Good breathing keeps your nervous system in check. It's a great way to manage stress - especially when you know how to do it properly. And when you start a good breathing practice, you may find your anxiety levels decrease!
Do you make time for play? Play is what we do when we engage in an activity purely for enjoyment and fun of it rather than for a serious or practical purpose. It's something we do so easily as children, but for - many of us - can fall by the wayside in adulthood. Play is the enemy of perfecti
We all have times when life is less than peachy... But, coping when life is less than peachy is even more of a challenge if you have the added bonus of chronic illness. I've got some solutions to help when the shizzle has got tough.
Without exception, stress management is one of the most challenging areas of adopting a healthier lifestyle. Single-tasking is a super accessible tool for stress management. You can do it anywhere!
The bad news is that long-term stress leads to inflammation which increases your risk of developing autoimmune conditions. This is particularly troubling when you consider the level of stress that most of us consider normal in this day and age. Let's talk about stress and chronic disease...
Did you know that a good hit of BLUE SPACE changes the way your brain reacts to its environment leaving you feeling happy, relaxed and reenergized? It's true! When was the last time you hit the beach?
I've got an exciting bit of news today! This struggle to navigate our stuff is real. What exactly is this stress thing that everyone bangs on about and how do we combat it?
How often do embrace the idea of stillness and give your brain (and body) a break from the stressors and 'noise' of everyday life? Me, I don't think I do it enough - especially after some recent reading on the topic...
You know me - always on the lookout for a new way to mitigate stress and calm the fajizzle down... Did you know that in creative visualisation, your brain is training for actual real-life experience? It can't tell the difference between imagination and reality. Kind of a perfect reason to focus
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It's hugely counter-intuitive, I know, but the very first thing we can do when we're feeling overwhelmed is STOP. And, by stop, I mean stop the feeling of your terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. There are a number of ways you can achieve this.
How many times a day are you washing your hands? I'd be willing to bet its a lot more than you used to! Why not introduce the Loving Kindness Hand Wash and practice a little compassion and mindfulness in these times of frequent hand washing. It beats the Happy Birthday song!
How about you start treating yourself as you would someone you love? Finding ways to care for yourself can help you to live in the present; which in turn promotes emotional and psychological health. Great for stress management, too!
Do you have a morning ritual? The most important thing about a morning ritual is that it isn’t about mindlessly just going about your routine of choice. Rather, it’s a way of building something good into your life. It's a very deliberate and conscious process that helps to set your course f
How do you talk to yourself? - with love and respect? Or, are you hyper-critical a? Do you need to teach your inner voice some manners?
in this time of uncertainty and questions around what might happen, a few suggestions for how to calm your fajizzle down and slow down that worry muscle. These are some things that work for me.
This is turning out to be a shizzle of a year, isn't it? Today, how to find your mojo when you need some help getting out of your own way in these challenging times. Practical tips to help you when it gets to be a bit much. They work for me!
You know me - always on the lookout for a new way to mitigate stress and calm the fajizzle down... Did you know that in creative visualisation, your brain is training for actual real-life experience? It can't tell the difference between imagination and reality. Kind of a perfect reason to focus
I credit my morning ritual as one of the most important additions to my health toolbox. Most people love the idea of a morning ritual but they just don't know how to fit it into their day. Today I bring you the speedy morning ritual.
How many times a day are you washing your hands? I'd be willing to bet its a lot more than you used to! Why not introduce the Loving Kindness Hand Wash and practice a little compassion and mindfulness in these times of frequent hand washing. It beats the Happy Birthday song!
Your daily routine is one of your best defences against the stress of dealing with this current health crisis. It keeps you focused on the important things. I've been tweaking mine of late...
How to practice the pause - a pause is a temporary rest. It’s also a very useful tool to help you manage stress and practice mindfulness. Learning to practise the pause can help to prevent you from jumping to hasty conclusions or making choices that don't serve you.
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How's your stress level? If I asked you to rate your stress on a scale of 1 to 10, where would you be, I wonder? In this week's post, I'm sharing a prospective technique to add to your health toolbox. And this one is my new favourite because it's so easy - both to remember and to
Without exception, stress management is one of the most challenging areas of adopting a healthier lifestyle. Single-tasking is a super accessible tool for stress management. You can do it anywhere!
Have you identified a word of the year for 2021? It's a great little tool to help you to remove some of the overwhelm that inevitably comes when you consider ALL the things you want to achieve at the beginning of a new year. Especially after the year we've just had...
