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Psychologies Magazine Life Leap Retreat April 2019

Psychologies Magazine Life Leap Retreat April 2019

Not long to go now until the Psychologies Magazine retreat on 26-28th April at High Trenhouse, Malham, North Yorkshire.  I will be teaching early morning Qi gong and meditation classes both days.  So what is Qi Gong? Originating from traditional Chinese medicine, Qi...

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Closing the year with kindness

Closing the year with kindness

Closing the year with Kindness The last six months of 2018 have been filled with challenges, sadness, perspective and remarkable kindness. I thought it would be a good time of year to write about kindness and perspective in our consumer driven world. Our daughter was...

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Psychologies Life Leap North Weekend

Psychologies Life Leap North Weekend

As ambassadors for Psychologies magazine, a colleague and I decided to launch Life Leap North which is a private weekend event open to fellow ambassadors and subscribers of the magazine's Life Leap club. The event is being held at High Trenhouse, Malham Moor, Settle,...

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Book Launch Party – Sunday 27th January 2019

Book Launch Party – Sunday 27th January 2019

After a year in the making, 'The Gateway - A journey to re-claim your power from stress and anxiety' is my new book which looks at issues such as stress, anxiety, panic, depression, PMS and fatigue with solutions, positive exercises and techniques to try, other...

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Gail Donnan on BBC Look North

Gail Donnan on BBC Look North

In 2016, BBC Look North filmed Gail whilst she was running mindfulness and meditation clubs in 5 local schools. You can watch the video here... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=807886066025295&id=585217774958793

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Sixteen ladies, five children and a dog

A heart warming tale of the power of human connection May 15, 2018 At 47 I have found something that is not only liberating but something that has allowed me to feel much more free than I have in a long time. I have a body that was built for comfort rather than speed...

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Bedtime – love it or loathe it?

Improving sleep Mar 17, 2018 Sleep – it’s a talking point right?  In my work I see a lot of people who have trouble sleeping.  They don’t come to see me because they can’t sleep; sleep deprivation or poor sleep quality seems to be a side effect caused by other issues....

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How to fall in love with your body again

A candid, funny, 9 week running challenge diary from a 47 year old plus size lady. Feb 24, 2018 Last year I fell down some steps out of my front door.  I was carrying a large box, I was running late, rushing to a school club I was running at the time while trying to...

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Street Wisdom

Street Wisdom

Powerful free global Mindfulness Project Feb 06, 2018 How do you think you would get on practising Mindfulness in a busy market place? Most people (not all) think that  Mindfulness means to sit in the lotus position in peaceful surroundings. ...

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Living and thriving with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Living and thriving with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Inspiration for Polycstic Ovary Syndrome sufferers Jan 22, 2018 I was in my late twenties when a fertility consultant broke the news to me that I had Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and that it was affecting my chances of conceiving.  It was the...

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Trusting your journey

A candid look at setbacks and how they helped me build a successful well-being company and training school. Jan 13, 2018 How much do you trust the Universe? After a few years of "resisting" difficult times in my career, I have now learnt to trust the journey.  Today,...

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Processing Grief with Mindfulness

A personal journey in studying Mindfulness and how it helped process my grief. Dec 29, 2017 Over six years ago my close friend who was terminally ill called me.  At the time I was making a bag for her to carry her morphine drip in. The conversation was short, she...

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Upcoming Events

 

Two night & day retreats

 

 High Trenhouse, Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire (2 nights) and Well House Yoga Space, Harrogate (Day retreats) see Retreats page.