What do you do with a chronic condition that stops you from feeling your most alive?
It may not be anything big. A twinge you have, that you realised has become constant. An ache.
Oh, you say, I have this weird pain in my [enter body part].
Do you ever have that thing where your head is totally in a spin and you can't think straight?
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A quick guide to my core self-care practices. These activities have helped me develop a strength which help me walk through the challenges (instead of having a flop, panic or going to pieces like I used to!)
Read MoreI’ve wanted to write a post on meditation for a little while, and with all the ups and downs in emotion that I’ve been feeling over the last few weeks: packing, saying goodbye, preparing to move to another country, I thought this was the perfect time to do so.
Read MoreWhat is this very moment - the one we're in right now - like for you?
In his book, The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle describes how we are not truly present when we are thinking about the future. We are not being, we ARE not when we are thinking about 'what’s happened' or 'what’s going to happen'. We cannot be present, and we are missing life; it’s passing us by.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I wrote about meditation and how if I could only have one thing to take into 2014, that would be it.
You might say: 'Claire, what do you mean? Don’t you want to take what you’d learnt from this year, the changes you’ve made, the lessons you don’t want to repeat?' Well, yes. And mediation is something I can use to put me in touch with all those things.
Read MoreAs I was planning what to share with you, I thought back over the year and challenged myself: What is the one thing that has changed me the most? It’s a practice that has made the biggest impact on me this year, given me the most motivation and encouragement.
If I was to only take one thing into 2014, this would be it:
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