Inspiration

You’ve seen that over-instagrammed meme ‘Self-care isn't selfish’ right?

And whilst it absolutely makes me want to scratch my own eyes out, it is actually true.

By starting to slow down, taking more time for yourself in your garden and giving your busy brain a break from all that's rushing around in there, not only will you be happier and calmer. But every single person you come into contact with on a daily basis will be too. Imagine a society where joy and happiness are the prevailing emotions rather than anger, fear and frustration. Wouldn't that be bloody marvellous?

Here’s 3 ways that taking care of yourself will help us get there.

Do you ever feel like you’ve got so much to do but you're never moving forward? Like you’re on a hamster wheel going around and around and around and nothing ever changes?

Here’s 3 ways that being busy is holding you back from being calmer and happier and what you can do to change that.

We’re sitting on a ticking time bomb of overworked, disconnected and unhappy women who are under such pressure that they feel themselves cracking a little more each day. And if we’re not careful our daughters will repeat the same cycle.

Here I explore 3 ways in which my mindful gardening methods can help you to slow down and switch off in your garden and why you need to if the next generation have got any hope of changing their future.

With the pressure of working from home, homeschooling and not being able to socialise on all of us until at least early March our gardens can provide a place to escape to for 5 minutes to find some headspace. Time in the garden helps you to connect with other living things and yourself in a world that is often moving so fast you barely have time to breathe let alone stop. These 5 mindful gardening activities will help you to slowly lift your foot off the accelerator and start to apply the brake as you find some calm and begin to switch off your busy mind.

It’s fair to say 2020’s been a stinker and I know that it soon being a new year isn’t really going to change much in the grand scheme of things. But if we collectively start this year off with hope that things will improve at least we’ll feel like we are doing something useful. And what can be more hopeful than starting seeds.

I always sow my Sweet pea seeds on either New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day as a way to start the year with hope and the promise of growth and this year I invite you to join me.

Here’s the mindful gardening steps I follow for maximum relaxation time.

We’re nearly there, many of us still working, frantically wrapping presents and heading to the supermarket to get the last bits of food.  You so wish you could make sure that you’ll get a bit of time off over Christmas and certainly this year it may be easier than most to physically do not a lot, but mentally we’re going to be busier than ever.

Here are 3 ways that you can use connection to find that headspace over Christmas.

 You know you need to have a little more calm and headspace in your life, but you don’t know how to make it happen and you’re so busy you don’t have the time to look for other ways to switch off. 

Here are 5 mindful activities you can do in your garden, even in winter when not much is growing.