Tag: stress

  • OnTheBeach: 10 Tips For Getting Through to Christmas Without Losing All Your Marbles

    OnTheBeach: 10 Tips For Getting Through to Christmas Without Losing All Your Marbles

    So, today I felt like that character in Ice Age – you know the one who is always chasing the acorn and being really stressed out and hyperventilatey? Scrat. That was me! And I had to text a couple of friends to arrange stuff…and they were kinda the same too…and I’m guessing that we’re not…

  • OnTheBeach: 14 Lessons From Ye Meltdowne

    OnTheBeach: 14 Lessons From Ye Meltdowne

    Oh joy! Rapture! I am no longer cuddling rock bottom! Phew. It’s been an interesting time, lemme tell ya. Ok, I’ll be honest, it frigging sucked! Meltdowns do suck. I wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy. But, once they’re over, and the goldfish memory starts to kick in and erase the pain and awfulness…

  • OnTheBeach: Don’t Wait For Burnout To Hit

    Last week I talked about taking recovery time when you needed it which seemed to hit a chord with many of you, this week I want to take the subject even further and talk about avoiding BURNOUT! You see, despite having 2 days off last week, I still ended the week feeling exhausted, and by…

  • Getting Back Into A Routine After Life Has Turned Upside Down

    Life has a habit of turning upside down every now and again. You’re going along, cheerfully whistling your way through life and BOSH! Your hard drive dies. Or BOSH! You are made redundant. Or BOSH! Illness strikes you or a loved one. And life goes pear-shaped.    As you know (only too well,…

  • Daily Practice Wrap Up: Lighten Up!

    So, did you join in with this month’s Daily Practice? Did you lighten up? What did you notice? Do you feel lighter? I’ll be honest here, I noticed more the darkness, not the light this month! This can sometimes happen when you focus on something new – you notice the opposite of it more. If…

  • OnTheBeach: Self-Care Is Non-Negotiable

    OnTheBeach: Self-Care Is Non-Negotiable

    So this afternoon I was trying to work myself up to doing this newsletter…and struggling because I am super-tired and really want to sit in front of the fire reading my book. So, in true procrastination genius style, I went wandering off to read some blog posts…and found 2 that I really needed – one…

  • Do You Cultivate Joy or Stress?

    Do You Cultivate Joy or Stress?

    The dictionary definition of joy is ‘a deep feeling or condition of happiness or contentment’. Sounds wonderful – I’ll have some of that! So, how often do you feel joyous? All day every day? Once a day? Once a week? Every now and again? I have a vague suspicion (I could be wrong) that it…

  • Announcing the September Daily Practice: Feel How You Feel

    This practice, may, at first look, seem a bit of an odd one. After all, how can you feel anything other than what you feel? But so often, we do not allow ourselves to feel how we feel – either because the emotion is a ‘bad’ one, or because there’s no point feeling joyful because…

  • Control the Controllable

    It’s another Olympic Inspired Post! Sorry, I’ll get over the Olympics soon…honest. I have been fascinated by the interviews with the Olympic athletes. Their stories are often inspirational, they have a great mindset, and they have a lot of great wisdom that translates into ‘ordinary’ life. Here’s another one: Control the Controllable How often do…

  • You Gotta Have Friends

    Among the many wonderful things about self-employment, there are a few things that totally suck. One is the fact that every day you have to pick yourself up to work – whether you feel good or bad, prosperous or broke, whether everything is going well or everything is going wrong, whether you have lots of…