After a week off from the mindfulness challenge (I forgot to pick a card out and only realised on Friday, so decided to knock it on its head for that week), I'm back and ready with a great task this week! This week's task was designed to take a step back from stress and lessen… Continue reading A Year of Mindfulness – 22 – Stress
Month: June 2020
The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #4
Happy Humpday everybody! What a week it's been - there's been a lot going on, but more on that soon! I'm writing this in the middle of a two day heatwave and I could not be happier at the return of the sun. I am absolutely destined for warmer climates, so the sunshine and warmth has… Continue reading The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #4
The Corona Diaries Week 12: Finale
Can you believe we've reached week 12 of The Corona Diaries? This week marks the end of the allocated time that Bozza advised people who were considered 'at risk' to stay indoors. 12 whole weeks of this new life we've all found ourselves in. It feels as though so much has happened in the last… Continue reading The Corona Diaries Week 12: Finale
The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #3
Hello from a very muggy Stockport! It's been very funny weather lately, there was the most torrential thunderstorm yesterday and today has been so warm and humid that I suspect another is on its way! Flash floods, houses crumbling down - it's all going off in this corner of the world. I'm off work this… Continue reading The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #3
A Year of Mindfulness – 21 – Fruit
Jesus - I think they were clutching straws at this one, don't you?! The mindful 'fruit' week. I'm sure there was a mindful eating one earlier in the year, surely fruit could have come under that? Anyway, I was supposed to pick a new fruit out each day and study it. Look at its appearance,… Continue reading A Year of Mindfulness – 21 – Fruit
A Year of Mindfulness – 20 – Beliefs
I'm a little late posting this one from a few weeks back but week 20 of the mindfulness challenge was the week of challenging beliefs. I was supposed to be attentive to moments when I express a belief or strong opinion, make a mental note of the belief (or write it down), and then take… Continue reading A Year of Mindfulness – 20 – Beliefs
The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #2
It's Wednesday, and that means 5 Minute Coffee Corner day - yay! It's cold, grey and rainy here in Stockport and has been for the last few days. How the weather can go from being so hot a few weeks back, to now feeling like I need to drink endless hot drinks and put my… Continue reading The 5 Minute Coffee Corner: June #2
The Corona Diaries Week 11: Craving
I wrote last week about how lockdown’s slowly coming to an end, and at the time of writing this, the UK has surpassed 40,000 deaths from Coronavirus. Over 40,000 people. That's more than the population of an entire country (Liechtenstein to be precise).I don't know about you but it feels as though Coronavirus and lockdown… Continue reading The Corona Diaries Week 11: Craving
Black Lives Matter
I'll begin this post by saying that there are a plethora of resources and articles out there on this topic, and if you're looking for information or real in-depth analysis on racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, you should look elsewhere. I am far from an expert on this topic, so much so that… Continue reading Black Lives Matter
The Corona Diaries Week 10: Change
Week 10 already! Every week as I write this and watch the week number increase, I can’t believe that we're so far into lockdown. If it weren't for my natural hair colour coming through and giving the game away, I'd think it had been a lot less time than it has been. Time flies when… Continue reading The Corona Diaries Week 10: Change
