Tune in to this short video in my which I talk about how mindfulness can help you to tame your inner critical voice. 

This video is part of the pre-recorded 8-week Everyday Mindfulness course which you can discover here. Enjoy and listen out for the next time that negative voice hits!

This week, The Daisy Garland launched its latest charity film "A Journey of Hope" featuring some of the families they support whose children have drug-resistant epilepsy. The film showcases the impact of the ketogenic diet, their Growing Shoots project, mindfulness and their night-time breathing monitor programme. This campaign aims to provide 46 babies and children with night-time monitors. Please watch and share. 

https://www.thedaisygarland.org.uk/Appeal/give-the-gift-of-safe-sleep-at-christmas

Setting up to teach the weekly mindfulness course to The Daisy Garland this evening from my office on Zoom, I am reminded of what a privilege it is to join this community of parents to practise together. To find out more about the critically important work of The Daisy Garland in the field of drug-resistant epilepsy, click here.

Fancy meditating this week? Why not tune in to eight different short meditations recorded by Gillian Higgins. Click here to get started!

The Body Scan Meditation is a central practice of mindfulness and helps us to connect with our bodies. It is particularly useful when our minds feel scattered. We can use our bodies and sensations that arise as an anchor to our present moment experience which in turn can help to calm the mind.

Try this short body scan meditation recorded by Gillian Higgins and notice how you feel. Click here to begin.

This week Everyday Mindfulness launches the Autumn/Winter Pre-recorded Online 8-Week Mindfulness Course offer. You can find the details of the course here and watch the trailer here.

Ideal for beginners, you can take the course at your own pace with weekly videos, audio-guided meditations, lectures, hints and tips on how to practice mindfulness. Each week, a new theme is explored to explain how mindfulness can make a difference to your daily life. From feeling less stressed to having more self-compassion, from managing your inner critical voice to improving your ability to focus – to name just a few. 

“Stress and anxiety are the children of attachment, they are both a form of craving that take us away from the present and into areas of imagination that steal away our peace.

Heaviness comes from hanging on tightly to emotions that were always meant to be ephemeral. We want things to last forever or we turn difficult moments into long lasting pain simply because we have not learned to let go. We have not learned that the beauty of living comes from the movement of change. Letting go does not mean that we forget and it does not mean that we give up, it just means that we are not letting our present happiness be determined by things that happened in the past or by things we wish to happen in the future.

The accomplishment of all great things in life take effort, especially when it comes to changing and healing ourselves. No one said it was going to be easy, if it was easy it would have been done already, but it will be absolutely worth it and the reward will be greater than the...

Grow without rushing 

Accept help from others 

Embrace the ups and downs 

Letting go is a long term project 

Take your time with big decisions 

Throw away the idea of perfection 

Gratitude supports a balanced mind 

Double down on what you are good at 

Stay connected to those who lift you up 

Embracing flexibility helps you reach goals 

Say no often, this is how you stay focused. 

Next month, Everyday Mindfulness will be launching a brand new candle collection to tie in with this season's mellow fruitfulness. 

The first Everyday Mindfulness candle - PRESENCE - combines earthy patchouli with cedarwood and evergreen pine needle to create a relaxing blend and promote a sense of serenity and fresh woodland strolls.

The range is made in England with 100% soy wax and fragrances that invite presence, calm and serenity.

Many people stop meditating within the first few weeks as they struggle to know whether they're 'doing it right'. In this recording from Chapter 2 of my book, Mindfulness at Work and Home, you'll learn how to overcome some of the difficulties you might encounter when you start to meditate and how to build your daily practice.