Long Year. New Hope. Better Health. Wow! WHAT. A. YEAR! As December draws 2020 to a close, we look back on a year like never before! A year of challenge, uncertainty and often downright fear. 2020 has seen us locked down in a global pandemic, isolated within the four walls...
Immune Resilience Series #25: Human Connection, Covid-19 & Black Lives. I wonder if humankind has ever felt more vulnerable, alone, disconnected, misunderstood and unhappy? All these are factors which impact powerfully on our sense of self-worth and value, and also provoke a chronic and enduring stress response which depletes and...
Immune Resilience #18: 7 Day Mindful Detail Visualisation. Is anyone else finding that a really challenging aspect of the Covid-19 lockdown is not being able to get outside and move in nature when you want to? For me at least, nothing beats getting out in nature and moving my body. The...
Appreciating life when it sucks seems perverse, right? Wrong. Research shows that the practise and experience of gratitude not only brings joy but induces a sense of relaxation, improves immune function and lowers blood pressure. And this is very good news for me at the moment. I’m usually a glass-half-full...
How to break out of loneliness and into thrive seems utterly impossible when we’re stuck in a cycle of lost perspective and motivation. It takes courage to do it. Loneliness is a modern-day epidemic… even when we are constantly ‘with’ people, or have a wide network of friends and family,...
Our disconnection seems to be the scourge of modern life; in recent years we’ve seen an explosion of self-help, personal development and spiritual enlightenment books, websites and on-line communities seeking to guide us towards a sense of connection, purpose, fulfilment, peace and happiness. Tuesday 30th July is the UN International...
Valentine’s Day traditions of romancing and honouring a lover with sensual foods (like chocolates!) hearts and flowers go way back to the 18th-century.  Leaving aside the tacky media hype, I think it’s still a lovely way to recognise and be recognised by, a loved one.  For those without an ‘other half’,...
