As the hours of daylight shrink, this is a good moment to look at what regular time outdoors can offer. Drawing on research and what I see with clients, plus a personal thread back to my own MSc dissertation, I explore why even twenty minutes outside can ease anxiety, sharpen focus and lift your mood,…
So often people try traditional, seated meditation, find it doesn’t suit them, and give up on the idea altogether. But not all meditation means sitting or lying still. This post introduces moving meditation, two kinds to try and why movement might be the entry point you’ve been missing.
I honestly can’t remember exactly how I found this book, but it’s been on my list to recommend for a while. State Change was the first book that laid out many of the elements of holistic health I’d already been thinking about, and it feels timely now, with the summer days running down and so…
Awe is a word I like and a concept I’d like to explore more from the vastness of nature to a cormorant catching a fish on an ordinary morning and how to bring more of it into everyday life, long after summer ends.
Found during my MSc Psychology dissertation research on coastal wellbeing, Saltwater in the Blood is one of those books that stays with you. Easkey Britton weaves memoir, academic insight and a deeply personal relationship with the sea into something lyrical, honest and a page turner. You don’t need a personal connection to the coast to…
When the weather’s good, we should feel good, right? Unfortunately life doesn’t work like that. This post is about the small, unglamorous, intentional acts that can offer a quiet lift on a blue day. Nothing fancy, nothing expensive. Just simple treats chosen for yourself, in person, because you matter.
Journalling gets talked about a lot but it doesn’t have to mean a perfect daily ritual in a dedicated notebook. This post explores what journalling actually is, why it can be valuable and how to find your own way into it.
Do you remember when you stopped being creative? For most of us it happened quietly, somewhere in our school years, without anyone really noticing. But what we lose with it runs deeper than we realise, and finding your way back might matter more than you think.


