by Lisa Breedt | May 31, 2022 | Mental Health
You might take regular tea breaks during the day at home or at work, but how about taking a 5-minute ‘self-compassion break’ when you feel upset or when something is causing you stress? Speaking to yourself as a kind friend might, this exercise accesses your own...
by Lisa Breedt | May 28, 2022 | Mental Health
Mindfulness involves observing your thoughts in a neutral and unjudgemental way. MRI scans reveal positive effects of mindfulness on the brain: regions connected with stress and fear shrink, while areas related to attention and concentration get stronger, leaving...
by Lisa Breedt | May 24, 2022 | Mental Health
Today, I have had some time to think of the importance of what it is to connect in person with other people, interacting with them as part of day-to-day life. The person in the corner shop, the person at the car park who smiled across at me, my colleagues at work and...
by Lisa Breedt | May 19, 2022 | Mental Health
As humans, whether we are more extroverted or introverted, we all have a need for meaningful connections with others for our happiness and wellbeing. Loneliness is a natural feeling that highlights to us when this need is not being met as well as we would like. It can...
by Lisa Breedt | May 12, 2022 | Mental Health
Finding our creative side can be so empowering but also can take us back to that age where we had the freedom to be messy, careless, and free with our art making, where we would use art materials for fun and without judgement from others. As adults this can be lost,...