The Blog.
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.
Emotions aren’t a one-way street! How your brain listens to your body and how you can change how you feel…
We think our brain tells our body what to do, perhaps because it feels like our brain is on overdrive chattering away worrying, planning and overthinking every possible scenario.
The truth is, your body sends more messages to your brain than the other way around… Emotions aren’t a one-way street, however, the good news is, we can send messages to our brain from our body to change our stress levels, mood and thoughts.
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.
The truth I’ve been hiding… and it makes me practice EVERYTHING I preach!
Four years ago I resigned as a Fashion Buyer and everyone thought I was mad because I didn’t want another job, instead I’d decided to redesign my career… The truth is my new career can be stressful but here’s what I’ve learnt over the last few years of juggling my business and my freelance work…
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…
7 different types of rest and why you need them
There’s no denying the deep healing that happens when we sleep but did you know that SLEEP and REST are two different things? But how can you get more rest when you have no time?
Restoration is a conscious act of self-care and self-preservation, it allows our body to repair, rebalance and restore order to anything that is feeling out of whack.
Restless nights, reacting to stress, and learning how to regulate yourself, even when you can’t sleep!
If you want to change how you are feeling; your emotions or the stress cycle you are experiencing whether in trying to fall asleep at night or at any other time of the day you need to change your physiology. The best and simplest way you can do this is by altering how you are breathing because your breath has a direct impact on your nervous system, they are linked.
Unclench your bum… and other ways to relieve tension and ease pain in your body.
We unintentionally hold tension in our bodies for a few reasons… For the most part, protecting and guarding happens around the delicate parts that we want to keep safe or away from harm. Think about your heart, lungs, and sexual and reproductive organs; often, this will be apparent in your shoulders and hips (surrounding areas) causing tightness or stiffness.
Creating tension in our body is something we unintentionally, or unconsciously do all the time.
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.