Mindfulness has been proven to help with a wide variety of mental health problems as well as being the foundation for a more compassionate and joyful way of life. It can feel tricky to do at first, particularly because there are many misconceptions about it being a way of clearing your mind and being in […]

Traditionally as a society we are not used to being aware of our bodies. Body awareness means being more connected to what is going on, physically, with our bodies moment to moment. When tuning into our body, we realise that it holds emotions as physical sensations. For example, when we experience stressful events our body

Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) is being used more and more by psychologists and therapists including in NHS health settings. Its the brainchild of Dr. Paul Gilbert (OBE), a highly regarded psychologist developed the model whilst working in NHS hospital settings with people severe depression and not responding to traditional Cognitive Behavioural Techniques. However, it can

Have you ever been told you need to be kinder to yourself?   If you’re struggling with your mental health chances are you have.   But if you’ve never done this before, its not surprising you may be wondering, how can I be kinder to myself? And why is it so important?       Kindness

When a boat is anchored in a port, it does not need be ridigly fixed, unmoving, in order to be secure.  If it did, the inflexibility of the set up may leave the boat and its achor to break apart.   Instead its strong but flexible rope means it is free to float on the water, bobbing

Our minds were not built for these times. Evolutionary speaking, being too calm and caring in the midst of stressful events would put us at risk. Therefore, the more stressed we are, the more self critical we become and visa versa. We cannot help this as it’s just the way our brains were made. But