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09/05/2026

What do you spend the most of your time doing? Do you enjoy what you do?
Find Meaning in Your Work. Find those moments of fun and joy in your life. Comment ‘work’ to receive a link.

06/05/2026

Finding Meaning in Your Work. Find those moments of fun and joy in your life. Comment ‘work’ to receive a link.

06/05/2026

Hello all, I just wanted to flag this incredibly priced EACH subsidised course - if you need some deep self care and time to take care of you … and you can get to Doncaster - give yourself this gift 💝 🎁 .

04/05/2026

Environmental wellness focuses on making the spaces you occupy calm, grounded, cosy and welcoming - so that your nervous system feels still and happy in more places.
Comment ‘environment’ to learn more.
Check out some simple ideas that you can implement today!

02/05/2026

Do you have a space in your life that is just yours? That you can decorate and embellish just the way you like it? Environmental wellness focuses on making the spaces you occupy calm, grounded, cosy and welcoming - so that your nervous system feels still and happy in more places.
Comment ‘environment’ to learn more.

30/04/2026

It’s easy to picture meditation as a completely calm, still mind. Sometimes it is.

And often, when we allow ourselves to become quiet, our inner world grows louder.

We begin to notice what’s actually here—
the patterns, habits, and stories moving through the mind.

Meditation doesn’t require getting rid of any of it.

It’s a space to notice what’s here,
to listen, and to stay present.

This is svādhyāya, the practice of self-study.

Seeing how the mind moves, without needing to judge or fix it.

And in that space, something begins to soften.

Less grasping, less pushing away.
Just awareness, and the willingness to be with whatever arises.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re fighting your thoughts in meditation, you’re not alone.

Mindfulness of Mental Content with Sean Feit Oakes offers a way to work with what’s arising—observing, noticing, and gently returning to the present.

https://yogainternational.com/meditation/mindfulness-of-mental-content/

29/04/2026

29/04/2026

Looking for some peace of mind? Join us for our Mindfulness Workshop on Thursday 30th April from 6-8pm. Here you will learn and practice a range of techniques to foster a calm mind and build resilience. That's $20 well spent! Buy your tickets now at https://www.trybooking.com/DKHWA and we hope to see you there

28/04/2026

Boundaries are not walls. They're the agreements you make with yourself about what you will and won't tolerate.

Research on chronic stress consistently links the absence of healthy boundaries, the inability to say no, the over-giving, the people-pleasing, with worsened mental and physical health outcomes. Cortisol rises. Sleep suffers. Burnout follows.

A 2025 study in Brain Communications identified stress management as a key factor in brain aging. Boundaries are one of the most powerful stress management tools we have.

But many of us were taught that saying no is selfish. That being helpful means being available. That our worth depends on what we do for others. All of this is false. And all of this is making us sick.

In my practice, the most depleted patients are almost always the ones who can't say no. They give and give until there's nothing left. Then they wonder why they feel empty.

Here's the reframe: when you say no to something that drains you, you're saying yes to your nervous system. Yes to your sleep. Yes to your health. Yes to the people and things that actually matter.

Boundaries don't require justification. "No" is a complete sentence. "I can't commit to that" is a complete answer.

Start small. Decline one thing this week that doesn't serve you. Notice how the world does not end.

You are not responsible for everyone else's feelings. You are responsible for your own health.

What's one thing you need to say no to?

28/04/2026

Do you have a space in your life that is just yours? That you can decorate and embellish just the way you like it? Environmental wellness focuses on making the spaces you occupy calm, grounded, cosy and welcoming - so that your nervous system feels still and happy in more places.
Comment ‘environment’ to learn more.

27/04/2026

Learn more about sustainable, long term wellbeing and how to achieve it - comment 'wellness'.