Follow me, Marley and Merlin Meddy Teddy as each day we demonstrate how you can bring more mindfulness in to your life – we will be sharing tips, activities, clips, books, apps,etc. Mondays in May will also have some very special offers, so keep tuned and please feel free to share. For the first day, …
How Powerful Are Movies? I still have the songs from The Greatest Showman running around my head even three weeks after I went to see it (and I loved it that much, I went to see it again and brought the soundtrack) We are all so unique and should be celebrating our differences, instead we …
Helping others I have dedicated my career to helping others, my mum was the most amazing nurse, my sister too and my brother in law was the nurse that led me into the mental health field.They all helped so many people but also helped me to be able to help others, so without them, …
My mum has been talking about the ‘cosmos’ for years. Whenever I spoke to her about things like a job, mortgage, kids etc., she’d tell me she’d ask the ‘cosmos’. It wasn’t until I heard a presentation on the Law of Attraction last year that it began make sense. It all sounds simple doesn’t …
What’s your view on ‘to do’ lists? I realise now I used to spend so much time planning what I had to do, making very elaborate to do lists. I felt very accomplished with my ‘artwork’ (list) with lots of colours and organisation – how could I possibly not achieve all the tasks I set …
What do we really want for our children? What I want for mine is for them to be happy, healthy and safe. As parents we try to protect our children, we don’t want them to suffer, we try to cheer them up when they are sad, tell them not to cry, but really we should be allowing …
For as long as I could remember I wanted to be a nurse, my mum and sister were nurses and as a child I spent hours bandaging my teddy and dolls. I was a very shy and quiet child (and still am in certain situations!) so having a job that involved really talking and getting …
Do you look after your phone better than you look after yourself? We don’t start the day without our phone being charged, yet we often start the day without ourself being charged. Don’t let your battery run flat – Look after your ELF It has taken me a long time to practice what I preach …
When I first came to Australia six years ago, people struggled (and still do at times!) to understand my mixture of Nottinghamshire “ey up me duck” and Yorkshire “nah than,all reyt?” twang. What I heard coming from my mouth as ‘mental health’ was lost in translation as ‘mental elf’ and so a seed was sown. …