Monday Mojo – Celebrate a Moment

When was the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back? I’m asking because we might feel it’s “wrong” to blow our own trumpet. We worry it’s arrogant or self-indulgent, when in fact it might be an important part of progress.  The brain is mysterious, but equally fascinating. For example, we know itContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Celebrate a Moment”

Monday Mojo – Visualise Your Future

If you wrote a letter to your future self, what would it say? You might write:”I hope you got that job you’ve always wanted”“May the years have been kind”Or even “You see? It does get better”.  When we frantically run the treadmill of life, one day we wake up and wonder how on Earth we arrived atContinueContinue reading “Monday Mojo – Visualise Your Future”

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”