Am I addicted? Recently I have started to question whether I have an addiction to alcohol. Life has continued to throw its challenges in our lives and I find myself drinking something virtually every day. Is that considered an addiction though? Or is it a...
Do you know how to breathe? In the Kate Bush song Breathing, she tells us that she is breathing! ‘Out, in, out, in, out!’ It sounds so simple and indeed it is. We all do it for our entire lives, but are we doing it properly? Do you know how to breathe? Awareness...
Have you made any New Year resolutions this year, or given up making them? You are not alone! Recent statistics show that whilst over a third of people in the UK make New Year’s resolutions (most commonly losing weight, getting fitter and eating more healthily), 63%...
Imagine we could create our very own medicine cabinet for the mind so that the next time you encounter a stressful life event you are fully equipped to deal with it. The diathesis stress model attempts to explain how humans who suffer from psychological illnesses such...
While I do not profess to be an expert on Navy submarines, in my military travels I do recall several Navy friends talking about the silent running of the submarines. This is a term used when a submarine goes into a silent mode of operations. In the mode of silent...
This is my Story: Jo-Dee Walmsley I would love to share my story of how I stay positive through using laughter as an exercise without jokes or humor by using Laughter Yoga. Laughter helped me with my relationships, helped me deal with the ups and downs in life and...
A couple of years ago I learned about a Positive Psychologist named Barbara Frederickson and her concept of Broaden and Build Theory. This was a light-bulb-epiphany-penny-dropping moment for me. It was also an extremely confronting moment, but seriously life changing...
Admittedly, I allow too much of my day to be caught up in doing, doing, doing. It seems I am constantly Judging. “What needs to be done?” “What did I do?” “What didn’t I do?” Judging, questioning, and doubting catapults me out of the present moment and into either the...
The Untold Story: Being the change you wish to create in the world. Francis Report I recall reading the Francis report (2013) for the first time and trying to take in the shocking realisation that many people had died unnecessarily at the hands of our so called...
I recently used that phrase when talking with a dear friend about unresolved issues within my family. It is interesting—and challenging—to me how present issues can ignite a spark of a distant memory and launch it into the present moment. It feels as if I have gone...