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Overwhelmed by ‘shoulds’ and ‘betters’?
Sometimes we can overwhelm ourselves. Noticing this gives us power to get out of overwhelm.
Looking back, it was the ‘shoudling’ myself, the need to keep being better at everything and the comparing myself...
It's so easy to get distracted from what's really important.
It's so easy to become disconnected from ourselves.
Episode 59 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast is all about listening to yourself first.
Because when you listen to your body like the old friend it is, you change your life.
Neutral...
Unexpectedly Lovely Things is one of my favourite Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices.
Why? Because it's really powerful and changes how you see things - fast.
Like all Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices it's both easy to squeeze into your day with minimal disruption and is hugely helpful in getting...
Want to get your life back from that exhausting struggle between trying to hold together the life you’ve worked so hard to create and actually enjoy it?
Start by taking your waking moments back.
Episode 57 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast plus my new free guide gives you...
Very excited to announce that due to me learning to ask for help rather than indulge in tech-rage my Facebook Group is opening 3 days early!! It's not for everyone. I want to make it a very special space. A nourishing space for the mind. A genuine space for learning how to get your life back.
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I find it so much easier to switch of nowadays.
So much easier to be present with those I love.
So much easier to relax and smile and laugh.
So much easier to just be me.
It's taken me a while to get to this place because this isn't how I learnt to be growing up.
The habits I was taught in order...
Are you making The Friday Mistake?
Are you making the Friday mistake? Desperately trying to get everything done so you can feel good about taking the weekend off.
Or are you already resigned to taking work home with you?
It’s time to put an end to the work leaking into...
Time is not an excuse
Episode 31 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast is now live
If you've been following this podcast for a while you'll know I have a brilliant method for getting you out of your head and into your body, connected to your heart and taking a much-needed break from...
This week’s podcast episode is with intuitive healer and maven, Lexie Wrightson
Lexie Wrightson is an intuitive healer, reiki master, spiritual mentor and maven. No, I didn’t know what a maven was either! Listen here to find out.
She gives you the tools to...
Bad night’s sleep?
A special tiny episode of Episode 27 of The Overwhelm is Optional Podcast discusses sleep and overwhelm.
Sleep’s an interesting one. We all feel better for a goodnight’s sleep but there are plenty of badges of honour for doing without.
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Success versus health is a nonsense - clearly its a nonsense! It’s like climbing to the top of a mountain and realising you’d left your intestines at the bottom.
I realise that’s a really weird metaphor but if id suggested your legs instead of your intestines you’d...
One of the many mistakes I made during my highly successful career as a Maths teacher was thinking I had to push through overwhelm and force my mind to focus. I thought that if I got my work done then I could recover later, that these increasing feelings of overwhelm were temporary - that as I...
