The Joys of Now

Finding Joy in the Present Moment. Est 2017
Travel

From Cove to Cove

After a particularly challenging week at work (I came up against a bully which of course triggered some sobs as I am feeling a bit fragile anyway at the moment), James and I took some “us and Noodle” time in Devon. I thought I would share with you our fav places we went and recommend […]

Grief

One of Life’s Toughest Experiences

Well here I am again with another long gap between blogs and this time it’s with great sadness that I say on the 26th January my amazing role model, legend and my inspiration, my Dad, passed away. I want to dedicate this blog to my Dad and also the people who cared for him but […]

Books Mindfulness & Meditation

What is Mindfulness?

Well, as we are all in Crimbo Limbo I thought I would take the opportunity to write a well overdue blog. Yes it has been a good few months since I have managed to share anything and I can put it this time down to my job and other personal circumstances. Anyway, here I am […]

Travel

A difference experience at the Lake District

It’s been 18 months since I last took a visit to The Lakes and I had only just begun my mindfulnesss journey and I would say I wasn’t really that mindful back then compared to how I am now. I have come such a long way since then, personally and feel a lot stronger mentally and […]

Mental Health

What to Say When…..

Do your friends or family ever tell you some bad news and do you always struggle with what to say? Or you’re not sure what the right thing to say is? Especially if you can see the person you love or care about is hurting so much. My immediate reaction is to want to fix […]

Travel

Night and Day

An opportunity to go to the top of The Shard in London on Friday morning before work and watch the sunrise whilst doing some yoga, meditation and listening and dancing to some great music seemed like a great way to start a weekend. I went with a friend who had been before and she thought I […]

Travel

Forward Movers

It’s been nearly 3 months since I last wrote a blog and my goodness it has been quite an interesting few months In this time, the company I work for suffered a malware attack, my dad (The Iron Man) survived another infection, we nearly lost one of our little cats as she suffered from Renal […]

Mental Health

Life Is About Choices

Last week was a challenging one as I had two presentations at work that had me feeling quite anxious. However, today, I am sitting back thinking how well they went and how I utilised some of the tools and techniques I have learnt over the last couple of years that have helped me deal with […]

Mindfulness & Meditation

Breathing

Have you ever noticed that you are breathing every second? In fact, have you ever noticed your breathing at all? perhaps only when you are breathing fast when you are under pressure for example, or exercising? But actually, noticing your breathing when you are completely relaxed I am finding to be one of the more […]

Mental Health Mindfulness & Meditation

New Beginnings

This week I started a brand new job in a completely different company. I cannot begin to describe how I felt last Sunday night. Although I tried to remain calm on the outside, on the inside I had an unsettled feeling, a feeling of “oh no, what have I done? I should have stayed in […]