6 ways to learn things quickly

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The ability to learn things quickly and easily is such a useful skill. Retaining information is key in many areas of life, such as revising for exams, learning a speech, or even a new language. For myself, having spent many years as a professional singer, I have regularly needed to quickly memorise song lyrics for various performances. I must have thousands have songs squeezed into my memory banks – I often wonder where I keep them all! They must be stored in The Cloud somewhere 😉 It used to take me a long time to commit information to memory. ButContinue Reading

5 Ways To Stay Healthy At Your Desk

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Whatever we do for a living, these days most of us are stuck using a computer for a lot of the time. And in many ways this can be harmful to our health.  Sitting in a sedentary position peering at a screen is really NOT what the human body was designed to do. So it’s important to try and rectify this as much as possible. Here are 5 easy ways you can make the time you spend at your desk a little healthier. 1. Stand up Raise your computer keyboard up by placing it on a crate or box (or getting a modified desk), andContinue Reading

What Facebook can teach us about positive thinking

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When you see the title of this blog, you might jump to the conclusion that I’m going to be talking about those inspirational quotes and memes about positive thinking that pop up so often on Facebook.   Actually, no, what I’d really like to talk about is algorithms. If you use social media such as Facebook or Instagram, you may have noticed that once you interact with a certain friend, page, or group, they then start to pop up in your newsfeed more often.  You might not have really paid much attention to it, or you might have simply passed it off asContinue Reading

Guided hypnosis for confidence

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I have created this free guided hypnosis for confidence for you to use if you are suffering from a lack of confidence and low self-esteem.  These are two of the most common things that people seek to resolve with hypnosis and counselling. It’s surprising how often the most confident-looking people are secretly fearful of something.  This might be something like speaking in public, driving in busy traffic, or talking to strangers at a party. Often, that fear can be meaningless and unnecessary, but it can hide some of your brightest gifts, and stop you from making the most out ofContinue Reading

9 ways to get healthy AND save money

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With all the uncertainty around the economy at the moment, it’s easy to start thinking that it just costs too much to lead a healthy lifestyle. You might despair at the rising price of good quality food that hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides, compared to the cheap (and nasty) junk food that’s so easily available. When you see the pictures of top celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow  glowing with health you might think – ‘well, it’s ok for them, with their private chef, personal trainer, and fancy superfoods!’. And yes, that’s probably true, but there are lots of ways us mere mortals can have aContinue Reading

Is it time to Spring clean your kitchen?

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Take a look around your kitchen. On a scale of 1 – 10, how easy would you say it is to be unhealthy in here? For instance, a ‘10’ would look something like this: Cupboards bursting full to the brim with chocolate Takeaway menus poking out of all the drawers, enticing you with enthralling pictures of curries kebabs and pizzas Fridge full of convenience foods and cans of lager Multi-packs of crisps, next to the biscuit tin on the counter, right by the kettle. Now ask yourself, how easy is it to eat healthily in here? If you wanted toContinue Reading

Are you speaking your body’s language?

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‘Listen to your body’ is a phrase that is often repeated in holistic health circles.  But what is the good of listening when you might not be speaking the same language?  It would be about as useful as listening patiently to somebody chattering away in French, and not understanding a word. It is important to get to know how to ‘translate’ your body’s signs and signals, and to work out the best way to react to them. For example, how often have you reached for a coffee and something sweet when you experienced that slump in energy mid-afternoon?  Your bodyContinue Reading

4 natural ways to stop feeling anxious

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Here are 4 natural ways to stop feeling anxious.  Some of them you might find a little unusual, especially in this day and age when our first thought is to ‘pop a pill’ to combat feelings of anxiety. But if you’re having problems with anxiety please give them a try – they’re all completely free, and they’re designed to work in total harmony with your body – so what have you got to lose? 4 natural ways to stop feeling anxious 1. Just Breathe Did you know that your breath is one of the most empowering, relaxing, and HEALING things thatContinue Reading

Hunting for fun, food for pleasure, and what Cecil the lion can teach us about conscious eating

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The tragic death of Cecil the lion has touched people’s hearts and caused a real uproar. Never before has there been such a passionate outcry among the general public about the cruelty of hunting these noble animals for sport. Even people who didn’t take much notice of badger culling or fox hunting have been up in arms about Cecil. A friend of mine started quite a debate on his Facebook page when he commented that it was hypocritical to show such concern for Cecil the lion, and then eat animals that had been slaughtered for food. The first thing thatContinue Reading

A love letter for the broken hearted

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So there you are, sitting with your head in your hands, probably on the kitchen floor, devastated because somebody has left you/ doesn’t love you anymore / loves somebody else / never loved you in the first place. Your heart is broken into a million tiny pieces.  You feel as though your world has ended – because it was only worth living in when *they* were part of it. Stop for a moment.  Feel into your heart.  That achingly powerful force that is currently breaking you apart?  It’s YOU.  That’s YOUR power.  That love you feel; that love you thoughtContinue Reading