How To Stay Positive During Lockdown

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]I[/eltd_dropcaps]n the current climate, we have been advised to stay at home until further notice. This whole situation is not ideal for us, for anyone, especially with it being out of our control, something that so many of us hold onto. 

However, when we are confronted with issues that are out of our control, the best way to react and deal with this is to stare it in the face and acknowledge it.  Having to stay at home can be turned into a positive. Most people are usually too busy with their everyday life and work, to do everything they’ve always wanted to do. The opportunities that come with more free time, is the time to tackle our to-do lists!

The Benefits of Meditation

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]M[/eltd_dropcaps]editation is something that is becoming increasingly popular as we make our way through isolation. It is widely practised across the world and is being recognised for its benefits on your mental wellbeing. A lot more people are introducing this amazing practice into their everyday lives and swear by meditation when tackling their anxiety. 

Important Life Factors

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]T[/eltd_dropcaps]here’s never not a ‘right’ time to learn these 7 key factors of life. When you feel like you’re on top of the world or when you’re at the lowest of lows, acknowledging the 7 factors of wellness and understanding how to utilise their purpose to your personal life, will easily enhance the great times and allow you to pick up from the bad ones.  

Each factor is just as important than the other, but some will be more relevant and more important in our day to day lives. There’s nowhere to say you have to be perfect at all 7, it’s just a guideline on how to live a healthy, happy and mindful lifestyle. 

Spring Cleaning your Mind

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]A[/eltd_dropcaps]s spring approaches, the mention of a “spring clean” will often pop up. The idea is to deep clean your house after the winter hibernation, to have a fresh, tidy start to the new season.  

However, I think it is important to take time to spring clean your mind too, not just the space you live in! The cold winter weather and the aftereffects of the ‘January blues’ can take its toll on your mind, especially whilst we’re all isolating and staying home amongst the current chaos. Here are some ideas on detoxing and clearing your mind ready for Spring, so you can make the most of your time and space… 

Why we need to talk about post-graduation Depression

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]A[/eltd_dropcaps]s university students begin to graduate, we want to advocate the discussion around post-graduation mental health. We know that a lot of anxiety and unanswered questions come with graduation, but hopefully this article can assure you that feeling this way is perfectly normal.

Be Mindful of National Garden Meditation Day

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]W[/eltd_dropcaps]alk into your garden. Take a seat and take a deep breath; as Garden meditation day is the time for a refreshing, well overdue, mental reboot. We’re a few months into self-isolation, so what better time to start your mindfulness journey than now. 

Are You Ready for a New Normal?

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]S[/eltd_dropcaps]elf-care and kindness have become increasingly big topics in recent years. We welcomed the mindfulness movement as it saturated our overworked brains with tools and techniques to help calm our frantic lives. We couldn’t keep up, and we didn’t know how to slow down. But despite the much-needed advice, were we really listening? Something tells me we perhaps weren’t. We were then given no choice, as our once normal lives crashed into a universal road block.  

Staying Sane in Isolation

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]I[/eltd_dropcaps]t’s now been – ahem – a while since Boris announced the country-wide lockdown, with the entire of the U.K.’s non-essential workforce suddenly working from home full time.  

After the initial giddiness at the prospect of an extra half an hour in bed, not having to battle the rush hour Northern Line twice a day, and a new work wardrobe comprising mainly loungewear and sliders, the reality of the situation settled in.  

A reason to exercise, that has nothing to do with looks

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]I[/eltd_dropcaps] used to be, quite firmly, anti-exercise. I was literally the nemesis of exercise. Sure, I knew in theory that it was supposed to make you feel better, look better, blah blah blah. But hating exercise became a part of my personality so deeply ingrained that it was almost a reflex to wince at the thought.

Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder

[eltd_dropcaps type=”normal” color=”” background_color=””]A[/eltd_dropcaps]hhh Winter, something that comes around every single year and yet somehow I underestimate each time just how badly it affects me. As soon as the hours of daylight per day start to fall in October it hits me.

I think Winter affects a lot of people in different ways. Many feel a bit more lethargic etc but when it truly impacts on your mental and physical health you know about it! And it can be hard to explain to other people who don’t suffer the same. Seasonal Affective Disorder is definitely something that I suffer with during the winter.