psychology

Five reflections from the Corona Virus

By |2020-03-19T09:13:55+00:00March 17th, 2020|Accepting change, Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, Immune system, Inspiration, life, love, Philsophy, psychology|

1.Non-Judgement - Many of us have come to realise that some of our ideas actually create separation and segregation from those who we love and care about and to heal we must alter our language and expression.  We need to observe staying in the moment rather than having fear take over, connecting with each other [...]

It’s not about the germ, it’s about the terrain!

By |2023-05-21T13:08:23+01:00March 9th, 2020|Emotional Experience, genes, gut, Immune system, life, psychology, tired|

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Krishnamurti. All malads of the body and mind start with some sort of inflammation, this includes depression, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, dementia,  fibromyalgia, heart disease, anxiety, ADHD, autism and so many more. There is no separation from brain to gut and [...]

Being your true own authentic self

By |2020-02-14T20:04:51+00:00February 10th, 2020|Accepting change, anger, eccentric, gossip, gut, Immune system, Inspiration, life, love, Philsophy, psychology, sadness, stress, tired, Wheat, words|

Very few of us feel comfortable being our authentic self because we don’t see ourselves as remarkable. We don’t realize that our authenticity is the one thing (more than anything) that makes us unique. As Shakespeare said in his play Hamlet paraphrasing: "Be true to thou self otherwise thou cannot trust another man”. There [...]

‘Shoot for the moon as even if you miss you will fall among the stars’

By |2020-02-10T15:37:11+00:00January 22nd, 2020|Accepting change, Anatomy, anger, gut, Immune system, life, love, Pilates, psychology, sadness|

If you’re suffering from pain, long term illness or disease, chances are you need a new way of seeing things – that is, you need a paradigm shift. This could get you back to being pain free, healthy, feeling happy and not chronically inflamed. It’s usually fear that holds us back (False, Evidence, Appearing, Real) [...]

Facing your own self shadow – Part 2

By |2019-10-18T17:55:25+01:00September 25th, 2019|Accepting change, Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, life, psychology, tired|

My first interaction of the shadow self many years ago when I opened my Pilates studio in St.Helens. I was visited by a fellow Pilates teacher who wanted to open a studio and was told to stay my side of the bridge. As you all know I am from Merseyside. I now understand that the [...]

Connecting with the shadow self – Part 1

By |2019-09-25T21:10:09+01:00September 25th, 2019|Accepting change, gossip, Philsophy, psychology, stress|

How well do you actually know yourself? If you’re like most people, you probably have a decent idea about your own desires, values, beliefs, and opinions. You have a personal code that you choose to follow that dictates whether you are being a “good” person. If there is any one thing you can know in this universe, surely it is [...]

Addictions – painkillers, smoking, drinking, shopping, exercise, sugar & sex

By |2019-09-12T21:44:13+01:00September 11th, 2019|Accepting change, Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, Immune system, Inspiration, pain, psychology, sadness, stress|

This week I appeared on an ITV news feature on painkillers with my client Claire Madin. Most people will seek me out because of my Pilates and Yoga teacher qualifications. However when they come to me I always treat the person and not the disease. Pilates and Yoga is, and has been medically proven to [...]

Are you hungry, yo-yo dieting and tired all the time?

By |2019-10-23T12:31:54+01:00August 19th, 2019|Accepting change, carbohydrates, life, love, pain, psychology, sugar, tired|

Most of us are overweight, yet are nutritionally deficient. Thanks to processed and junk food manufacturers and the media, most people don't understand that they are gaining weight because they are eating incorrectly and usually too much or too little. When we are tired most of us will use pick me ups such as sugar, [...]

Buddahs second arrow

By |2019-08-17T21:06:53+01:00August 17th, 2019|Accepting change, life, love, pain, Philsophy, psychology, sadness, stress, sugar, tired|

Have you heard about Buddhas second arrow? There is something philosophical in the phase 'unlucky in life'. It can feel like the world is against us with one thing happening after the other: a parking ticket, a flat tyre, a job loss, a break up, a cancelled flight, an illness, a bereavement........and so on. There [...]

Looking positively on the emotion Sadness

By |2019-11-28T08:04:16+00:00August 17th, 2019|Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, Events, Inspiration, life, love, pain, Philsophy, psychology, sadness, stress, tired, words|

The immortal poet and writer of  human condition, the Lebanese American Kahil Gilbran once wrote; “The deeper that sorrow carves in your being, the more joy you can contain". There is a truth, sadness shapes the contours of our soul, and our mental character in a fundamental way. Just as an engraver uses force to [...]

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