This was a breakthrough for me before I really knew anything about therapy, mindfulness or neuroscience. I discovered that compassion is a powerful t…

"Well done, keep going!" is a phrase you will hear a lot of when you do a parkrun. This is offered up brightly by the stewards posted at various poin…

Are you living your life in the here and now? You may be wondering what exactly I mean by this question. Well, firstly I ask this coming from a pers…

Beauty is usually perceived as something which is eternal, flawless and perfect - a taste of beauty that is shaped by an appetite for excellence that…

How do I learn to love myself? It’s a question that many, if not all of us would like the answer to. If you experienced abuse or bullying, or the lac…

Have you ever felt unloved as a result of attracting the wrong people? This could be in intimate relationships or friendships. When a person has had…

I'm sure you may be aware that many of us suffer from anxiety at some point in our lives; anxiety which is serious enough to prevent us from carrying…

I made the choice several years ago to stay off social media. I made that choice with positivity. I didn't feel I needed what I deemed the stress of…

When you read the title, what comes to mind? Low self-esteem? Not meeting expectations of others and then berating yourself for it? Feeling 'less tha…

Do you sometimes feel as though other people will judge you negatively if you express your true opinions? Or do you worry that all your friends secre…

You’d like to think not in the modern world we now live in, and yet I don’t know about you, but there were times when I felt damaged in some way, bro…

As the cold, hard edge of winter closes in, most of us experience some kind of mood change. Darkness descends - we go to work in the gloom and come h…