Learn to love yourself

So finding it hard to make “true” friends throughout childhood and being bullied, through the  mindfulness techniques, I was trying to find an underlying reason for why I would often feel unloved/unwanted/not needed.  After much soul searching I discovered it wasn’t because I felt I wasn’t loved it was the fact that I might not …

Out of the shadows

When I was much younger, I was confident and didn’t mind being out in the limelight.   I enjoyed singing solo in the choir, going in for the talent shows whilst on holidays, I enjoyed being myself. Then the bullying started and I subconsciously decided to retreat into the shadows. Instead of being the little girl …

MIND DUMP

The mind dump can be done at any point during the day that you feel comfortable however quite a few people do it in the morning so they can start the day afresh. It is a daily practice that is a helpful and simple tool to help quieten thoughts and to become more mindful with …

R.E.S.P.E.C.T (find out what it means to me)

Self-Respect – Self-Confidence and Self-Worth are so important to our personal life. When you have a low level of these, your tendency to talk to yourself negatively increases dramatically.   Look in the mirror, what kind of person is currently looking back at you.   Write down the feelings/thoughts that come into your head. Do you have …

Connecting to your WHY!

My latest client got their "lightbulb moment" in the first 15 minutes of our session.  From there everything else fell into place.  They had been pondering a BIG decision for a while,  not sure what to do and were getting differing views from their friends.  Their mind had weighed the pros and cons of the …

Breaking out of your comfort zone

Who likes living in their comfort zone? I mean the name does say it all, it is where you feel comfortable, at ease and the zone of that comfort can be as big or as small as you make it But what is outside this comfort zone? - Are you leading the life you want? …

Little Voice

Many people at some point in their life suffer from having a “little voice”. They are unable to say the things they truly wanted to say maybe to a loved one before they passed, a bully, a stranger or maybe to someone they looked up to and respected. For me, my “little voice” came from …

Being Mindful

Why did I add Mindset coaching and mindfulness to be repertoire? When I became a qualified Nutritionist I noticed at my regular network meetings that a lot of health-related people were just talking about nutrition, healthy eating and some offering magic fixes. I noticed that there was nobody talking about helping people to change their …

How to eat Mindfully?

So what is Mindful Eating – “it involves deliberately & compassionately tuning in to your own inner experiences, including thoughts, feelings, and behaviours” So in order to eat mindfully you need to engage your senses.  The first sense is SIGHT – what does your food look like, what colour is it, does it look smooth …

Are you eating mindfully?

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.  Therefore this means you are making conscious decisions on what, when and how you eat. Breaking old habits of eating and forming new ones. Most people have lost the art of understanding our body and what it is trying …