Meditation Apps…

I am a devotee and daily user of the free Insight Timer meditation app providing as it does a timer for silent meditation practice - with a choice of bells and gongs! As a therapist and teacher I regularly...

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The ‘Five Minute Journal’.

I’ve been keeping a journal on and off for years. I’ve quite a collection of various Page a Day diaries which have faithfully recorded the first three months of many years past but which then, in the blank pages...

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The opposite of loneliness…

“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life” – Marina Keegan   This quote is from Marina Keegan, a 22 year old Yale graduate; a young...

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Me, myself & exercise: Keeping active during COVID-19

Establishing a daily exercise routine will have many benefits from the obvious long term physical effects to a beneficial impact on our emotional health. Health Psychologist Katrin Hulme gave the following evidence-based tips to get...

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Realising the value… of Health Psychology

We recently attended the final event of ‘Realising the Value’ where we were introduced to the latest learning from NESTA and the Health Foundation about putting people and communities at the heart of health and wellbeing. We were treated...

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