New Year – True Commitment To A New Way Of Life?
Yesterday I heard that a friend of a close friend had a heart attack on New Year’s Day and died. He had apparently complained of what he thought was indigestion, and let’s be honest many of us might over the festive period. He went upstairs to get something, and he...
How To Have An Abundant Wealth & Success Mindset
After seeing the heart-warming and super successful Immanuel Ezekiel recently on Channel 5's Rich House Poor House, I knew he had wisdom that I wanted to find out more about. So I googled him, like you do, and I found his book, The 6 Steps To Financial Freedom - How...
Let’s Talk Menopause with Ruth Devlin.
Menopause is a growing topic in the workplace, especially as so many of the women going through it find themselves working full-time with both kids and parents to look after. In this month's podcast, I chat about all things menopause with registered nurse, Ruth...
Calling Out Your Own-Worse-Enemy-Self
I have some exciting news for you! I am working with a fantastic publishing team (nod to Alison Jones and her amazing team at Practical Inspiration Publishing, who I can't recommend highly enough to any of you aspiring authors) on my first book! It's called...
Courage, Confidence, and Imposter Syndrome.
In my latest podcast I had the pleasure of chatting all things courage, confidence, and Imposter Phenomenon with expert Kate Atkin. Many people feel self-doubt at times and we chat about how a bit of self-doubt is a good thing, as well as being normal, but why that’s...
Making Stress Useful And Wellbeing In The Workplace
How is your September going? Are you feeling a positive shift in energy with things starting to move forwards in your life? Or are you feeling stuck or stressed? Maybe a mix of both?! Well for those of you feeling a bit stressed, stuck, or a bit unnerved by an...
Inviting The Release Of Stress And Tension!
I hope you have had some time to enjoy the warm weather over the summer. Maybe some time to relax and unwind? The summer months often invite us to take the foot off the gas a bit and offer the opportunity to relax. It can allow the space to release some of the...
The Inspired Zone Podcast!
I am delighted to launch my new monthly podcast, The Inspired Zone Podcast! Each month I will be joined by an expert to have a chat about all things wellbeing, stress management, and mindset. In this months podcast, I am joined by the inspiring Adele Stickland. Adele...
Do What You Can
Do what you can, with what you have, and where you are. That’s it. No more, no less. Those wise words from Theodore Roosevelt sum up the essence of mindfulness in practical terms. I often think of this as being one of the benefits of being truly present in the moment....
The Surrender Experiment
I am reading a great book at the moment called 'The Surrender Experiment' by Michael Singer. I first came across Michael's work in a book he wrote called 'The Untethered Soul' which covers the incessant amount of inner mental chatter that goes on in our minds and in...
Are You Choosing Peace Or Stress?
I know that sounds like a stupid question in that nobody would choose stress, right? And I am sure consciously nobody would, but ironically people add to their stresses all of the time by the choices they make. Just to be clear, I am not talking about positive...
It’s Good To Talk…..But…..
I had a lot of conversations with a lot of people during last week’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) and as a result a few things mulled through my mind. It’s funny how things you already sort of know in life some how get the spot light on them and as a result you...
Top Tips To Maintain Your Mental Wellbeing
Given that it's Mental Health Awareness Week I thought I would share a few top tips to keep your mental health in tip top shape. #Tip 1 is what I call the 'Single Breath Practice' Simply take a deep conscious breath as often as you can throughout the...
Sleep – Are You Getting Enough?
For the last few months I have been doing A LOT of reading and research on sleep. Given that it is a big topic on any of the wellbeing sessions I run I wanted to know more about why sleep is such a big deal. Now I have to make a confession..... before I did...
April – Stress Awareness Into Action
April may well be Stress Awareness Month and I would like to suggest that it could easily be a month of action too. Noticing stress is a good start, doing something about it is even better. Here are my top 12 tips: Try to address what’s causing the...
YOU Are The Magic Wand!
The tips and tools that I offer in wellbeing sessions are very simple and don’t take much effort to put into practice. They are so simple that some people make the mistake of thinking that they are too simple for them because ‘their problems are way bigger than these...
Wow! The Winds Of Change Blow Through…
I don’t know about you but I have sensed that this strong wind has intentionally been blowing through us to upend everything that is stuck but needs unsticking. It blows away all that doesn’t have the appropriate roots to stop it growing further. It blasts away that...
Living Life By Your Values
It seems that last week’s post Do You Value Yourself? (here if you missed it https://theinspiredzone.com/do-you-value-yourself/ ) resonated with a lot of you. Good. I am glad it did because we should all value ourselves….and each other. This week I want to ponder upon...
Do You Value Yourself?
When I am delivering sessions on well-being I come across a lot of people who put themselves at the bottom of the pile. Not intentionally, but mostly because they put other people and situations above themselves. On first reflection this might mean that they are kind,...
Keep going….you’ve got this!
It’s the small, often subtle steps that we take on a daily basis that lead to the sort of substantial change that seems to suddenly appear as if from nowhere. So often we give up on things right at the point that they are just about to appear - like in all good films...
The Lure Of Overthinking
Every now and then I fall for it. I get swept into existing in life outside of the now. My focus, my thoughts and my energy get drawn into living in the past and future. Not in a productive way, of the bare minimum time needed to be spent there to be able to learn...
Non ordinary states of consciousness…..the next creative edge?
I often say to people that whilst I have never taken recreational drugs in my life I have had some experiences in meditation that I can only assume are like what some describe as having an amazing trip on drugs. To say that meditation has been life changing for...
How to create lasting lifestyle changes to feel vibrant and alive!
Following on from last week’s blog on how to make lasting lifestyle changes (here if you missed it https://theinspiredzone.com/lifestyle-changes-that-work/ ) it seems apt at this time of the year to talk a bit more about exercise and nutrition with at least some...
#Mindset….. Gratitude and generosity or complacency and lack?
Mindset is incredibly powerful. How we look at the world tells us what our mind is projecting out into it, and that not only are we projecting it, we are in fact creating it. And as the world is seemingly functioning at a faster pace than ever so too is our...
Lifestyle changes…..that work.
So January is ticking along then. Did you make any New Year resolutions? And if you did, how are you getting on? I don’t tend to make them myself, well I do, but not necessarily at New Year, just at any time when I feel there are changes that need to be made. Why do I...
10 Simple Ways To Make Each Day Easier
Happy New Year everyone! Whatever has been, let go of. Let go of it all. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Start afresh as if everything were possible. Start again, today, and every day. What's done is done, what wasn't perhaps still could be, or if not draw a...
Gratitude and my Christmas wish for you!
Last week I was in an organisation talking about gratitude. It seems apt given the time of the year. That said, gratitude can mean many things depending on what is going on in life. As I write this I am writing it in parts to all of you, whatever your life looks like...
Redirect Your Junk Thoughts!
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." Desmond Tutu This morning I found myself thinking about something that is in no way useful. I was pondering over a conversation that two people may...
When you see the worst in yourself…..
Can you refuse to limit yourself to that..... You can not limit yourself to the worst that you see because you have also seen your brilliance. You have seen the part of you that is inspired, full of love, and full of potential. How can you ignore that? The difficulty...
You Get To Choose!
"People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character." Ralph Waldo Emerson Hi everyone! Following last week’s blog about your response - ability being your responsibility (here if you missed it ...