Monday Mojo – Let it Out

Have you ever felt like you wanted to say something but for whatever reason you stayed quiet? You bit your lip. Sat on your hands. Held it all in.  When I’m teaching about this, one of the things I’m careful to say is that, as a feeling, anger is valid. All emotion has its own intelligence; it’sContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Let it Out”

Monday Mojo – Travel the Storm

If your mood was like the weather today, what would you predict: a fabulous ray of sunshine, or cloudy with a chance of meatballs? When we wake up every morning, we never know for sure what the day will bring. We might have plans with good intentions but it’s always possible something – or someoneContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Travel the Storm”

Monday Mojo – Rise in Nature (Mental Health Awareness Week)

Do you like the outdoors? It might be a strange question to ask when, for many, it’s felt like we’ve been locked inside for a year. But there’s a difference in getting out to do your weekly shop, and (to pinch Micky Flanagan’s phrase) getting out out.  The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 is Nature.ContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Rise in Nature (Mental Health Awareness Week)”

Monday Mojo – Feel the Magic

Do you believe in magic? I don’t mean the likes of Dynamo or (for those of us old enough to remember) Paul Daniels, or the David Blaine video of Harrison Ford going viral (warning: he does say a “fluff” word at the end). I’m talking about things like the miracles of nature; moments that just take your breathContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Feel the Magic”

Monday Mojo – Reset the Volume

How do you feel when someone’s not listening? If a colleague or friend prefers to stay on send rather than receive, it means you won’t get a word in edge ways, and it can steal your mojo in an instant:Your heart sinks. Or you silently seethe. Or you might just shut down, and wonder “what’s theContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Reset the Volume”