It’s been a few months since I last wrote about the tangle of eating, exercise and emotions I have found myself in this year. I’m tired. More than anything I’m tired of thinking about food, eating, exercise and what I ‘should’ be doing. It’s just so tedious. Meditation, interesting work, DIY, time spent with friends and…
Tag: Acceptance
What dogs can teach us about wellbeing and mindfulness
How my dog helps me remember to be mindful through acceptance, curiosity, living in the moment and pure joy. Be more dog? O2’s recently launched ‘Be more dog‘ campaign got me thinking. Their emphasis is on finding excitement and joie de vivre in a world too bored and their aim is to sell their services….
Food, fat and flexible thinking – what’s so great about perfect anyway?!
Appearance is one of the main reasons for suicidal thoughts in the UK According to Samaritans research, appearance is one of the main reasons for suicidal thoughts in the UK. APPEARANCE. This makes me very angry. But I can also completely understand why it is up there in the top three along with ‘feelings of…
Keeping the beast asleep – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and my experience of how it can help prevent relapse
Recurrent depression I recently found something I wrote a couple of years ago, while trying to make sense of a particularly difficult period of depression; “Recurrent depression is cyclical. It comes and goes in longer periods than just days or weeks. Each low episode can last months, and within that time it can make everything…