We live in a world that often celebrates business and achievement over rest and reflection. This can lead us to forsake the insights that can be found when exploring solitude and time away from what has become familiarly ingrained. We can lose time just through the frantic nature of our lives – often at the detriment of the beauty that [...]
Self-love is the answer to so many of life’s challenges. We hear about it frequently but struggle to know how to achieve a state so alien to most of us. Human Givens Counsellor, Lee Pycroft, shares how to open your heart to yourself this month. Self-love is based on a set of actions that support you in mind, body and [...]
Have you ever found yourself thinking that you don’t have any confidence? If so, you certainly aren’t alone. Often people will tell me that they are just not a confident person, but when questioning them I will find that they are confident in some areas and might just need to learn some new skills to develop confidence in others. It [...]
Fall is the end of many things – but it can also represent the beginning. Wellbeing expert Lee Pycroft gets set for autumn with a mood-boosting guide to detoxing your life and getting rid of what no longer works for your wellbeing… As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote, “The only constant is change.” And as autumn creeps in and that [...]
Summer’s here, and with it, opportunities to strip off to swim, sunbathe and relax. Raring to go or hardly daring to bare? Body confidence is all about your inner feel-good factor, says Wellbeing Editor Lee Pycroft. Slipping on summertime swimwear that exposes long-hidden body parts can be an action of angst for many people. In fact, last year The Mental [...]
Hey Gang, I wrote this post for a blog called Lady Wimbledon and thought you might enjoy it. Let me know your thoughts! When it comes to Wimbledon tennis, it’s not just a celebration of talent, nerve, timing and courage from the players but is an opportunity for the nation to gather together, connect and socialise over this historic game. If [...]
I took this picture when I was out shopping with my daughter. We were in a vintage clothes shop and this message was stuck on the mirror. Looking in the mirror can bring up a variety of responses and many of us will see something we don’t like. Having worked in an industry that is responsible for many of the idealised [...]
Drama is about amplifying a challenge or situation. It is a way to escalate and ramp up the conflict or engagement with someone and get the need for attention and control met. People that are drama magnets don’t always see their role in the drama though and can drag people into the chaos they create. If you have ever been [...]
Under-estimate “beauty” at your peril For a multi-million-pound business, beauty is unfairly trivialised. I’ve seen first-hand the effect it can have: from painting on the face an A-list actress wants to project and watching them become that character, to working with vulnerable women. I see women who have lost part of themselves (owing to illness, domestic violence, tragedy) – and [...]
Do you think you have a forgiving nature? When those closest to you make mistakes or act unthinkingly do you have the ability to calm yourself down and think of a broader perspective ? Perhaps put yourself in their position and see an underlying reason why they have behaved as they did? . Forgiveness plays an important role in relationships [...]
