From Surviving to Thriving: A No Tools, No Techniques Shift from Stress and Overwhelm to Fulfilment

There's a voice inside your head. It tells you lies. It guides you away from what is truly good for you. Once you are aware it is there, it starts to lose its power. And once it does, self-care makes so much more sense. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

We are told again and again to be ourselves. But who is this self they speak of. Is that who we truly are? How do we know? Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

It can sometimes feel like there is a lot of change. It seems like that can induce stress. But change is part of life. We don't feel the change, we feel our resistance to it. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

Drinking wine and meditation to feel better come from the same misunderstanding. I hope that got you to sit up and listen. I know one is better for the physical body than the other but bear with me hear. Both mediation and drinking wine are done to feel better. But the misunderstanding on which both are done is that feelings come from the outside world. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

Sometimes letting go is hard. It can seem that our gut is guiding us one way but the urge to carry on keeps guiding us to hang on. A time of awareness and noticing. Which thought brings the nicer feeling - you are being guided.

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It seems there are rules about self-care. That there are certain things you have to do to be well. But when we should ourselves, we can experience guilt. Not really conducive to wellbeing I think. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

Boundaries, rules and self-expectations! This seems to be the way to engage with self-care. But what if it was simpler than that. What if self-care was all about connecting to ourselves in the present moment. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

There's a stressful feeling in the body when we feel impatient. It's an itchy, jittery feeling for me. It comes up whilst queuing or waiting for anything. But what is available underneath that feeling? What happens when the impatient feeling falls away? Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

What would happen if you ignored fear? What if you trusted your creative guidance and gave fear a back seat? You thinking doesn't know what you are capable of. When you see this, the world opens up. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.

Life is unfolding. It is happening for us not to us (Byron Katie).  It doesn't always go how we might want it to. As it unfolds, we can be in a place of acceptance or resistance. I guess you can work out which feels worse. Join me as I explore this topic from a new perspective.