The Blog.
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.
Three steps to moving through anxious feelings with more self-love.
Stress is an everyday process your body is designed to flow in and out of, but that doesn’t mean it’s any more pleasant when it does show up! Learning to recognise your body’s unique nudges allows you to consciously (and compassionately) respond to what you’re feeling and rebalance rather than unconsciously reacting to your experience.
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.
Stress is a jittery creature called Stacey, that lives in my legs…
How stress shows up and learning to recognise and respond to your stress signals.
Stress is an everyday process your body is built to flow in and out of, naturally, the problem is you can end up spending more time there than your body would like you to. Understanding how stress shows up and impacts your body invites self-awareness helping you embrace your wobbles and live your life with more connection and balance.
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.
Courage emerges from the depths of your fear
I want to say I didn’t have a plan and that people didn’t call me mad but neither of those things is true. There was definitely a plan and people definitely called me mad, bonkers and brave. On a side note, I think brave is the polite way of saying “You’re mad”, or maybe, “You’re mad but you inspire me anyway”. All I knew was something had to change because I was so stressed.
Learning how to ground
Grounding has become a daily practice and one of the most important things I do to support myself when feeling flustered, anxious or overwhelmed, whether I am worried about an experience or an event in the future it is a simple practice self-care that works by bringing me back into the present and helping to reconnect to my body.