The Rovers Return
Soaps entertain millions. I don't want to be a killjoy but maybe we should give some thought to what a diet of high drama is doing to our heads.
A Healthy Mind? It’s Your Mind So Take Care of It
The 'healthy body, healthy mind' maxim has been with us for half a millennium at least. It leads to misunderstanding though, because it implies that a healthy mind is dependent on a healthy body. It isn't. There are plenty of people who are healthy in mind even though they suffer poor physical health.
Silo Mentality
Most of us live and work in silos in as much as we focus on our bit of what we do and try and do it well. This can lead to some monumental oversights and we miss a lot. For example, if you work in a public service, have you ever walked into your place of work with the mindset, the eyes and ears of a service user? If you teach, do you regularly sit where the students sit so you see things from their perspective? You work in a ...
Breathe and the World Breathes With You
We largely take breathing for granted. That's an oversight.
Reach Out As Well As In
It's easy to forget in our self-obsessed and pressured daily lives that contact with others helps not only them, but us as well. Small gestures can work wonders.
Goats, Alpacas, Llamas and Ruminating
Are they related (Goats, Alpacas and Llamas, I mean)? No, but they all ruminate which may be the point of this post. Before you scamper off to do something more interesting, read on.
Email is Not the Problem, We Are
Email has been shown to disrupt our thinking more than cannabis. Researchers have pumped out many studies which claim that that email, smartphones and the rest are neither good nor bad; they are not the problem, but how we manage them (or don't) that is the problem.
Sink or Swim? It’s a Matter of Trust
What I learned when I started to swim is that it’s largely a matter of trust and developing confidence. Staying afloat is a result of the interaction between body and water.
Support? Or Commiseration?
Support groups are vital and can be a life-saver. But beware, without attention they can become talking shops where support is forgotten and commiseration and reinforcement are the norm.
