• Self-Care, Why is it so hard?

    22nd July 2018

    So many of us now are aware of the benefits of taking time for ourselves, to say no occasionally, to press pause, even to pamper ourselves (if not check out our compassion blog where we explain). Yet, few of us do it. Sickness and burn out rates at work remain high, stress levels are high, mental health difficulties are on the up, […]

  • The Challenges and Benefits of the ‘Compassionate Mind’ (Part 2)

    18th March 2016

    By Katy Woolf In part 1 of the blog, we talked about what we mean by the ‘compassionate mind’ and why we might struggle with this at times.  Whilst we all have a compassionate mind, we can lose touch with this, perhaps allowing it to shrink away amongst the chatter of our threat-focused mind. But we can begin to turn […]

  • Step by Step 3 – The Friends and Family Test

    26th August 2015

    Little by little, step by step How do you talk to yourself? When you are commenting quietly in your mind about the things you have done, the conversations you have had, the way you look and the way you are as a person. What are you saying to yourself? How are you talking to yourself? What is the tone of […]