Have you ever given any thought to why you should develop your internal locus of control? If you are a person with a strong internal locus of control, you tend to believe that you can influence your life events and their outcomes. If, on the other hand, you believe you are at the mercy of outside f
Did you know that lack of sleep - both quality and quantity - affects your judgement, your coordination, and your reaction times? It can even affect your waistline. No surprises that I think you should be taking your sleep seriously. Here are my tips!
Good breathing keeps your nervous system in check. It's a great way to manage stress - especially when you know how to do it properly. And when you start a good breathing practice, you may find your anxiety levels decrease!
I've popped the process I use with my Wheel of Health into a FREE downloadable workbook to help you cut through the noise of all this health stuff and set yourself actionable goals. It's a simple but effective way to give yourself a nudge whenever you want to identify what you should be fo
You know me - always on the lookout for a new way to mitigate stress and calm the fajizzle down... Did you know that in creative visualisation, your brain is training for actual real-life experience? It can't tell the difference between imagination and reality. Kind of a perfect reason to focus
When it comes to stress management tools, Legs Up The Wall is arguably my favourite. It's the perfect exercise for you if who think you 'don't have the time for mindfulness'! And, it engages your parasympathetic nervous system FAST.
If a skill is defined as the ability to do something well; then making your health a skill is both important and something you can learn. Toda, the first in a new series of 'bite-sized' tools for your health toolbox...
I moved to the country. In New Zealand. After 52 years of being a complete urbanite, I now live on 3 1/2 acres of green near Matakana village, about an hour’s drive north of Auckland. It was a pretty big change....
Good breathing keeps your nervous system in check. It's a great way to manage stress - especially when you know how to do it properly. And when you start a good breathing practice, you may find your anxiety levels decrease!
Did you know that a good hit of BLUE SPACE changes the way your brain reacts to its environment leaving you feeling happy, relaxed and reenergized? It's true! When was the last time you hit the beach?
One of the things I love most about living an AIP way of life is that it gives you a roadmap to make intentional choices. Choices that serve you. The AIP is predicated on making good choices within a framework of options.
Good breathing keeps your nervous system in check. It's a great way to manage stress - especially when you know how to do it properly. And when you start a good breathing practice, you may find your anxiety levels decrease!
I've been thinking a lot about support lately... As in Who's on YOUR support team? Specifically, I've been counting my blessings at my good fortune. I am lucky to have a great support team in place. And, by great, I mean those people who you know you can call at 3 o'clock in t
AIP takes work. It also takes time. And, it takes a significant shift in perspective. After 5 years, I remain a work in progress.
How do you talk to yourself? Do you talk to yourself as you would a trusted friend or is your inner voice a bit of a b*tch? This idea aof self compassion is an important part of managing your stress
One of my habits is to set a daily intention. A word or two to get my head in the game for the day ahead. And GREASE is the word that pops up most frequently when it comes to my intentions… I’m a big fan of setting intentions. Affirmations, not so much. For me, an intention is like a bridge bet
The AIP. One thing at a time. If you had to pick the ONE most important thing your AIP experience has taught you so far, what would it be? I asked around and it turns out the AIP means different things to everyone!
A few posts back I wrote about having a critical inner voice. Mine is pretty chatty and frankly, a little too damn critical for my liking. Somebody suggested to me the other day that she doesn't just have a critical voice... She has a whole committee! I love that thought. I can really relate.
Do you have a morning ritual? The most important thing about a morning ritual is that it isn’t about mindlessly just going about your routine of choice. Rather, it’s a way of building something good into your life. It's a very deliberate and conscious process that helps to set your course f
“The more you rationalise, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.” ― Shannon L. Alder I have a very critical and chatty mind. I overthink stuff. And, I'm a worrier. I even worry about my worrying. Yes - I do recognise just how ridiculous this sounds. I am al
Are you wondering about this MTHFR gene that everyone seems to be talking about? As part of this health jaunt I have undertaken over the past couple of years, I was diagnosed as positive for the MTHFR gene mutation. It has not been my only diagnosis, but it has certainly contributed to my belie
I credit my morning ritual as one of the most important additions to my health toolbox. Most people love the idea of a morning ritual but they just don't know how to fit it into their day. Today I bring you the speedy morning ritual.
How to stay sane over the holidays with the tips I actually use myself from my arsenal of healthy rituals and hacks. Especially for this crazy year that is both speeding by and taking its sweet time...
