Exam stress: do you remember the fear of failure?
Nowadays exam stress is an issue for 70% of teenagers according to a survey amongst thousands of teens. A few years ago I took my DS (Darling Son) James to his first GCSE exam. I asked him (what a ridiculous question mum) if he was nervous. Of course. He was...
What is your attitude to gratitude?
‘If you’ve forgotten the language of gratitude, you’ll never be on speaking terms with happiness.’ The simple act of feeling (!) grateful and expressing it has a strong impact on health, well-being and relationships. A series of recent studies have found positive...
How meditation can cure insomnia
According to the global average, 1 in 3 people experience a mild case of insomnia at some point in their lives. But an article on The Guardian indicates that the statistic is even higher in Britain. They cited the Great British Sleep Survey, which revealed that 51.3%...
Award winning Mariette’s One Minute Meditation
‘Meditation with a Western flavour’ is the concept of mindfulness meditation for busy people with a hectic lifestyle, like you and me. It is aimed to be easy, have quick results, can be done everywhere and is down-to-earth. Within this concept MOMM - Mariette’s One...
Successtories meditation workshop
The workshops 'Meditation with a Western flavour' are well received. Over two hours spent on relaxation techniques, meditation practices, breathing exercises and some teaching around the subjects of stress management, 'what is meditation', mindfulnes and how to master...
7 easy ways to control your daily stress
Your daily dose of stress will help you safely through the motions of life. We all need a bit of a ‘kick up the bum’ to get into the right gear and perform. And when you get that bit of adrenaline going all goes faster and more efficient. Nothing wrong with that. But...
Three ways to keep domestic stress under control
I am a mum, but my ‘job description’ didn’t mention cleaning and tidying. If that had been the case, maybe I wouldn’t have signed. I don’t like household choirs and I am also not very good at it. Apart from cooking. The fact that I am mainly working from home and am...
Step by step destressing can be done shoe by shoe – stresstips
Stimuli in our environment have a direct impact on your stress levels. Think of sounds, think of smells and think of visual stimuli. Gentle music makes you feel relaxed, natural fragrances have a calming effect and a minimalistic room makes you feel chilled out....
The first step is useless if you don’t continue the walk
What doesn't really work in your life? I’ll confess: I will never be a domestic goddess. My husband admires me for the pace in which I design encrusted surfaces and create chaos. Organising cupboards would be a new experience and I just bought a new bin, because the...
The 7 most stressful challenges for work-life balance
When talking about work-life balance, we usually mean imbalance. Work-life balance as a term was first mentioned in the UK at the end of the 1970s, in the US it popped up in 1986. Work-life balance What we mean by work seems quite obvious. What we mean by...
Wendy’s waistline battle
Wendy is a focussed and successful woman. Everything she wants to achieve works out. She goes for it, fights for it and gets the results. Her life goes the way she wants it to go. Apart from..........her waistline. For as long as Wendy can remember she has been...
Are you glad, sad, scared or mad?
Follow my blog with Bloglovin We think we have an enormous range of feelings. There is an overview available from the NVC – Non Violent Communication, which contains hundreds of feelings and reading through them is very confusing. However, several studies (one from...
Let’s dump stuff and feel emotionally balanced
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Last week I saw a client, Nell, who was in a real state. Her job was on the brink as another reorganisation was announced. Should she take redundancy and enjoy a sabbatical? Her partner wasn’t well and they were waiting for the diagnosis....
FREE online meditation class
Want to sleep like a baby? It's not a dream anymore if you join the online meditation class. It's a taster, so it's free. It's from your own home, so it's easy. I know what I'm doing and it is effective. BOOK via CLICKING THIS LINK and we will meet Wednesday 3 May -...
Fat is a fact, not a feeling
Feeling fat doesn’t exist. For the simple reason, that fat is not a feeling. Fat is an indication of weight, maybe overweight, a judgment and a substance, but it is not a feeling. However, when we say that we are feeling fat, we are usually communicating a range of...
Are you attached to stress?
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Stressed people are attached to stressed feelings. They feel out of control and insecure and are all over the place. In order to compensate for these feelings, they try to control as much as possible of the things they can control. In...
How to deal with the horror of a terrorist attack
Yesterday London was shocked by the terrorist attack at Westminster Bridge. Innocent people died or got wounded. Their families and friends have to carry the sadness and find a way through these horrible tragedy. The photos in the papers today made me cry. I am...
Why is change so difficult? Three reasons
'The only constant in life is change'. (Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher) Anxiety, sadness and pressure are all part of the process of change and offer to most of us a real challenge. We want to find happiness and peace and that does not go well with the stresses,...
A matter of life and death: breathing benefits
Breathing is what determines life or death. The one and the only action you need to take to stay alive. The first breath of a baby, usually a big screaming one, shows that this little person really is alive and when the last out-breath has left a body, the person will...
Decluttering is an art
Best decluttering tips Decluttering is an emotional process. That is why most of us find it hard. Decluttering results in peace and quiet: in your house, your cupboard, your car and ultimately in your mind. It is not just about throwing stuff away, getting rid of...
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