When you woke up this morning, did you jump out of bed eager and grateful to experience another day of life? Or did you wake up with a sense of dread when you realised that it is still was not the weekend yet? This feeling, by the way, is more commonplace than you first might think. The vast majority of us find it hard to be present in our everyday life. We tend to live in the past in regret, sorrow or reliving the joy we once had. When not ruminating on the past, we are all

Do you procrastinate, or do you surrender to the present moment? This is a question that has come up for me many times in my life. As I began to study yoga many years ago, I looked closely at the topic of surrender. I became somewhat intrigued to discover that in many instances in my life, I was surrendering to present moment awareness, not procrastinating like many people around me liked to point out. Let's be clear though, life is not a battleground, and surrender is not l

There is what would seem in our modern society a significant problem with undervaluing our worth. We seem to find it easy to value those we love and our possessions, yet for some reason, we regularly sink into a big black hole when it comes to the value we place on ourselves. Why is this so? For you, is it that you were taught in life to put everyone else first? Do you struggle to project your value in your workplace? Or do you struggle to project your value appropriately in

So we live in an exponential growth technology era right! Where we have literally a technology solution for what seems like everything. We no longer spend the majority of our time, like our ancestors did, gathering food to eat. To top it off, in the western world, we even have a shop or store that has all our needs covered. Yet why are we all still so busy? Are we just busy being busy? These two questions I have pondered for many years. Surely I must not be the only one. Whe

Are you like many of us in modern society, dancing with the inner critic in your life? You know, that voice in your head, that tells you that you are an idiot for the mistake you just made, or telling you to give up before you've even begun. Well, if this is sounding somewhat familiar, be assured you are in good company. You see, criticism is merely judgment masquerading in another outfit. Judgement, through generations of conditioning, has become the socially acceptable nor

The concept of retirement is so often just like the rest of our lives, filled with the overwhelming social and cultural conditioning of fear. We are gripped by the fears of having nothing to do in retirement, and not having enough money to live comfortably. These fears seem to begin early, and as the cost of living continues to rise, so does the fear. When we focus on retirement mindfully, it allows us to be fully present in our present-day life, to create the future retirem

In the dating world, the standard approach to a first date is the desire to make a solid first impression to win your date over. If you are single and dating, ask yourself, is this approach really working for you? A long time ago at a friends wedding, her father gave us some beautiful advice, which only became apparent to me many years later. He simply said ‘begin as you wish to continue', with no explanation. At the time, I had no idea what he meant. It seemed like a philoso

Is life feeling like ground-hog day to you today? When you woke up this morning, did it feel like the cycle is beginning again, just like it has for what seems like forever? This could simply be a signpost, telling you that you are stuck in a cycle, where you have forgotten to work to live, instead of living to work. We all know that in life if we want to eat, have a roof over our head and stay warm in winter, we must work to earn money to pay for these things. This is a no

My father was a stoic man of the era that children should be seen and not heard. We didn't get along, like a lot of people my age, born in the 70s. We were all too busy rebelling against the control of our parents, who ironically grew up in the 60s free love era, go figure! My father, ever so subtly when I was very young, planted ideas that didn't ripen until I was well into my 20s, 30's and some even in my 40's. That is the beauty of planting seeds. One that stands out in

Have you ever suddenly stopped dead in your tracks and wondered why you don't feel heard in life anymore, or have you always felt this way? It might be that you don't feel heard at home because you have unfortunately been conditioned by generations of social and cultural conditioning, to put everyone else's needs before your own. Now everyone else, including you, have forgotten about your needs. Or you might have sunken into the shadows at work simply because you have someh

So science tells us that the heart is the first organ to develop during pregnancy. At around twenty-two days, the heart literally starts to beat spontaneously, without a functioning brain. As the brain doesn't start to develop until week five and isn't fully developed until week thirty-three. How amazing is that! To put this into perspective if the heart stops in life we use a three-thousand-volt charge of electricity to start it again. That is enough electricity to run a

The relationship you have with your breath is incredibly important, considering it is the life force that runs through your entire body. However, where the real power exists is understanding how much more potential your breath contains beyond you simply leaving it to its own devices. A human bodies cell respiration is not much more than forty percent efficient. The remaining sixty percent of energy is lost from the body as heat. Through physical body design, I have small lung

Rumination is an incredibly powerful snag holding us in the past, especially when the present feels difficult. We do this because it feels nicer to reminisce about better times gone by than to deal with a difficult situation that is in front of us now in the present moment. Presence required commitment to stay, whereas rumination is where we hold onto the past where we thought it was better. While we do this, we are not allowing ourselves the opportunity to create the future

In recent years I decided to delve into understanding the space of masculine and feminine energetic polarities. Let's be clear first this is no woo-woo topic. There is solid science around the projection of feminine and masculine energy. The most common potential for masculine and feminine polarities that come to peoples minds are hormones and pheromones, which can affect both our physical body and our behaviour. Let's begin at the beginning. You might be surprised to know th

Our relationship to time is significant in life. If life feels like time is flying by before your very eyes, consider where your focus is. Are you present in your life? Or are you one of the many people in life who dread that it is Monday morning and time to go back to work? Or even worse, are you wishing that Friday would hurry up and arrive, and the week has barely begun? We are a society obsessed with time. So much so that many of us run our lives on the fear of missing

The concept of conflict and personal growth might be an uncomfortable journey to endure. However, it might be one of the most rewarding ones you are yet to discover. In life, we all have our fair share of conflict. Whether it be at work or home. The arrival of conflict in our lives, in reality, can have a lasting and detrimental effect both consciously and subconsciously. The long-lasting shadows of past conflicts can leave deep scars. When scratched with new conflicting situ

If you were to ask yourself honestly, would you recognise the imposter when they come to visit you? Imposter syndrome almost seems like a welcome stranger in the natural flow of life. At times, we all question our abilities because we are constantly taught this, through a particularly harsh form of social and cultural conditioning. You are always enough! I want you to think that through because the imposter you run away from is stealing that from you, every time you doubt you

In life, sometimes, one of the toughest decisions to make is knowing when to let go of a relationship that no longer serves you. Getting trapped in relationships that have passed their used by dates are not fun places to be, and the longer you over-stay, the worse things tend to get. Are you feeling trapped in a relationship that no longer serves you? How long have you been making excuses, cutting slack and treading water? These relationships can be with family members, fri

Crying is a superpower! There it is. Now I've let the proverbial cat out of the bag, I guess I have some explaining to do right. As a Mindfulness Coach, I have had the delightful good fortune of sharing this pearl of wisdom with many people. However, I thought it timely that I write about it through my own lived experience, so that you too may grow. I'd like you to consider the concept that your tears may water the very soul of your being. Whether you are male, female, don't

Life sometimes can feel like endless cycles of misery, suffering and filled with things that no longer bring us joy. Discovering the patterns through refined awareness has the potential to change your life completely. Are you sick of waking up feeling like groundhog day is on an endless loop? If you would prefer to wake up filled with purpose and a sense of joy, you need to read on. The mindfulness practise of discovering patterns in life through refined awareness, is a whole