Benefits of Mindfulness
Blog

Browse dozens of blogs I've published on meditation and mindfulness for all challenges and walks of life — whether you're 5 years old or a CEO.

Contact me

All Posts
Mindfulness tips
Mindful Parenting
Mindful Menopause
Mindfulness for Kids
Dealing with Anxiety
Emotional Wellness
Mindful Eating Practices
Mindful Living
Finding happiness
ADHD and Mindfulness
Coping with Global Stress
Mindfulness in schools
Corporate Mindfulness
Access Bars
Mindful Eating Practices

Being Your Own Best Friend: A Mindful Self Compassion Programme

Let’s face it: life can often feel like a mad dash through a never-ending obstacle course, complete with unexpected hurdles, the odd puddle of mud, and the occasional surprise pie to the face. Amidst all this chaos, there’s one relationship that often gets neglected—the one you have with yourself. Yes, you, the person who sees you at your best, worst, and all the awkward bits in between. But here’s the thing: you’re stuck with yourself, so why not make it the best relationshi

6 min read

How Mindfulness helps lower Anxiety

With mindfulness you're practicing learning to not react to the "stressor". That stressor can be a concrete thing (like someone just crashed into my car), or it can be a thought. So, worrying about the thought "I don't want more anxiety" creates anxiety. A future fear is now a present moment experience. Mindfulness offers an alternative to this response: "Can I sit with anxiety and just watch it?"

2 min read

Exam Burn: Is Mindfulness the Effective Therapy for Burnout?

“Mindfulness” seems to be everywhere these days and unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve most likely heard of it. Every year more and more schools, universities and corporate groups are engaging in Mindfulness programmes to help people become less stressed, more focused, more accepting and perhaps just a little happier…

5 min read

Anxiety: Emotional Regulation Techniques

The party of our mind has many, many voices though and we can choose to move away and re-focus. Our negativity bias makes us hard-wired to listen to all the bad stuff so we can plan for the worst-case scenarios. But a calmer, happier way is to seek out what makes us feel calm and content. And that could just be one slow conscious breath.

3 min read

Woman sitting alone, anxious and stressed

Seen, Soothed and Safe- dealing with big emotions like sadness

3 min read

Interested in knowing more? Tune in!

I was asked to come in and talk about Mindfulness and Meditation at English Radio, Barcelona. Why do we get so anxious...? Tune in and find out...

1 min read

How I became a meditator

I became interested in Meditation when I basically had a life crash. I was 41 years old, had just given birth to my first child, was running my own business and I was mentally and physically exhausted. I saw someone mention an App Facebook which helped you to meditate and that meditation could help you relax.