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Are You Creating Enough Mental Space?
Are You Creating Enough Mental Space? I work in the mental wellbeing field, I have decades of experience, and yet the one thing I constantly have to remind myself is to make space – space to just be. This is how / where I ground myself, feed my soul, stay clear...
Mental Health is an Uncomfortable Subject
Mental Health is an uncomfortable subject for many, it calls on us to face our vulnerability, consider our attitudes, and possibly reconsider our bias. In my years in emergency care, I’ve seen the whole range of emotion, behaviour and deflection play out when it...
Losing your life is only one way to die!
We all coast in life & business now and then and that’s ok – necessary even, but coasting as a default is a great way to stop living. It’s almost like the more successful you are, or the more expectation you feel there is on you, the harder it is to shake things...
Surviving Isolation
First, let’s get really clear about where we are at – we each have different experiences of lockdown and of social distancing depending on our circumstances, our jobs, our families and the degree of isolation we are feeling. To move forward we have to accept and, more...
Don’t be like Pandora!
Like many good myths and stories, Pandora’s Box has iterated over time – if I had a pound for every inspirational speaker I’ve heard say ‘and the last thing out of Pandora’s box was hope’ I’d be doing very well. For hope to prevail, you have to suspend your fear long...
Reduce Your Anxiety By Helping Others
Reduce Your Anxiety By Helping Others Lynda HoltAt the risk of stating the obvious, we live in scary times – whatever your background, your job, your politics - this affects you. I’m seeing a complete contrast between my small business client, many of whom have seen...
Focus on what you can do something about – the way you do business
Resolving a crisis often demands innovation, a change in the way you do things. Discomfort, uncertainty and fear, will likely call on you to hold fast, keep doing what you are doing, or have you feeling overwhelmed, like you have no control, or you can do nothing to...
The antidote to uncertainty
When thinking about this week’s blog I had a wee debate with myself - do I address the elephant in the room for many of us, or do I carry on with my planned neuroscience and connection theme. The reality is these are uncertain times. Whether you are worried...
Are you aware of your allergies?
Seriously – food allergies, medicines we’re on it aren’t we? Whether it’s life threatening, causes mildly inconvenient symptoms or anything in between, it’s a physical trigger causing a physical reaction and we pay attention to it. We know what we are allergic to, we...
Why being ‘shriven’ is good for you
No idea what I’m talking about? I bet you’ve eaten a pancake or two in your time. Maybe enjoyed a pancake race, or tossing ritual? Being shriven is to be absolved of your sins – it’s an Anglo-Saxon Christian ritual where on Shrove Tuesday, 47 days before Easter...