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5 things I learned from a retreat for fools
“I am a beautiful fool, just like everyone else.” This is what I learned from the 5 day ‘fools school,’ back in 2017. When I was looking at this year’s retreat options I was excited to see that Holly...
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What I learned from my week of being perfectly imperfect, ME
What happens when we drop perfectionism and admit our mistakes? I discovered something profound… Is this a drawing of my brain being sick? No - read on to find out... My coach, Claire Higgins, invited...
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Top 5 things the children loved about Mindfulness classes
Teaching mindfulness in schoolsI’ve just finished teaching a 10 week course to the children of three seperate classes in year four and five at The Dolphin School in Bristol. I absolutely loved the...
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Using Mindfulness to Sleep Better
Sleep - one of the most important elements of good physical and mental health. It is well known that quality sleep is more important than quantity of sleep, within certain parameters, and depending on...
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Removing Drama Is As Easy As A-B-C! (Part 1)
LIFE IS PLAY AND PRESENCEI wrote once before about changing the game we play - the drama triangle. I have since reflected upon this concept and refined it, adding useful tools to help us come back to...
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Removing Drama Is As Easy As A-B-C! (Part 2 - Spot the signals, name the role.)
In Part 1 we looked at how we create our own suffering, our own drama and our own healing - within our minds. When we forget to be mindful we often blame the Act or Actor (A) for our Consequences (C)...
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Youth Mindfulness: Why is teaching mindfulness in schools so helpful?
THEN NOW "Why is teaching mindfulness in schools so helpful?"You can type this question into Google and get a surprising variety of answers - not all of them are 'positive'. Some critics think...
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The Work of Ghostbusting: Meet the mind with kind inquiry
Byron Katie is an inspiration to me. She realised, after years of depression and anxiety, that her imagination was making assumptions, & beliefs that were full of negative self talk. This alone...
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Happiness: How Do We Find The Balance?
This blog is a sharing of some of the information I teach at the start of a mindfulness course - I've knocked it up quite quickly. The theory is informed by the work of Robert Lustig a leading US...
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Mindfulness Coaching - is it for you?
Not this kind of coaching! This kind of coaching! There is a lot of confusion about coaching. Many successful people see a coach regularly because they recognise that having someone offer an outside...
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Everything you need to know about meditation posture and structure.
MEDITATION POSTUREThere is a lot of bollocks on the internet about posture, featuring attractive young men and women sitting on rocks overlooking water, or on steps (!?) as if they've been sat there...
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Mindfulness at work: more ways to create balance, focus and clarity.
MULTI TASKING + OVER INFORMATION = MIND-FULL I was recently asked to interview for a company (Adlib) blog based on "work and life balance". Here it is:ADLIB: Let’s start with ‘Why’, how do you think...
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5 Things SOME People Regret On Their Deathbed
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who has counselled people in their last year of life has revealed the most common regrets we have towards the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in...
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Timed Talk & Listen - a tool to practice in relationship.
Do you ever get stuck or end up arguing because of miscommunication in your relationships? This is a tool I created to use when talking between two people becomes incredibly difficult and you’d like...
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Radical Coaching: Shadowing
I met Thomas Katan on a workshop by the infamous Jamie Catto and I was inspired by his proposition. He was choosing to live a nomadic lifestyle so that he could do ‘live-in personal development...
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How Nature Can Enrich Your Mindfulness Practice
One of the most difficult things about keeping up with a mindfulness practice is unplugging from this highly digital and connected world. But being mindful can help you with many aspects of your life....
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Has Mindfulness sold out and become McMindfulness?
I want to give my perspective on this piece in the Guardian: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality by Ronald Purser. Adapted from his book ‘McMindfulness’ it poses many controversial...
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How mindfulness can help you to enjoy the journey.
They say that life is a journey......but the problem with that metaphor is that journeys are often more about 'getting somewhere' than enjoying the ride. So with this post I wanted to highlight, just...
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How To Meditate - An Example Practice (Body Scan)
This morning I was meditating and I realised it is helpful to provide a structure to beginners. Even though I believe, in the long run, there is no right or wrong way and variety is a beautiful part of...
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5 things I learned from a retreat for fools
“I am a beautiful fool, just like everyone else.” This is what I learned from the 5 day ‘fools school,’ back in 2017. When I was looking at this year’s retreat options I was excited to see that Holly...
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