Why we need more quiet spaces (and what to do if you can’t find one)

This article was written before the coronavirus outbreak but has been updated to reflect some ideas which might help. An article specific to COVID and anxiety is here. A newer (shorter) version of this article can also be found here. Is it just me, or has the world got more noisy lately? I don’t meanContinueContinue reading “Why we need more quiet spaces (and what to do if you can’t find one)”

Monday Mojo – Reinvent Your Time

How is your relationship with time? You might have noticed it’s hard to escape it in our Industrial Age. There’s the clock on your ‘phone. Your FitBit if you have one. Your computer. The car dashboard. You might have an online calendar.Maybe a meal or fitness schedule. Everything, it seems, is controlled by time.  That’sContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Reinvent Your Time”

New Year Mojo – Take Up Space

How are you feeling? It’s been a tense week for some, and in the next couple of days we will say goodbye not just to another year –   but an entire decade; and wow, what a decade it’s been right? In some ways, 2019 has been a year of national positives that we can all beContinueContinue reading “New Year Mojo – Take Up Space”

Christmas Mojo-Ho-Ho – Ease the Pressure

How are you doing? It’s all a bit frantic out there isn’t it? People doing last-minute shopping. Not being able to look at one more mince pie.Asking yourself if it’s too early to take the decorations down yet. Even if you’re not gripped by the festive season, you might still be feeling The Pressure. And byContinueContinue reading “Christmas Mojo-Ho-Ho – Ease the Pressure”

New Year, New You? No need! Forget resolutions, and try this

It’s around this time of year that the “New Year, New You” push starts, and all the malarkey that it’s time for a “better” you is in every corner of your news feed. Honestly, it’s exhausting. People have enough to be dealing with in this day and age, without the impression that they’re not alreadyContinueContinue reading “New Year, New You? No need! Forget resolutions, and try this”