Wouldn’t it be great if we could invite excellence into our day, just by pausing. If we pause purposefully, it allows us to be fully present, which can rub off on others around us. We are all so busy, and are expected to move faster and faster, and get more and more things done, [...]
I love learning about how we process life with all its ups and downs. And I was listening to Dr Nicole LePera talking about Polyvagal theory that was developed by Stephen Porges. Polyvagal theory is about how trauma can affect the body, involving the vagus nerve which runs from the brain through the face [...]
This blog by Akiko Busch resonated so much with me, that I thought it was worth sharing, so I am going to read it to you. What is the difference between being invisible and just landing in a blind spot? In the woods no more than an hour, I am struck anew by invisibility, [...]
I want to read a poem to you. I love the words and think they are pertinent for what we are going through at the moment. We get so caught up in what is going on in the world at the moment, that we forget to live our own lives, in the present moment. [...]
If we can get our heads around pain we stand a chance of relieving it. Pain is our brains telling us that something is wrong and we need to do something about it. Every so often I look at this inspirational comic picture book by Steve Haines, it’s called Pain is Strange. The wisdom [...]
I find that I am drawn to water, whether it is walking on a beach, or around my much loved local marine lake, or next to a canal, or on cliff tops overlooking the sea. Clearly my subconscious mind urges me to get close to water without me realising it, just so that switch [...]
Over the last few years, the subject of mental health and wellbeing at work is no longer considered 'taboo'. Everyday demands on employees are ever increasing - so how can employers reduce stress in the workplace? What is stress? Briefly, stress is a physical response. When stressed, the body thinks it is under attack [...]
There are lots of breathing techniques out there and I use a couple of simple ones. When we breathe, we engage our pecs, our scalenes, our SCMs, the muscles either side of our spines and our rhomboids, to help us breathe. However, when we learn to breathe through our belly, then all those upper [...]
In the episode of Teatime With Joan, take a moment to recognise that success is a habit and a process, not a destination. Your stars might be aligning sooner than you think... (If you would prefer to read about this, there is a video transcript below the video). [...]
The choices we make each day are powerful. They can nourish us or drain us. They can lead us into negativity, suffering and disillusionment or they can wake us up. Find out more by watching the video, or reading the transcript below. Video Transcript We make decisions [...]
