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Tuesday Reflections … 🙏🏼🦋 🙏🏼🦋Ref: INXS lyrics..
05/05/2026

Tuesday Reflections … 🙏🏼🦋

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Ref: INXS lyrics..

Exercise to Regulate Emotions and Nervous System..More than 70 women, not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), took...
29/04/2026

Exercise to Regulate Emotions and Nervous System..

More than 70 women, not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), took part a research study by the University of Exeter. Some simply exercised while others completed a resistance training programme.

The researchers found participants who consistently engaged in the resistance training programme, compared to a standard exercise routine, experienced:

* 19% increase in hip function and lower body strength
* 21% increase in full-body flexibility
* 10% increase in dynamic balance, mobility, and stability

Ive added a little extra to my personal strength training sessions - ‘intentional breathing’ ‘noticing’ and learning to listen to my body in the moment…

So instead of reaching for my handset inbetween sets, i have been using breathing.. by applying a set of box breathing techniques in between sets means i can communicate with my body, nervous system and ‘notice’ any hypertension or hyper vigilance…

My last movement on the weights is slow & intentional. Noticing ‘discomfort’ which im training my psychology to accept. Understanding all discomfort physical or emotional will pass..

If my body feels stressed, overwhelmed or emotionally full, i use a longer, more forceful breaths on the last rep to push out any harsher, stuck emotions..

I have to say.. its working like a treat 🙌🏼

Here’s the Science and Psychology:

Using the gym for emotional regulation involves choosing activities that help process "stuck" energy and reduce cortisol, rather than just focusing on physical appearance. The most effective gym activities for calming tough emotions include a mix of high-intensity, mind-body, and rhythmic exercises..

Best Gym Activities for Regulation:

* High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) & Boxing: These are excellent for "letting go" of pent-up anger or anxiety…

* Weightlifting/Strength Training: Lifting can serve as "moving meditation" by forcing you to focus entirely on form and breathing, which keeps you present…

* Mind-Body Classes (Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi):These practices reduce cortisol levels through slow, deliberate movements and deep breathing, helping to bridge the gap between physical sensation and mental calmness…

* Cardio (Swimming, Running, Cycling):Rhythmic, repetitive exercise acts as a "reset" button for the nervous system, enabling you to process difficult feelings while building endurance…

* Walking/Light Movement: Gentle, mindful movement is particularly effective when emotions are overwhelming and high-intensity feels too intense…

How the Gym Helps Regulate

* Lowers Cortisol:
* Releases Endorphins:
* Provides a "Reset" Button: Exercise can shift the nervous system from fight-or-flight mode into a state of calm…
* Improves Sleep: which is critical for emotional resilience…

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Monday Change Maker Motivation.. 🙏🏼🦋For all our beautiful change makers, innovators, neuro different and truly authentic...
27/04/2026

Monday Change Maker Motivation.. 🙏🏼🦋

For all our beautiful change makers, innovators, neuro different and truly authentic humans.. ☀️

Never a truer word spoken by Zak Hazlett our Outdoor Therapist.. 🫶🏼

The history of Human psychology shows us when you’re doing something different, fear sets in.. the change to the system must be stopped…. Therefore you must be stopped..

Humans tear other creative humans down through fear.. thats something they need to work through..

Moving with curiosity and enquiry is an Emotional Intelligent response to something different… 🫶🏼

‘So much easer to bring you down, than it is to build themselves up’

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Ref: Video from Outdoor Therapist on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXnYlASDNI5/?igsh=MzRqbmozamRlOTNl

Monday Reflections… 🙏🏼🦋One of my foundational beliefs is that all humans are deeply connected to everything in the livin...
27/04/2026

Monday Reflections… 🙏🏼🦋

One of my foundational beliefs is that all humans are deeply connected to everything in the living world (nature).
Community and Individual well-being can fluctuate with the health of the environmental ecosystem… 🌎🫶🏼

We gain healthy food from our land, we build structures with some of what nature provides, we feel better when we spend time outside.. away from artificial strip lighting and artificial soundscapes..

Some of us are so connected to nature that we develop SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder, as the Summer season, that provides lighter nights, tones of VitD, opportunities for fresh air and better conditions for movement, starts to draw to a close… 🙏🏼

We ARE nature…. human nature is entwined and embedded into our natural environment.. 🦋🌎

‘I have always lived by the rule - leave as you found and give back to the very nature that supports my life source’ …🦋

So a bit of nature care, litter picking and nature based connection in the park refilled my ebbing emotional cup…

It absolutely did make us feel better, psychologically lighter, brighter, connected, accomplished and content… 🫶🏼☀️

Honouring the emotional, spiritual and reciprocal relationship between humans and our natural world… 🌍

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Disclaimer: all activities shown here were performed in a safe for all way and knowledgeable manner… 🦋

Ref: personal pics .. 🫶🏼

22/04/2026

Earth Day 2026…. 🫶🏼🌎

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Friday Nature Respect.. 🙏🏼🦋 ..Tomorrow Saturday 18th April 2026.. Those local in the Midlands (UK) there’s a ‘National D...
17/04/2026

Friday Nature Respect.. 🙏🏼🦋 ..

