Spoonies Guide to Saying NO
Another chance to explore why we find it difficult to say no and look at ways to overcome those challenges! Participate live on Wednesday 9th September at 6pm UK time. Register or watch the recording here!
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How Pushing It Can Affect Our Sleep
One day this week, I over did it. Unfortunately the following day I wasn’t able to rest as much as I’d hoped to, so by day 3 things were pretty grim and that went into day 4 too. I’m very aware that on each day instead of resting as much as my body demanded and … Read more
5 Headache Busting Strategies
This week has been a bad week for my headaches. Maybe because of pollen allergens, maybe because I’ve not been so good with excluding the foods I’m intolerant to and perhaps because of the heavy atmosphere before last night’s storms. Pain killers don’t always have much of an impact on my headaches so I’ve had … Read more
Underlying Keys to Recovery and Overcoming Obstacles
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about a month ago: As part of my role as Inspirational Editor of the ProHealth Website I’ve been seeking out recovery stories to aim to inspire. Today I want to share my reflections on what seem to be the common … Read more
Responding to a Crash: Rest just isn’t enough on its own!
I didn’t write last week as I was struggling to get over something that I must have picked up on my journey home, very likely on the flight. After a couple of days at the beginning of this week when I started to feel a bit better my crash returned at full force. As I … Read more
Hangout on saying ‘No’
If you struggle to say ‘no’ to others unreasonable demands, or find it hard to stick within your limits because of others asking too much from you, watch this replay and discover how to keep your energy for your own chosen priorities!
4 Tips for when You Need to Take Time Out from Prioritising Health!
Every now and again we find we need to let go of our rigorous self-care even when we know that there are going to be consequences. Sometimes it’s just because of an opportunity that we know will push us beyond our energy limits, but that we just really want to do. Other times it can … Read more
A Vision that Safely Inspires
Self-help is hard. Doing all the things we need to do to optimise our health takes a lot of motivation. It’s not easy to always make the right choice for our health and wellbeing. But it can become a lot easier when you have a vision for a life that you want to live, when … Read more
Mindfulness: A Simple and Powerful Tool for Change
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about a month ago: If there’s one skill I’ve learned that has had the most powerful impact on my ability to improve my well-being it’s been mindfulness. Often mindfulness is thought of as just a particular kind of meditation, something … Read more
Addressing your ‘Optimising Conditions for Healing’ Concerns
Last week I posted the results of my questionnaire looking at the help you might need for optimising conditions for healing. In this post I‘d like to share links to the posts that I’ve already written that might address some of the issues raised. The concerns you’ve raised that I haven’t already addressed will become … Read more
