Mental Health and Well-Being with Delphi Ellis – Helping You Sparkle™
Talking Therapies and Wellbeing Workshops in Milton Keynes for Private and Corporate Clients
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How do you know when you’ve had enough? Some people have some early warning signs. They might: • feel grumpier than usual • feel like hiding • sigh. A lot. In the Shambhala teachings, this is sometimes referred to as “meeting your edge”. It’s that moment when you realise you’re reaching your limit, and that what …
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 …
Do you ever feel like the world is turning, but in the wrong direction? Over twenty years ago, in 1996, Susan Jeffers (author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway) wrote a book entitled End The Struggle and Dance with Life. The first line of this book is literally “We live in a difficult world”. Before …
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. …
What do you think about time? Apart from the fact that there never seems to be enough of it these days. Our relationship with time is something of a paradox. It’s precious, but costs nothing. You can spend it, but you can’t get a refund. You can use it, but you’ll never own it. When …
How many people do you trust? As we get older, it’s often said that your circle gets smaller. You start to realise who you can count on. Who “gets” you. Who you would turn to when things go a bit pear-shaped. But as we age, it’s also harder to make friends. At school we’d maybe just …
How’s your intuition these days? Your spidey-sense. Your inner wisdom. Your gut.. ..and what’s it telling you? We are built to be “in tune” with our environment. Our body was designed to know when it’s time to go to sleep (before technology did its best to put a stop to that). It’s how we can …
Do you ever feel like people just don’t listen? Like you’re talking to a brick wall. That what you say falls on ‘deaf ears’. As if you’re talking another language. When we feel misunderstood it’s easy to raise our voice in anger. To shout out, have a knee-jerk reaction and say something we didn’t actually …
What do you think about forgiveness? I think the modern definition is somewhat over-rated, and I much prefer its original meaning. Let me explain. Today, people often associate forgiveness with letting people off the hook. Accepting their excuses. Pretending the hurt didn’t happen. People might say you “just need to forgive” like it’s as easy …
In my workshops I talk about happiness, that being the real meaning of it. I talk about how shops and online retailers will have us believe that in order to be happy, you need what they have. This image arrived in my inbox today, and is a perfect example of this. The only problem is, …