Self-care

Feeling feelings: A practical guide

Feeling feelings: A practical guide

“Feel your feelings.”-it's a phrase you hear in the world of self-help and therapy but it can be an especially difficult concept to grasp when the demanding and fast-paced world we live often forces us to put our emotions aside and prioritise thinking and doing. The tendency to ‘think our way through life’ means that it can be difficult to tune into and fully feel our feelings, making it easy to lose touch with our inner emotional landscape. However, understanding how to properly ‘feeling your feelings’ can be a powerful skill to make our selves more at easy and our lives more satisfying.

10 questions to reflect on for the year end

10 questions to reflect on for the year end

As the year draws to an end, it’s a natural moment in time to pause and reflect on where we’ve been in the last 12 months and where we hope to move towards in the next. Whether this year felt long or short to you, here are 10 questions to reflect on as we wind down the last week of the year.

The mind-body connection: The wisdom of your body

The mind-body connection: The wisdom of your body

Our skin crawls when we are disgusted and our heart feels like it is about to burst when we are full of joy. We are left breathless in the face of beauty and our stomach drops when we receive a fright or shock. These expressions are not a coincidence. What do they tell us about about the link between our mind and our bodies?