The Blog.
When Low Mood Shows Up: Understanding “Stuckness”, Heaviness, and the Path to Renewal
When low mood shows up, it can feel like flatness, fog, or a quiet kind of stuckness. But this state is part of being human — often shaped by stress, nervous system overload, or simply life catching up. With small, science-backed practices like breathwork, gentle movement, and reflective prompts, you can begin to shift your state. Discover how low mood appears across different areas of life — and explore simple ways to shift your energy, notice glimmers, and reconnect with yourself.
When Life Gets Loud: A Slower Way to Begin Again
When life gets loud, it’s easy to lose your sense of direction — or yourself. This piece is a personal reflection on stepping back, softening burnout, and learning to rebuild with more rest, clarity, and care. If you’ve ever needed to pause before beginning again, this might speak to you.
The Story Behind The Big Love Club Membership
For five years, I ran a wellbeing membership that supported people through breathwork, yoga, and nervous system care. But earlier this year, I pressed pause. In this blog, I share what happened next — why I stepped back, what changed behind the scenes, and how the Big Love Club is returning as part of a bigger, community-led movement.
Hibernation Mode: Slowing Down for Radical Rest and Renewal
As winter arrives, nature encourages us to slow down, yet many of us keep pushing forward. In this post, I explore why embracing rest is crucial for our well-being, especially during the colder months. Learn about seven types of rest—from physical to spiritual—and discover simple ways to recharge, reset, and find balance. It's time to activate hibernation mode and prioritise rest to finish the year feeling grounded, not burned out.
Three ways to feel good in body and mind, now!
To feel more positive we need to free up some space and clear out some of the crap Negative Nancy is saying in our heads. Shifting your mood is about shifting your focus and changing something to have a positive calming effect on your experience. Here are 3 ways to lift your mood….
Recognising negative self-talk, and releasing its intensity.
Being kind to myself means I dig deep and do the inner work. The words I say to myself and hear in my head are old news, they aren’t true and I can prove them wrong if I can learn to be kind. Old stories have a past and they might be buried deep but they can hold me back.
What is anxiety and how can I escape it?
Anxiety is both physical and emotional, it is not only in your mind! Moving from feeling overwhelmed or unsettled to a grounded space can be challenging which is why it’s so important we learn to understand anxiety and how we can recognise and respond to it with compassion.
3 bonkers decisions I made for my mental health, that have changed my life.
This week Big Love Movement turned 3. Three years since we were about to go into lockdown, I decided it would be a fantastic time to get Big Love Movement off the ground. I saw it as a nudge from the Universe and it worked, we’re still here and growing.
This week marks the Spring Equinox, a time of new beginnings and a New Moon. I love this time of year but until recently I had no idea how significant it was to me…
Mindfulness as a form of pain relief?
Where you place your awareness is where you place your energy. If you are in pain where are you placing your attention? On your pain.
When you focus on the pain you are feeling, the feeling of pain gets amplified.
This can be exhausting and suddenly your pain is not only physical, it’s emotional too.
Mental health is not as simple as good and bad.
On any given day a stressful experience can knock you off balance and that can be internal or external, it won’t always be obvious to everyone else to see.
This is why mental health is not as simple as good or bad.
Awareness, empathy, compassion and resources are what we need so we can help ourselves and each other move through the inevitable challenges we face and rise when we stumble.