Your Mental Wellbeing

06/12/2025

05/12/2025

Feeling this, this week, the pull to be with people and to pull away 😅 ...what a great quote!👏 Seems to be so much going on just now, so many people everywhere and so much to do in the run up to Xmas! I am really trying to take a pause before accepting invites/requests and unfortunately even having to say no some things I'd like to do, but for overall nervous system balance and reduced overwhelm, it may be necessary.
Choose wisely the kind and amount of company you surround yourself with this month!

*insert all the peopling that will be happening over the next month*

In a prevsious podcast with the amazing Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett we spoke about how social interactions are fundamentally linked to our body budgeting. And how humans can either be the most replenishing or draining influence on one's nervous system.

Word to choose wisely in the company you surround yourself with this holiday season.

Listen to the conversation: https://bit.ly/4p3y4uk

05/12/2025

03/12/2025

Do you struggle with *tolerating uncertainty and letting go control* in life? Does it make you feel uneasy, even terrified at times? 😅 Then this resource I have just completed, hot off the press, might be for you!
I'm working with a number of anxious, overwhelmed and obsessive compulsive clients just now and they have asked...but how do I accept uncertainty? How do I let go control? I am always a fan of an explicit process for these things for my own learning and benefit as much as yours and my clients.
So here is a step-by-step guide for coping with uncertainty and letting go control I've researched & developed this week. Would love to know what also works for you in coping with uncertainty and relinquishing control? Could you see how these steps might be helpful to you? Save to your phone the next time you notice you are in control/fear mode and test it out!

02/12/2025

This week is Grief Awareness Week 💜

At some point in our lives, we will all be impacted by grief. And yet, it's something so many people don't talk about or have misconceptions of.

We wanted to start Grief Awareness Week by sharing some reminders- are there any you would add to this list?

If you need support, you're not alone

https://www.cruse.org.uk/

01/12/2025

This is your reminder on the 1st of December: 3 weeks to Winter Solstice & the beginning of the steady if gradual increase in daylight, every minute counts! 😅❄️🔆

01/12/2025

To get out of the mind’s minefields, and return to yourSELF, reconnect with your body. The simplest way is getting outside and going for a walk. For so many reasons, it just works…

Drop a 🩵 if you resonate!

01/12/2025

Morning All! We managed our cold dip yesterday morning in 3 degrees & a beautiful day in Aberdour! ☀️ When I was telling some people, I kept getting the same question back...WHY?! WHY do you do it to yourselves??!! 😆❄️ So I put some thought into this this morning & here is a list of 9 things that I get from it! I'm realising it's not just about the water and as much about the other things & routines that come with dipping as well as the physiological scientific benefits.

My favourite part is often the hilarity and what seems like cold-water trauma bonding with pals 😆🥶 trying to get in in the first place, the laughs, screams, spells of madness trying to cope! I definitely tend to get the post-dip high and energy boost and generally enjoy the routine of time for ourselves and each other with the chats and connection during and after!

I am also noticing this sense of fierceness and power having survived the cold which I think might feed into esteem and resilience building, it's good to do hard & cold things 🥶😅 We've been trying to do monthly swims since the summer, what a great sense of achievement if we manage to dip in every month and season of the year!

Finally, everything tends to feel SO much better after a cold dip...the hot drink, the warm coat, the heated room! You tend to have an increased gratitude and appreciation for all of these simple things having come from a place of cold suffering, maybe linked to the pain-pleasure or yin and yang principles!
Would love to know what benefits you also gain from cold dipping/swimming?

01/12/2025

Every act of kindness makes a difference. Help create a happier world this December with our Kindness Calendar. Please use & share 💕🌍🎄🙏 https://actionforhappiness.org/do-good-december

29/11/2025

*Keeping Warm Hack* for working from home in the cold weather for those who don't or can't have their heating on a lot 🥶...lay a heating mat/pad on the back of your work chair, works a charm I find! ♨️ I used this in recovery from abdominal surgery but finding it so helpful to use daily in the Winter months now, they are fairly inexpensive to buy and use! You can pop on your lap too. It definitely makes working from home more bearable! I've also just recently invested in a heated throw, which is a joy too! Do take care obviously to follow guidelines & precautions using such items!
How are you keeping warm this Winter? I'm planning on a cold dip with pals in seas below 10 degrees tomorrow, wish me luck! 😅