting up in the morning and launching head-first into the day? After all, you've had between 6-8 hours downtime...

Did you know that 35% of people do not feel they get enough sleep, impacting both their physical and mental health? And that up to 45% of...

Thoughts, feelings, emotions - we all have them - it's how we relate to them that counts. If you criticise, analyse, try and fix,...

As I write this fourth blog on anxiety as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, I am sat out in a field, surrounded by woodland, the last...

To honour Mental Health Awareness Week's theme of anxiety*, each day this week I've been exploring different facets of anxiety and...

Day 3 - MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK "It's all in your head", one of those classic cop-out statements people with limited resources make...

My top tip for addressing anxiety is downtime. Scheduling time out in your diary to do things that positively benefit your physical,...

With anxiety the most common mental health condition presenting in my clinic, it's the perfect topic to explore for this year's mental...

If the pandemic in itself wasn't enough to deal with, the lack of economic confidence and the cost of living increases that have affected...

In our fast-paced world, it may seem a little strange to set aside time for 'healing'. Many find the concept self-indulgent or only...

One of the ways meditation helps us in everyday life is the training it gives us to choose where we put our attention. Learning how to...

It's Wednesday morning and I have just finished a call with a coaching friend. Wednesday mornings are Wellbeing Wednesday's in my diary,...

Many are finding the passing of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is stirring up emotions and grief of other loved ones no longer with us....