Gillian Cruickshank - Wellbeing for All Beings

05/01/2026

Traffic Light Tapping for Snow related stress!! 🚦

19/12/2025

I’m switching on my ‘Out of Office’ until 5th January. It’s time to rest, reflect and refuel.

Wishing you well over the next couple of weeks, whatever you choose to do.

Here’s to 2026, the Year of the Horse!

17/12/2025

An Invitation to Pause, Reflect, and Reconnect

Join us for a nourishing Gathering – Retreat in the heart of Aberdeenshire, where we’ll explore the 16 Guidelines for Life as a framework for cultivating compassion, resilience, and meaningful connections.

Set against the backdrop of the Scottish countryside, this gathering offers time to reflect deeply, connect with like-minded people, and bring fresh inspiration into your daily life. Together, we’ll combine gentle practices such as meditation, journaling, mindful movement, and shared reflection to explore how the Guidelines can enrich both inner growth and outer relationships.

What to Expect

Across three days, you’ll be guided through a balanced flow of learning, practice, and connection:

Day 1 – Arriving & Settling
Warm welcome, introductions, and setting intentions

Shared evening meal and meditation to ease into retreat life

Day 2 – Deepening Practice
Morning Qi Gong to awaken body and mind

Explorations of key Guidelines such as Humility, Generosity, Joy, and Empathy

Reflective practices: guided meditations, journaling, and mindful eating

Heartfelt discussions and paired sharing to strengthen community bonds

Day 3 – Integration & Looking Forward
Morning visit to a nearby stone circle for grounding and connection

Closing sessions on integrating the 16 Guidelines into everyday life

Commitments, takeaways, and a celebratory farewell circle

Venue & Accommodation

Our retreat will take place at the Sir Arthur Grant Residential & Outdoor Activity Centre, a peaceful venue surrounded by nature.

Capacity: Spaces are limited to 38 participants in on-site accommodation.

Nearby options: Additional lodging is available in the Aberdeenshire area for those wishing to stay off-site.

Who Is This Universal Education Gathering For?

This gathering welcomes anyone interested in living with greater compassion, meaning, and awareness, whether you are new to the 16 Guidelines or looking to deepen your practice.

The session structure is carefully designed to foster meaningful reflection, strengthen connections, and inspire actionable outcomes, ensuring a dynamic and engaging experience.

Practical Details

📅 Dates: Friday 25 September – Sunday 27 September 2026
📍 Location: Sir Arthur Grant Centre, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
🍴 Communal meals provided (with mindful eating practice woven into shared dinners)
🧘 Practices include Qi Gong, meditation, journaling, mindful dialogue, and time in nature

Join Us

Come as you are, open to reflect, connect, and grow. Together, we’ll explore timeless wisdom and practical tools to help us live with greater compassion and meaning in our daily lives.

For more information and to to confirm your participation, please send an email to Gillian Cruickshank: gilliancruickshankwellbeing@gmail.com

Join us from in the beautiful countryside of Aberdeenshire for a weekend retreat inspired by the 16 Guidelines for Life. Together, we’ll explore how qualities such as humility, generosity, empathy, and joy can help us live with greater compassion and purpose.

13/12/2025

FESTIVE SEASON SPECIAL OFFER!

BOOK 2 SESSIONS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE 31st JANUARY BUT ONLY PAY FOR 1!

🎄 Worried that the festive season stress is starting to affect you or/and your animals?

You’re not alone. The holidays can bring noise, visitors, emotional pressure and routine changes that impact the whole household.

If you’re noticing:

🐾 Pets (and/or you!) feeling anxious, unsettled, or overstimulated
😣 You feeling overwhelmed, tense or low in energy
🎉 Everyone thrown off by the holiday buzz

I’m here to help bring calm back.

✨ I offer gentle, supportive sessions using EFT, Reiki and EMMETT to help both humans or/and animals release tension, rebalance and find emotional ease during the festive rush.

These modalities can support:
💛 Stress reduction
🐶 Calmer behaviour in pets
🌿 Emotional balance
😊 A peaceful atmosphere for the whole family

📩 Send me a message to book your sessions or learn more.

