Just breathe.

Just breathe.

  Breathing is one of the simplest and most effective ways of managing stress, anxiety and general feelings of uptightness. We don’t think about breathing- we take in about 23000 breaths a day and never pay it any attention. But when we are stressed or anxious...
Take a Forest Bath!

Take a Forest Bath!

Find a place. A forest. A park. A garden. Then make time. Turn off everything electronic. You now have all you need- silence and trees. Be still. Savour nature- be present to all you can see, all you can hear, all you can smell, all you can touch. The tiny insects...
Sleep tight!

Sleep tight!

Not having enough sleep makes most of us grumpy. In my case, it makes me both bad-tempered and super slow. I’ve never understood how people can function on 3 or 4 hours’ sleep. But new research  by a team at Boston University has shown that not enough uninterrupted...