What does being in the moment really mean? The art of the pause.

As our brain is hardwired to think and get lost in our ruminations, being present is about noticing what you are doing, thinking, being, saying at this very moment in time.

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boundary setting: time to learn about or polish up your boundaries

Boundary settings are rules, rituals, goals, guidelines or limits that you set for yourself in regards to your personal and/or professional life.

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Self-care sunday: 13 tips for your practice

Self-care is anything you can do to help your physical, mental or emotional health. There are a variety of, and indeed combination of approaches and strategies you can carry out to help you with this.

No email before 11am

This is a great concept. I really like it. And before, you panic and go into all the "what if” scenarios, let's remind ourselves that.

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Mindful connection to the everyday

Mindfulness is not just about meditation. Although a wonderful practice, or strategy if you like

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Always connected

We have now become accustomed to being always connected. Most of us have multiple devices, we have multiple social media accounts (sometimes multiple with the same platform for different audiences and purposes), and we have multiple email accounts.

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Breathing for transitions: mindful strategy to bring you back in focus

Sometimes we carry burdens with us. They get heavier and heavier, you know when they keep going around and around in our mind.

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3 tips to get you off to the right start for the week

As the a new week begins we often need a bit of a pep-me-up to make sure we get through the week as energised as we started.

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Openness to feedback: top tips

No matter what we do we are learning. When we learn we open our self up to receiving feedback. Feedback is a powerful resource for improvement.

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Feeling like a fraud: the secret sense of imposter syndrome and mindful thinking

Who hasn't felt like they were out of place or not able to live up to others' expectations? Who finds them self asking "what if?"

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Mindful walking - top tips for showing some self-care

We all walk. But we are usually walking fast on the way to something, thinking about a task we need to complete, something that is worrying us, or the person we are meeting.

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