We all know have those moments where a difficult emotion comes up for us. Sometimes it can seem to hang around for hours – or even days. But what most of us don’t realise is that we have a choice over how we experience our emotions. And, rather than being a passive victim to them, […]

Feeling Down? Why Meditation Could Be Just What You Need
One of the things we do when we’re feeling a yucky emotion – whether it’s sadness, depression, guilt or anger, is to run from it. We resist it. We fight it. We pretend it’s not there. And, as I often hear from meditation students, the last thing we want to do when we’re feeling down […]

An Emotional Rollercoaster: 7 Musings On Motherhood
If there’s only one truth about becoming a mum, it’s that it changes your life – forever. The ante-natal classes just don’t do justice to that fact. They talk about lack of sleep, changing nappies and how to “burp” your baby, but rarely do they mention the highs and lows, the tough bits and the […]