Zoning out, going “spacey” or sleepy, numbing, “stepping out” of the experience, disconnecting. Does it sound familiar to you? It’s a common response to over stimulation, overwhelm either emotionally, physically, mentally or all. Deb Dana refers to our “other” go-to state apart from being calm...
I’ve been reflecting on how often we tolerate unpleasant symptoms, brushing them off as unfixable or simply part of life. Our healthcare systems are brilliant in a crisis, yet often fail to address quality-of-life issues. So, who’s responsible for how well we actually feel? The Gap...
Acceptance is more than just tolerating a situation—it’s a complex emotional and embodied state that can take weeks, months, or even years to reach. In life, we’re often faced with realities we didn’t choose—money challenges, illness, heartbreak—that ask us to accept without giving up. It’s...
All of us know the feeling that we should do things and that it will give us a sense of achievement and satisfaction of ticking things off our to-do list and yet we do the exact opposite. Procrastination has a bad rap in society, as...
What do you push away? Have you ever noticed or thought about that? It's a huge scary question I know, but we can only feel self love, wholeness and our true Self if we begin to acknowledge what we reject about ourselves. And then the big...
Yesterday evening I ended up paying an unscheduled visit to the A&E (emergency hospital department) with a slightly swollen calf that had been unreasonably aching and feeling bruised for over a week, and I wanted to rule out DVT (thrombosis). It turned out that it...
It was about fourteen years ago I remember thinking extensively about what it is we want in life and how we navigate all the funk. I would sit for hours trying to put into words the sentiment I could feel in my body and see...
Do you wake up and immediately feel anxious with racing thoughts, or your awareness goes directly to your body symptoms and the associated discomfort or concern? Or maybe you are someone who opens their eyes only to feel a slight sense of dread or lowness...
Finding Okayness is a term I made up of course, because that’s how it feels to me; when your body, or an area of, is causing you pain, discomfort or worry, all you want is to feel OK – when you live with chronic conditions...
Did you know that if you live long term with chronic health conditions that it disrupts our sense of safety in the world meaning that at least one of our basic needs for survival is not met? Furthermore this can greatly impact our ability to...