Total Mind and Body Wellness

 This is the last blog for this year, 2024, I  having some well deserved down time from my business over Christmas, and everything that I do takes time and energy, and you don't want to be reading my boring old blogs over Christmas do you? I also recently launched a podcast, which takes even more time to prepare and get out there, I really do like to make a lot of hard work for myself don't I? Well, it is only me in my business and someone has to do it! How has your year treated you? Can you go through the highs and lows of the year, look at what you have been good at? Lessons you have learned, what you would never do again? Here are a few of mine, although this year has been an epic year! Lessons learned...... Don't take on too many extra work things in one go. Be successful in the newest project before launching another. Don't spread yourself too thinly, focus on the basics. WINS......... Learned how to be a radio presenter and now have my own show! Launched a new pod...

We all need to take time out on our own in nature, even if we spend every day on our own (which I don't advise) we still need to see, smell and hear those natural sounds that will bring us back to true reality. How much time do you allow yourself to just 'be?' When do you get to just sit on a rock and watch the sunrise, or set, listening to the sounds of the birds and insects around us? I love to run on the coastpath, and there is usually a turning point half way where I can just stop, watch, breath and listen to my surroundings. Usually this is at Greencliff, I stand at the top of the cliff, looking down at the pebbled beach, checking out the patterns of the washed up bladderwrack, watching the waves rolling in and breathing out again. I watch the grass blow in the wind, water dropping off the hedges, gulls swooping over the waves. I take in nature, I take in the beauty of the natural world and it resets me. This is what life is about, it's not about mobile phones, str...

 How well do you sleep? Several, well, actually a huge amount of factors affect how well we sleep. And, as we know, sleep aids recovery of your body and mind. What we do before sleep affects how well and how long we sleep for, so a good night time routine counts for everything. Turn off phones, tablets and tv sets a good hour before you sleep, reading is great, but a little meditation session is really what you need to empty your mind to get a good night's sleep. Meditation is not easy for everyone, it takes practice, things go round and round your head and cloud your peace time. So here's a good trick to do in the evening. As with my previous blog about managing stress, you need to make sure that your 'stress container' is managed every day. If something can't be resolved that day, then write a list of things that may well be on your mind when trying to sleep, leave it somewhere safe for the morning. You cannot resolve things at night, so don't stress about it,...