Shape your entire year with one word

Shape your entire year with one word

Shape Your Year with One Word – Brief OverviewThis article explains how choosing a single word of the year can be a powerful, gentle alternative to traditional New Year’s resolutions. Instead of focusing on specific goals or outcomes, a guiding word acts as an...
Tis the season to be… selfish?

Tis the season to be… selfish?

‘Tis the Season to Be Selfish – Brief OverviewThis article emphasises the importance of self-care, especially during busy or stressful times. It challenges the idea that taking time for yourself is selfish, instead showing that looking after your own emotional and...
Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect

Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect

Crum and Langer 2007 A Harvard University study testing if exercise improved health because of how we think about it found that in 4 weeks participants who were told their work as hotel room attendants was “good exercise” and matched “recommendations...
Honour your story

Honour your story

Honour Your Story – Brief OverviewThis article highlights the importance of honouring your personal story — recognising and valuing your experiences, both the highs and the lows, without shame or judgment. It explains how many people struggle to acknowledge their...
Wellbeing and Secular Buddhism

Wellbeing and Secular Buddhism

A major factor in my wellbeing has been to embrace the concepts and practices of mindfulness along with learning about the origins of these, that is the Dharma or the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama aka the Buddha. Personally, as a secular Buddhist, I’m not one...