💫 TOOL #23 LAUGHTERLaughter really is good medicine for the mind and body; that is why this Tool is one of the firm favourites in My Wellness Toolbox and I search for laughter every day. It is also contagious, so when you start laughing you pass it on and make others feel good too. The benefits of laughing and smiling are endless. They both boost mood and immunity at the same time, lower stress hormones, ease anxiety and tension, relieve stress, strengthen resilience, helps defuse conflict, relax muscles from head to toe, increase energy.... BURN CALORIES... and all of this for free. The reality is some days you do not feel like laughing. A sense of humour failure (for all...
💫TOOL #11 AFFIRMATIONS💫This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, the theme is Kindness (that happens to be Tool #21 in My Wellness Toolbox). If you haven’t had the time to focus on your wellness or the tools in Your Wellness Toolbox need recharging, now is the time to start being kind to yourself.Every day this week I will be sharing with you some of the tools in My Wellness Toolbox that you can immediately add to yours (if you wish). There will also be a few random acts of kindness flying around 😉 We start the week with Tool #11 AFFIRMATIONS. A great tool to use to override that negative chatterbox that you may be beating yourself up with. You...
Tool #34 CRYSTALS Who is struggling to sleep well at the moment? Tool #34 may be the one to help you!!Amethysts are healing crystals that bring a wealth of benefits, they are very calming and especially good at helping heal emotional pain and stress. They are also very good if you are struggling to settle at bedtime or would like to improve sleep patterns, which has actually been proven in our home this week. Following a fall and advice from her GP, my Mum (who was shielding) moved in with us just over two weeks ago. She is staying in the spare room which is also my office. Mum struggles with insomnia, sometimes only having 2 hours sleep at night,...
It has been just over 6 weeks since the UK went into lockdown and many of us were forced to stay at home for all the right reasons, bringing a new way of life behind closed doors. New routines, new roles (including some around the waist for me), new habits. Less travel, less socialising, less certainty. We were forced to adjust. Some of us found it easy, some of us found it difficult, some of us are still trying to work it out, some of us are resisting it. I am sometimes all the above on the same day. That is why the tools in My Wellness Toolbox are being used with force right now to help me live in...
In March 2020 just days before the UK were told to self-isolate due to COVID-19 I was fortunate enough to have spent the weekend with a lovely group of Tool #15 Positive People at a Wellness Retreat with Breathe Retreats. This was a 40th Birthday gift to myself, a weekend to fully charge Tool #9 Daily Self Care, meet like-minded and friendly faces, devour healthy and nutritional food, partake in Yoga (even though it gives me nausea) & Pilates (I found this more enjoyable than I thought I would), sit in a hot tub with a glass of fizz (my kind of retreat), learn about new wellness tools and of course add some of them to My Wellness Toolbox. On...