Tomorrow Saturday 18th April 2026..

Those local in the Midlands (UK) there’s a ‘National Day of Action for Nature’ organised by Coventry City Council at the ‘War Memorial Park’…

Nature lovers and those curious around feeling well in Nature take a look.. 🫶🏼

Keep watching the Councils website for updates.. 👇🏼

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/events/event/8897/national-day-of-action-for-nature

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/war-memorial-park-day-of-action-for-nature


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A Whole Easter period of growth.. 🙏🏼🦋Not the kind you find in the classroom or in the workplace generally.. not one that...
13/04/2026

A Whole Easter period of growth.. 🙏🏼🦋

Not the kind you find in the classroom or in the workplace generally.. not one that provides a certificate or accolade.. pure organic self observation and external environmental connection..🫶🏼

Ive been growing over the few days i took out over Easter..

A few weeks ago i sowed seeds for Broccoli, Cabbage, carrots, peas and Onions.. 🧅 pics below 👇🏼

I also wanted to explore the challenge of growing a banana plant.. 🙌🏼 Always up for a challenge.. 😁 pics below 👇🏼

The seeds planted 🌱 are coming up well ☀️🫶🏼

The banana plant started to struggle in a small pot, with leaves turning brown quickly and i repotted her into a much larger pot, with more nutrients relevant to her growth… guess what.. she’s thriving and has grown bigger and stronger each day since the environment change…😉

I potted some ‘Giant Sunflower seeds’ into compostable pots. I gave these out to close and wider family. Its been a long, hard winter for some of them and i wanted to signify ‘Hope, Renewal and Growth’.. in one gesture.. 🌻🌻🌻🌻

We are also having a Sunflower growing competition, so this will give us all something to connect, talk about and have a giggle over.. 🌻☀️

Over the Easter period, one of our neighbours passed away suddenly after a short illness and Craig was our age.. it felt sad, unfair, shocking and deeply emotionally shifting.

Paul and i put together some Sunflower pots and delivered them to our closest neighbours, some of which are elderly and struggling with health.. 🙏🏼

Im hoping this will bring a little yellow plant of sunshine and hope back into their hearts and minds, at a very unsettling moment..🌻

We planted a row of Beets and Broccoli in our allotment plot too.. so my hands were in the mud, my feet grounded to the earth, my mind on nature, nurturing and growth.
My human being very mindfully connected to each activity.. i feel like ‘Spring’ right now, waking up from a turbulent winter.. ready to grow again.. 🦋

So if you don’t ‘do nature’, now keen on muddy hands or getting connected to the outdoors in anyway, maybe nows the time to grab a pot, some seeds and see how nurturing plants can feel good for the mind, body and human soul.. 🫶🏼

If thats a stretch too far, thats ok, merely getting out into nature and admiring the work of our growers, farmers, nature preservationists and wildlife lovers is positive too…

I have the RHS growers App, by scanning a plant, it tells you all about it.. 🌺

Connect to those humans who honour all living things.. it feels uplifting and hope igniting.. 🌏

My hope is that in some way, you all had a positive growing experience over Easter. How ever that shows up for you.. ☀️



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Sunday gentle Reflections.. 🙏🏼🌏If you’re feeling unsettled or not quiet where you should be.. Spend some time safely in ...
12/04/2026

Sunday gentle Reflections.. 🙏🏼🌏

If you’re feeling unsettled or not quiet where you should be..
Spend some time safely in nature..🌺

We’ve lost our connection to our home..🌏

Reconnect by learning, acknowledging and honouring the nature around you.. 🙏🏼🦋

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW9v0_djmJQ/?igsh=aWVqeXQ2NmYzZjNw

31/03/2026

Coming and join us in our ‘Just Being Human’ Development Community..

* Your chance to showcase your Talent or independent service offer..

* Network with like minded people..

* Collaborate to pick up the larger contracts that independent working can find overwhelming…

* Form teams (but maintaining your individual business identity) to support events, organisations and larger contracts…

* Opportunity to explore, gain knowledge and understand your personal human system..

* Learning opportunities..

* Courses..

* Psych Education resources

* Recommend Psych Educational links

* Network opportunities..

* Voice rooms to connect, talk and share ideas..

* Personal Wellbeing enhancement..

* Personal Mental Health Fitness and maintenance..

And most of all support within a Community of Compassionate humans when work fatigue, burn out, loss of motivation kicks in.. and then fear that you have to keep going as your independent services demand.. some Community ‘back up’..

We’ve all felt this way at times and many of us within this Community have formed the ability to rise out of demotivation and tough times ourselves, being around others energy that can help you move through this keeps us all on track in delivering our life ‘Purposes’…

For the cost of a coffee and biscuit one day in one week, this could be yours.. 🫶🏼

I’ll be sending out personal invites shortly.. Come and join us… 🙏🏼🦋

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30/03/2026

World Bi Polar Day 2026..

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For some humans Mother’s Day can be hard… we see you 🙏🏼. Sending gentle hugs to you if today isn’t as happy as it could ...
15/03/2026

For some humans Mother’s Day can be hard… we see you 🙏🏼.

Sending gentle hugs to you if today isn’t as happy as it could be .. 🙏🏼🦋

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