Let’s create a soothing, stress-free holiday for you and your furry companions. ✨

🎁 Festive gift certificates are also available — perfect for giving the gift of relaxation and wellbeing!

Email: gilliancruickshankwellbeing@gmail.com
Text: 07985773143
Book: www.gilliancruickshankwellbeing.com



PS Photo was taken a couple of night ago by our farm sheds. 🙌🏼

12/12/2025

I am delighted and honoured to be part of the organising team for this event! Please click on the link for more information. 🥰

Join us from in the beautiful countryside of Aberdeenshire for a weekend retreat inspired by the 16 Guidelines for Life. Together, we’ll explore how qualities such as humility, generosity, empathy, and joy can help us live with greater compassion and purpose.

12/12/2025

You don’t have to carry it alone…

ACEs can leave deep imprints but with the right support, they can also become the starting point for profound healing.

Many clients share that for the first time, they feel:

• Seen and understood
• Safe enough to soften
• Able to regulate emotions
• More connected to themselves
• More compassionate towards the child they once were

Whether you prefer 1:1 support or joining a Living Mindfully group, you’re welcome to take this journey at the pace that feels right for you.

Your story matters. Your healing matters. And you don’t have to walk it alone.

Please get in touch to book a session or if you have any queries or questions:

Email: gilliancruickshankwellbeing@gmail.com
Text: 07985773143
Book: www.gilliancruickshankwellbeing.com

11/12/2025

11/12/2025

How EFT can help in the run up to Christmas? It’s such a simple, easy to use technique.

Just talk yourself through all the things that are stressful as you tap and you will feel more calm.

For specific support, please get in touch. I have included the chart to remind you but don’t get too hung up on the order of points or the exact way of saying anything.

Follow your instinct and you will be doing the right thing.

As always, I will be offering more online EFT ‘live’ sessions on FB as we approach the ‘big day’. If you have any specific topic for these sessions, please just ask.

🎄💚The next is later today!🎄💚

Email: gilliancruickshankwellbeing@gmail.com
Text: 07985773143
Book: www.gilliancruickshankwellbeing.com

10/12/2025

16 Guidelines influence everything I do in life. I try my very best to live as the guidelines suggest. I’m not perfect but the aim is always there.

If you want to learn more about 16 Guidelines watch this space because I will be facilitating a Level One 16G course early next year. 🙏🏼

👉 We’re focusing on Loyalty this December. WHAT IS LOYALTY?

"When life is going well, it’s easy to forget that change happens in an instant. It is the nature of the universe. In an uncertain world, a sense of loyalty and mutual responsibility is often the glue that holds families and friendships together. It can be the lifeline that helps us to feel safe and supported and enables us to function well.

We all want to be accepted for who we are. Not for what we can buy, what we look like or who we know. When we cannot rely on the loyalty of each other, there is anxiety and insecurity, loneliness and heartbreak.

It is logical to feel loyalty towards the people we feel close to, especially if we want them to be loyal to us. But can this feeling of closeness go further? Is it possible to extend the same warmth and support to people outside our inner circle? What can be done to develop an attitude of loyalty and solidarity towards the wider community and, ultimately, towards the entire planet? Some great people, such as the role models in this book, seem able to do this. What would the world be like if we could each extend our sense of loyalty in this way?"

– 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 16 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘬𝘺𝘪-𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸

10/12/2025

Continuing on from my post the other day about ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences score)…

How ACES show up in adulthood:

ACEs can influence more than emotions, they can shape the nervous system itself. Many clients come to me describing:

• Feeling “on edge” or overwhelmed
• Difficulty with boundaries
• People-pleasing or perfectionism
• Trouble relaxing or switching off
• Deep emotional responses that feel “too much”
• Struggles with trust, connection, or self-worth

These patterns are survival responses, not personal flaws.

My work focuses on helping you understand your body’s signals with compassion, so you can move from reaction to regulation, from overwhelm to steadiness.

Please get in touch to book a session or if you have any queries or questions:

Email: gilliancruickshankwellbeing@gmail.com
Text: 07985773143
Book: www.gilliancruickshankwellbeing.com