Helping You Sparkle™ – Mental Health and Well-Being with Delphi Ellis
Mental Health Recovery and Maintenance through Compassionate Education in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
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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’s …
How do you cope with not knowing? In a digital age where we can have answers at our finger tips, there’s something unsettling about situations where we just. don’t. know. 21st century living has been described as VUCA:• Volatile• Uncertain• Complex• Ambiguous. One of the reasons, Margriet Sitskoorn explains, may be that on a daily basis, we …
When was the last time you celebrated something? I don’t mean a birthday necessarily, or an event like a promotion. I’m talking about the small wins: Making it to 5pm. Not losing your temper with someone who is really testing your patience. Finding your way through one of life’s curve balls. Every time someone attends one of …
Have things felt a bit complicated lately? There’s so much happening in the world at the moment, it would be easy to get swept up in the chaos of it all. When there’s a lot happening around you, you might feel like there’s a need to plough on and keep up. To make urgent decisions. …
In 2019, Prince William surprised well-wishers outside Kensington Palace on what would have been his mother’s birthday, and it sparked a discussion on social media about the “right” way to grieve. “Shouldn’t people be “over it” by now?” ITV’s Loose Women joined in the conversation asking their followers how they mark the anniversary of the …
Do you ever feel like you can’t keep up? Like it’s all just moving a bit too fast. That other people are strides in front. That somehow you’ve fallen behind. Or fallen short. I often liken the pace of life to that of a treadmill. Before we know it we’re hurtling along, striving for perfection, …
If you could reasonably give your body what it needs right now, what would it be? Perhaps you need a stretch, or a dance around your kitchen. Maybe a hand massage. Or just some calm, deep breaths. Maybe you’re not friends with your body right now. Sometimes that’s because of society’s expectations around perfection and …
What would happen if you said it like it is right now? Sometimes we hold back for all the right reasons, while other people push ahead. Last week, I travelled into London to deliver a mindfulness taster session. As I travelled in a taxi towards my first appointment, all I could hear were cars, vans and lorries …
How powerful do you feel today? Let’s be honest, by the time Monday comes round, we can feel exhausted. In the ‘old days’ the working week was clearly defined for many people: Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 and the weekends were reserved for rest and relaxation. But today it’s not that simple. The technology …
We have thousands of thoughts a day. It’s been suggested we have between 12,000 to 80,000 thoughts, which could be as many as 2,500 an hour. According to some articles up to 85% of the thoughts we have are negative, and 90% are repetitive. What you thought about yesterday, you’ll probably think about today and …