Pinned5 benefits of open mouth breathing. Nose breathing is only half the story.Nose breathing is ideal for daily life If you’re interested in breathwork then you probably already know that nose breathing is far better for you than mouth breathing when you’re going about your daily life. When you breathe through your nose the air is warmed and filtered of pollutants. What’s more, ‘nitrous oxide is created to help…Breathing4 min read
Jun 24Coming off Prozac: 3 ways to get back on the horse after a wobble.Continued from ‘My first wobble since coming off Prozac’. I’m touched. Taken aback. Bless you, each of you who got in touch after I hit ‘publish’ on my last post ‘My first wobble since coming off Prozac’. Some of you to ask if I was ok, others to say they…Anxiety Treatment5 min read
Jun 20My first wobble since coming off ProzacContinued from my post: ‘Anxiety is energy. Move it or transmute it.’ I’m going to share my first wobble since coming off Prozac. And it had to be on holiday didn’t it, in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal. I’d been looking forward to the time I’d set aside…Depression6 min read
Jun 17Anxiety is energy. Move it or transmute it.Continued from my post ‘Weaning off Prozac is going well with the help of 3 simple habits’. When we experience difficult emotions it’s easy to feel consumed. Instead of beating yourself up about it, take action. Since I decided to wean off anxiety medication I’ve been trying this simple concept…Emotional Intelligence6 min read
Apr 30Weaning off Prozac is going well with the help of 3 simple habits.Welcome back The last time you and I caught up, I shared how I felt called to come off the anti-depressant Prozac. There were various reasons why, which you can read about here in Prozac and the path of surrender but in short it was something my intuition was telling me to…Anxiety7 min read
Apr 32 things I didn’t know I needed to let go of. Until I did.I don’t know how it’s happened …but it’s as if a boy racer has just sped into me and given my wing mirror a good ol’ whack. Suddenly my view has changed, both the image of myself and of the world around me. And thank god, because my new perspective is liberating. Here’s what I now…Surrender5 min read
Mar 1Prozac and the path of surrenderAre anti-depressants friend or foe? Surrender to taking them? Or surrender to going without? — I started Confessions From A Woman In Wellness for two reasons #1 To promote wellness. To share the things I’ve learned that might help others feel better in themselves. #2 To write. It’s my way of processing. Of turning round the Rubik’s cube of thoughts inside my head, until eventually ‘click’. They no longer need to spin.Antidepressants7 min read
Jan 12My gratitude practice for 2022? Vlogging.This Christmas I made a vlog A simple montage of time with family: the gifts we gave, the food we ate, and an amorous encounter with an outsized American Akita (!) What struck me most about filming Christmas was how much more appreciative it made me of the little things. …Gratitude4 min read
Dec 1, 20215 creature comforts: from miracle consciousness to SuccessionIt’s winter, freezing cold and already dark hours before bedtime, which keeps tricking me into thinking it’s later than it is. “Another episode?” says my fella the instant the credits start to roll. “It’s late?” I reply, only to discover it’s not, and so begins a second helping of Succession. …Comfort5 min read
Nov 9, 2021Becoming a Transformational Breath Group Leader Part 8: Leadership and loveContinued from Part 7: Living my best life Written for my friends and colleagues on the Transformational Breath® path… The joy of training in-person again My last in-person Transformational Breath® training course was in 2019. We all know what happened next. The Transformational Breath® Foundation responded by creating new online professional trainings and hosting regular breathing…Leadership4 min read