Ditch The Drama Queen
We all know her, don't we- that woman who spends her life lurching from one crisis to another, making dramatic exits, slamming doors, driving off into the night.... We put up with it- it's her hormones, it's her time of the month, it's her age, things always seem to...
Do You Dread Going To Work?
Many of my clients and students seem to have unhappy or stressful work environments. Sometimes they don't like the work they do, but more often it is that they find their colleagues or management difficult. As they spend the majority of the day at work this is clearly...
Release Expectations
Over the past few weeks I have spoken to quite a number of people who are stressed because of the behaviour of their colleagues, friends or family. It is very easy to blame others for the way we are feeling, but of course we are entirely responsible for the way we...
Should you be worried about the ‘Nocebo Effect’?
We are all familiar with the Placebo Effect, the idea that something will make you feel better if you believe it will. Indeed one of the accusations of sceptics about complementary therapies is that they are 'merely' acting as a placebo. But the placebo effect is...
How could Reiki help you?
I'm about to finish a Reiki 1 course tomorrow and I will start another soon. It never fails to amaze me how much the students appreciate the classes, how much they feel deflated when they realise that 'next week is your last class'. I have no expectations about how...
What Price Friendship?
A couple of weeks ago I went for lunch in Paris. An American friend of mine was on holiday there and whereas in the past I would have thought, 'what a shame she isn't coming to London, I don't know when I'll see her again', this time I thought 'I don't know when I'll...
Seeking Serenity?
Many women these days seem to be in a state of complete overwhelm. Very often they say something like, 'I would really love to do that, but I just can't fit anything else into my schedule'. Somehow we have managed to fill our lives so fully with work, caring for...
Could Mindfulness Help You?
The topic of depression and mental health is back in the news this week with the sad suicide of Robin Williams. But of course everyday many less well-known people take their own lives which is a tragedy for their family and friends. It is said that in the UK 1 in 4...
Nothing Will Change Unless You Change Something
I have just come back from 3 days at the Inner Guidance Yoga and Retreat Centre near Lavenham in Suffolk. This was a Reiki retreat that I had been planning since the Spring, but I had very slow take-up of places despite months of marketing. However, I was convinced...
Persistence Eventually Pays Off!
My Reiki teachers, Frans and Bronwen Stiene, promote the virtues of Persistence, Patience and Practice in the study of the system of Reiki. But of course it can apply to all areas of life just as well. Some of you may well have been in the room with me last Friday...
