What is Mindfulness & How Can it Help My Anxiety?

I’m pretty sure you’ve at least heard of mindfulness, right?

It’s boomed in popularity in recent years and is being used in schools, hospitals, psychotherapy, corporations and there’s a plethora of books, apps and guided mindfulness meditations available to “stick your toe in the water” with…

But maybe you’re still not sure what exactly it is…or how it may help if you suffer from chronic stress, anxiety or depression.

I’ll be honest – because the essence of mindfulness is really an experience, it’s not that easy to put into words.… Keep reading...

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A Simple Breathing Practice to Reduce Anxiety

Did you know that your breath is intimately connected to your mental state? (If you suffer from anxiety, then I’m sure you do – often the breath gets fast and shallow during time of stress and anxiety)
The good news is, it works the other way round too…by controlling and slowing down the breath (particularly the exhalation) we can also calm the mind.
The simple technique in this video can help to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and switch off the stress response, helping you to feel more calm, present and in control.
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How to Cultivate Self-Compassion & Overcome Your Inner Critic (Part 4 of 4)

In the final installment of this 4-part blog series on self-compassion, I wanted to share with you useful resources you can use to deepen your journey to mindful self-compassion and healing…

THE SELF-COMPASSION TEST

Want to really find out how compassionate (or critical) you are of yourself? Take the free online test created by researcher Kristin Neff.

COURSES

The ultimate course in self-compassion is by Drs Kristin Neff and Chris Germer from the Mindful Self-Compassion Institute which you can check out here: https://self-compassion.org/the-program/… Keep reading...

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How to Fill Your Home With Positive Energy

Home has been a pretty fluid concept for my partner and I…in the past 9 years we’ve spent about 4 years on and off travelling, a year and a half living interstate and the rest of the time never living at a particular address for more than 2 years!

And now we are “home”…or at least, living in one place in my hometown with no fixed plans on the horizon to go anywhere else.… Keep reading...

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How to STOP Feeling Rushed, Busy and Overwhelmed….

 

Tell me,

Do you ever wake up thinking of all things you have to do that day and feeling like you’re starting your day from a starting block on a race track….that your day is a literal race against time to get everything that has to be done, DONE??

(My hand is certainly raised…)

It’s certainly not a fun – let alone calm! – way to live…and I have been looking closely at my own life and ways of doing things to find out if there’s another way….if… Keep reading...

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