Happiness is a loaded concept, with expectations, hope, yearning, and confusion. What makes happiness seem so elusive has more to do with how you relate to the idea of it than with how you really feel, and it’s different for everyone. Happiness isn’t a fixed point, it’s always in flux so you can be happy one moment and that feeling is gone in the next. You can’t strive for happiness and it’s not something you can touch. Rather, it’s about noticing the ordinary moments in your life that give you joy, make you happy and help you recognise the happiness already within you.  ..read more

Everything in our lives starts with an intention. The careers we choose, the places we live, the people we surround ourselves with. An intention is not the same as a goal. Dr. Wayne Dyer says, “Our intention creates our reality.” Ask yourself, “What matters most to you?” This could form a powerful intention, for which you can align your thoughts and attitude for the day, week or months ahead. Having a clear intention at your fingertips can help guide your actions as you move through the day.  ..read more

Self-care is your active role in safeguarding your mental and physical wellness proactively by doing what is good for you. It helps to increase your emotional and physical stamina, improve your self-esteem and builds resilience. Daily self-care creates improvements in your life and has immediate and long-term benefits. It’s not easy or selfish to put yourself first when you have a long to do list but its necessary work. But when you commit to prioritise your own needs, consistently show up for yourself it lays the foundation of personal wellbeing and the ability to show up for others as your w ..read more

Today’s meditation is called “Self-care meditation” and is adapted from a meditation by Katie Krimitsos. The intention of this meditation is to give you a space to practice and understand your worthiness to care for yourself. To help you create boundaries, articulate what do you need right now to nourish yourself now and later. This can be done sitting or lying down.  ..read more

The Guide this week  focuses on Breaking Patterns. This guide accompanies our 8th February meditation called “Understanding Patterns ..read more

Sadness grounds you. And yes, it’s painful and often seems long lasting. But it’s a natural part of being human and it visits all of us at some time. Learning to ride its waves, to welcome it in enables you to have a less painful relationship with it. Is it possible when sadness comes to acknowledge it is here and be open to what it look like right now rather an avoid it or distract it? Can you apply mindfulness to being present to those darker unpleasant or uncomfortable places that sadness brings? It might be the opportunity for deeper insights and being more compassionate with yourself ..read more

This meditation accompanies our 22 November and Podcast No 33 on Working with Sadness.  This meditation is called Exploring sadness with RAIN (RAIN is a Tara Brach meditation).  RAIN is an acronym with 4 steps and this version focuses on sadness particularly when it’s a challenging situation or struggling with an intense emotion like sadness. Honoring it as part of the human experience, accepting and dealing with it can help. This can be done sitting or lying down ..read more

This meditation accompanies our 15th  February No 3 Guide and Podcast on Friendships. Today’s meditation is called “Attending to friendships and offering loving kindness” and offering the opportunity to reflect on friendships, explore ways to strength and nourish friendships and to send loving kindness to friends.   ..read more

This meditation is Mindful Movement practice called Sitting Movement. Mindful movement focuses on the range of feelings and sensations through slow movement enabling you to listen to what it needs and deepening your relationship to individual parts. It can be done anywhere, in its entirety or just one movement at a time ..read more

Dr Kerry Howells’s book, Gratitude an Education:A Radical View says, “If we were to meet gratitude face to face, she would say ‘take action that serves others’, ‘give back’, ‘let go’ and ‘connect’. Acts of genuine gratitude that seek nothing in return can restore relationships and help us remember what we have received from others. Practicing gratitude can have far reaching effects, from improving your mental health to boosting relationships with others. Living gratitude helps you notice the small things, and these create well-being that strengthens your ability to notice the good. It helps yo ..read more