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As it's INTERNATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS WEEK this week, I thought I'd share a few things I've learned about stress over the last few years. Take it from someone who knows. Living in a state of chronic stress is like driving in the fast lane with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the break and ignoring all the warning lights flashing on the dashboard. Ignore them for long enough and the wheels fall off. Acute stress is fine, it's short term and a natural response to a perceived threat. Once the threat is passed, our bodies are supposed to go back to a state of balance and stress hormones are replaced by feel good, calming chemicals that allow us to relax, sleep, recover, repair regenerate and digest food. But what if life becomes a perceived threat? What if we stay in fight or flight mode? Stress becomes chronic - long term stress means none of the wonderful systems in our body can work their magic and function properly. Chronic stress downgrades the immune system and every cell is affected. Surgeons know this - that's why they pump a patient full of stress hormones when they carry out organ transplants so that the immune system is disabled and the new organ is not rejected. So, my message for this week is, please don't think it's big and clever to live life in the fast lane - notice the warning signs - the headaches, sleeplessness, mood swings, racing heart, poor concentration, frequent illnesses, fatigue, food cravings, anger, frustration...and the many more signs that are telling you to stop, rest, have fun, chill out, take a break or do whatever it takes to put your health first, respect your mind and body and remember what's really important to you. 🧡 #internationalstressawarenessweek #stressmanagement #wellnesscoach #wellbeing #mindbody #mindbodyconnection

Today, I had to dig deep to practice gratitude. At home we've got no kitchen and the builders are in, knocking down walls, drilling holes and creating a fine layer of dust on everything. It was easy to have a private curse about the noise, mess and lack of ability to make a cup of tea. So I took a brisk walk to my local and favourite cafe, smiled at the blue sky on the way and felt thankful for the peace, friendly faces and tasty food and drink and free wi-fi on offer. I could've continued to moan and winge but I now know that thinking and feeling grateful releases feel good chemicals such as serotonin that will counteract stress hormones and improve my physical and mental health and wellbeing. Why would anyone not want that? You can choose to complain that roses have thorns or be thankful that thorns have roses. #mindset #gratitude #wellbeing #nlpcoaching #mentalwellness #stressmanagement

Today I had a conversation with my son about the news, how the images and language that's used by the media are deliberately created to shock, create fear, outrage and despair. I know these are uncertain times and watching, reading or listening to the events of the day can trigger feelings of anger, frustrating, sadness and so on. I often advise people not to watch the news, or at least not dwell on it but today, like many people, I saw the images of a guy being dragged off a train roof by his leg and kicked by at least one commuter. If this image left you wondering what we're all coming to, I'd say look again. The film and commentary may be focusing on this violence, but look carefully at the circle of ordinary people who came together and formed a circle around the man on the ground, keeping him safe until help arrived. In times of despair, look for the good, the compassion, kindness, bravery. If you look beyond the headlines, you'll find it. It'll be there and as energy flows where focus goes, let's send some better energy out into the universe, and protect our mental well-being too. #mentalhealth #mindbodysoul #mentalwellness #energyhealing #universallaw

Inspired by a post by my good friend @melyeanlpcoach, like many of us Brits, I've been a bit fed up with weeks of rain. And us Brits do love to moan about the weather! But what good does it do? Will it change the weather? Of course not, what it WILL do though is just make you feel more miserable and therefore affect what you do and your wellbeing. So this afternoon I had a choice to make. Take the car to the local shop or walk up a steep hill in the rain. As tempting as it was to choose the car, I got on my raincoat and boots and trekked up the hill. What I got from this was fresh air in my lungs, movement in my body and a sense of peace from listening to the rain on my hood and splashing on the ground. I noticed the horses sheltering under the trees in the field, the smell of wet grass and I got an answer to something that's been bugging me for days. I wouldn't have got any of that if I'd hopped in the car. And how good it felt to get back home and have a hot cup of spiced turmeric latte! 😊🧡 #rain #walking #mentalwellness #healthylifestyle #mindbodysoul #mindset #turmericlatte

There was definitely a chill in the air this morning so time for a warming, hearty breakfast to start the day! This bowl of blue loveliness is so much more filling, nutritious and cheaper in the long run than any packet of processed, bleached, sugared, salted, freeze-dried, chemical-ladened, dead cereal. Just jumbo rolled oats, ground mixed seeds, raw nuts, dried fruit, blueberries and topped with heated oatmilk matcha latte. The more natural ingredients you eat, the better your health. What's your favourite breakfast? #healthylifestyle #healthyfood #healthyeating #breakfast #naturalfood #nourish #realfood #plantbased #foodasmedicine

