The Mind Loft

05/02/2026

Yup

04/02/2026

The end of a long day today but such positive one for so many reasons, including this thoughtful pamper pack that a youngster and mum gave me today. I really do have the best clients 🥰

Laura

02/02/2026

Cleared my day today for some extensive dental work, so I've arrived fully prepared with headphones to listen to my hypnotherapy audio 🧘.

01/02/2026

***January ends and February begins***

For me, February started with a dog walk, a coffee & a cookie at a café. Nothing amazingly spectacular, just a day starting.

Now it’s finishing with a roast dinner and a glass of wine. Also just a day.

For a lot of people, January isn’t a crisis or a reset. It’s routine, low energy, getting on with things as we recharge for the year ahead.

The nights are now getting lighter. That can be the first sign you might be ready to come out of hibernation, slowly, without fanfare or a life changing routine that we don't keep up.

No need to assess the month. No lessons required. It’s enough that January has passed and now we can start looking into the months ahead.

I hope your January went well and I also hope that your February is even better.

Bring it on!

Laura

23/01/2026

22/01/2026

Silence can feel uncomfortable, until it doesn’t. Sometimes it brings clarity.

Laura

21/01/2026

***‘Just snap out of it’***

Ha! If only it were so simple. Depression, anxiety and overwhelm doesn't respond to force of will, blame or shame. And guess what kind of approach I most commonly see in session? Yep, force of will, blaming & shaming.

Try being gentle with yourself today and see how differently you feel.

Laura

20/01/2026

***NOISE AS AVOIDANCE***

Do you notice how easy it is to fill silence with noise? Podcasts, music, scrolling, YouTube.

Silence can sometimes feel scary, like something uncomfortable might show up - even more so if you're feeling anxious!

But what CAN show up in silence is peace, clarity and calm.

It can take some practice, but it it possible to be comfortable with your own thoughts, you don't have to rely on drowning them out.

Laura

18/01/2026

A little reminder for a rainy Sunday, hope its a positive one for you all. Laura x

17/01/2026

I'm very proud to practice what I preach today!

After a very busy work week, I cancelled a plan I had made for this weekend and felt two things at once - relief and guilt.

But just because I felt guilt, it doesn't mean I've done anything wrong (in fact it means the opposite), the relief felt is actually information, a message, and I've done just what I need to do.

It doesn’t mean I don’t care, it just means my capacity needed listening to and I listened.

Pat on the back for me 😁💪,

Laura

16/01/2026

You’re not born disliking yourself, or born believing that things are hopeless, or born believing that you are broken.
These are things that are built and grown over time. These are also things that can be unlearned. There is hope, despite how hopeless things may feel.

Laura

16/01/2026

Finishing up my work week by eating a walnut whip brought in for me by a group member yeaterday. I feel so happy right now. It really is the small things... 😊

Laura