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21/08/2026

🤍 Friday Pause 🤍

It’s nothing complicated, just take a moment to breathe.

No counting, no holding, no visualising a box.

Just breathing in and breathing out.

Slow and steady.

That’s all you need to do for a few breaths.

And notice how you start to calm down.

🙏🏼

18/08/2026

So here’s the thing. We get really excited when a school has a forest school provision, we spend money putting our kids into forest club during the holidays. We know that they love it. We know that they benefit from the time outside in nature, away from screens and the demands on everyday life which start so young!

So when did we decide that we were too old for forest school?

When did we decide that we no longer needed the positive impact of time in the woods?

Why do we accept that our children thrive when they don’t spend the entire day stuck inside but we’ll just keep slogging away at our desks?

Doesn’t really make sense does it?!

But you go for a walk with the dog or some friends, possibly alone and you come back with fresh ideas, rejuvenated or tired but “in a good way”.

So why not take yourself to forest school?

Come and spend some time in the woods with me on the 12th September 🌳

You don’t have to earn time out, you don’t have to earn a bit of you time. You’re allowed to need it.

Message me if you’d like to come along 🤍

17/08/2026

🤯 Looking for that magic fix? The one thing that will help you to switch off?! 🤯

Sometimes when our minds are so busy, slowing down can feel more stressful. Switching off isn’t about doing less, it’s about giving your senses somewhere to go so your mind can finally find some calm.

Next time you’re outside, try this:
Notice:
👂 3 things you can hear
👃 2 things you can smell
🦶 1 thing you can feel under your feet

That’s it! That’s a mindfulness practice you can do anywhere, for free, right now!

It’s the sort of thing we will do together on the Woodland Afternoon Retreat. There will be more time to do it, a gentle walk among the trees, mindful movement and meditation. Then we will finish with tea, cake and connection 🤍

🌳 2 hours | £28.88 per person
Spaces are limited - link in bio to book 🌳

Let me know you’re favourite place to switch off 👇🏼

13/08/2026

🤔 Acceptance 🤔

Acceptance can be a hard pill to swallow, especially when it comes to talking about amputating your finger!

But I always find it a lot easier to accept things when I feel like I’ve got all the information.

Would you accept the first thing you’re told or would you question it? Let me know 👇🏼

09/08/2026

💫Everyday Mindfulness 💫

All week we’ve been foraging after we’ve eaten our tea and we had such a haul of blackberries that we decided to make jam.

There were so many mindful moments along the way, I really wanted to share this with you…

🫙 we needed lots of fruit for jam, couldn’t just go out once and think that would do the trick. Just like mindfulness, you can’t do one session and think ta-da I am now mindful. It takes consistency, practice, moments.

🫙 We dropped two tubs of berries all over the floor. This helped us (me ☺️) to practice PATIENCE. Getting angry wouldn’t achieve anything! Working together we collect the berries and giggled as we did it.

🫙 the jam was not ready after a 10 minute rapid rolling boil like the recipe suggested. We had to TRUST the process.

🫙 noticing moments and being present - the true essence of mindfulness. No distractions, just us outside, picking berries, hearing sounds, tasting fruit, chatting merrily. Not scrolling, not watching TV.

You don’t necessarily need more time to practise mindfulness.

You just need to notice the time you already have.

And honestly, if mindfulness also ends with homemade blackberry jam on toast, I’m very much on board 💙

07/08/2026

Imagine waking up without your mind racing before you’ve even got out of bed.

Imagine not feeling guilty every time you took an hour for yourself.

Imagine responding with patience instead of snapping because your nervous system is already overwhelmed.

Imagine ending the day feeling like you’d actually been present for it.

This isn’t about becoming endlessly calm and zen! It’s about creating enough space in your mind to enjoy the life you’ve worked so hard to build. Sounds so simple ey?!

But that’s what mindfulness has given me.

And it’s what I love helping my clients discover too.

Because the greatest thing is, we’re not trying to turn you into someone new. We are helping you to remember who you were before life became so overwhelming.

I’m here when you would like to chat 🤍

06/08/2026

Ever noticed how we often ignore the advice that’s closest to home?

My husband trains dogs for a living. He knows exactly what he’s doing.

So why have I booked sessions with another dog trainer?

Because if G tells me what to do, I nod, say “yeah, I know,” and then life gets busy. I don’t prioritise it. I don’t really commit. And, if I’m honest, I probably don’t listen as well as I should! 🤫

But when I’ve invested in someone else, I’ve made a commitment. I’ll turn up. I’ll practise. I’ll do the work.

It made me realise this is exactly why coaching, mindfulness teachers, therapists and trainers exist.

Our friends and family can be amazing supporters. They can cheer us on, encourage us and remind us of what we already know.

But they can’t always hold us accountable.

Sometimes we need someone outside our everyday life to guide us, challenge us and create the space where we actually make ourselves a priority.

Mindfulness is a bit like dog training (although hopefully with less barking 😉)

You can read the books, listen to the podcasts and have people around you reminding you to slow down.

But lasting change comes from showing up, practising consistently and having someone walk alongside you.

That’s what I love helping people do.

Have you ever paid someone to help with something you could have asked a friend or family member for? I’d love to know what it was 🙋🏼‍♀️

04/08/2026

🎨 back to basics 🎨

When was the last time you just did the simple stuff?

As a kid I remember distinctly that I didn’t do things correctly in art class and it put me off for life! I am no Van Gogh but it was very calming to sit as a family and colour in.

So simple!

Try it 💫

01/08/2026

💫 Acceptance - our theme for August 💫

This doesn’t mean that you say it’s OK for people to walk over you or that’s it’s fine when things don’t go to plan.

It means you accept that the person who wronged you isn’t the right person for you, you don’t dwell on it, you don’t ruminate. Whatever they did is their issue. Don’t let it interrupt all the good stuff in your life ✨

If you had a plan and it didn’t work out, you may sit with the sadness for a little while and then you accept that it hasn’t gone the way you had hoped. And then you start seeing the good stuff about what has happened rather than ruminating on the “what if…”

Do you find yourself analysing everything? Wondering if things would have been better if you had just done XYZ?

Notice how much energy is wasted doing this. Notice how much you miss because you’re thinking about something you can’t actually change.

Let me know what you find the most difficult to accept 👇🏼

31/07/2026

✨ Friday Pause ✨

We spend so much time plotting and planning our futures from days out and vacations to careers and relationships and then feel frightfully disappointed when it doesn’t quite turn out how we wanted.

But what if you learnt to trust that the path you are on is the right path? If you could let go of planning every element? Wouldn’t that give you a sense of freedom?

It may feel uncomfortable at first and that’s ok.

After years of conditioning, it takes a little bit of time to relax into this. To trust that things will work out. That the path you are on is the right one even if it doesn’t fit with the image you had in mind.

Have you ever walked around a corner and been amazed by the view you see? Think of life like a wiggly path, you can’t see around all the bends but there could be something rather spectacular if you just keep going 💫

If you need more of these beautiful pauses, DM me “pause” and I will send you some information about The Mind Department Membership launching in September 🤍

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