In ancient cultures, October has often meant a time of reflection and quiet. Of taking time to remember, of endings and of new beginnings. As the nights get longer it seems a good time to look back and honour those who've left our lives this year, what gifts they gave us. At how we've grown, what we've learned and how we can take this forward into the kind of future we want for ourselves. Unless we give ourselves time for reflection, we will just allow life to happen instead of finding and living in our purpose. #october #reflection #selfawareness #mindbodysoul #wellbeing #purpose #mindset #wellnesscoach

Doesn't this look pretty? This is the kind of light bite you get in Seville. Not a panini, crisp or vegan sausage roll in sight. Just a beautiful fresh orange, thin slices of buffalo mozzarella and anchovies drizzled with olive oil. A kaleidoscope of colour, flavour and freshness. I eat very little dairy so this was a treat - sweet, salty, sour and nourishing. #healthyliving #healthyfood #realfood #nourishing #saladrecipe

Have you ever been told to 'think positive'? I used to believe that it would work, that somehow, by just thinking things like 'I am worthy' that I would attract the things I deserved into my life. I've found it doesn't work, how about you? If, deep down you still believe, still FEEL unworthy, unsafe, unimportant, sad, angry or whatever it is you are 'stuck' with, then nothing will change. Some days, my old limiting self-beliefs and feelings are triggered by those around me, even after all the training and work I've done to shift them. Some days I have to put my own advice into action and when I do, it never fails me. To make the shift from what you don't want, to what you do, change your focus, imagine it, as if it's already happened. See, hear, feel it until your mind believes it and body FEELS it. That's when the magic happens. #drjoedispenza #lawofattraction #mindbodysoul #mindbodyconnection #heartbrain #quantumphysics #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #changeyourmindset #shift

Well I thoroughly enjoyed my first live radio experience this morning! Thanks June @girlaroundtown1 for guiding me through and discussing how to reconnect with nourishing food by changing what we think about it, where and how we eat it and why nourishing ourselves is important to us. #healthylifestyle #healthyeating #healthyliving #nlpcoaching #foodasmedicine #nourishing #mindset #mindbodysoul

When I tell people that I practise gratitude every day I get a variety of responses. Not all of them positive. Sometimes people give me a look that says, 'bless her, she believes in this weird, hippy shit' ...or something similar! All I can tell you is the feeling of wellbeing I get from this is so powerful, it's impossible to feel sadness, anxiety, stress, anger or hurt when I do. And if I don't practise it for a couple of days, I notice the change and old, unhelpful thoughts and feelings start to creep in. When we practice gratitude, we remind ourselves of all that is good in our lives, our negative self-talk is interrupted and our brain's react by signalling the release of feel-good chemicals such as seretonin, dopamine and oxytocin. The hormones of stress stop flooding our bodies. And we feel better, whatever is happening around us. That's science, that's fact. Not hippy shit 😆😍 #gratitude #wellbeing #mindset #mindbody #nlpmasterpractitioner #wellbeingcoach

Lunch in the sun is a wonderful thing and as Autumn approaches, it's even more special to catch a few rays and eat outdoors. It's also the start of fresh fig season. I love these jammy jewels of goodness. So versatile, they can be baked or eaten raw, sweet or savoury. They go well with prosciutto, cheese, drizzled with honey or just fab in a salad. Today, mine were chopped with cherry tomatoes and avocado, drizzled with basil-infused olive oil and balsamic vinegar, seasoned with oregano, pink salt and black pepper. Oh, and a couple of boiled eggs ☀️😎🥰🧡 #healthylifestyle #healthyfood #mindbodysoul #figs #realfood #freshfood

Power is in the present moment. Our mind does not know the difference between real and imagined, so when we focus on past hurts and sadness, our bodies respond so we feel the pain as if it were happening now. The past becomes our present reality. When we worry about and fear the future, our bodies respond and create anxiety and stress, as if it is in the present. By letting go of the past and not worry about the future, we can choose how to be, in the precious, present moment. #mindbodysoul #mindset #mindfulness #presentmoment #mentalwellness #stressmanagement #wellbeing #nlpcoaching

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