Tag Archives: mindfulness

Don’t Quit

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Fran Watson

Most Overnight Successes Are Years In The Making “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”  Thomas Edison I’m going to let you in on a little … Continue reading →

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Improve Your Mood

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Fran Watson

5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Mood No one likes being in a bad mood, but no matter how much we hate it, it still happens from time to time. There are some things you can do to improve your … Continue reading →

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Feelings

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Fran Watson

How are you feeling? A lot of people I have been talking to lately seem to have a general feeling of malaise (a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being – Miriam Webster) or angst (a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, … Continue reading →

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Healing The World

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Fran Watson

Each of us is more than capable of helping the world, despite our fears and limitations and the uncertainty that holds us back. It is commonly accepted that it is impossible to make a difference without unlimited funding or free … Continue reading →

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Tips for Mental Health while in Quarantine

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Fran Watson

Useful and straightforward tips for mental health while in Quarantine collated by a psychologist:  (sorry I don’t know the name of the psychologist, I got this from a group I belong to.) After having thirty-one sessions this week with patients … Continue reading →

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Positive Thinking Helps Reduce Stress

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Fran Watson

How Positive Thinking Helps Reduce Stress Stress can come from directly from the situations in which we find ourselves, but it can also come from how we view those situations. Sometimes stress can come from how we look at things … Continue reading →

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The Right Jungle

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Fran Watson

Are you in the right jungle? This morning in my daily reading I read the following:  “Effectiveness…does not depend solely on how much effort we expend, but on whether or not the effort we expend is in the right jungle.”  … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Gratitude

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Fran Watson

I was listening to a post about gratitude by Emily Chadbourne in That Crazy Thing Called Life and she mentioned she had just found an article about Gratitude… I thought I would share a bit of it here for you… … Continue reading →

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Not Feeling Confident?

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Fran Watson

Practice Being Bold & Assertive If you struggle with confidence, being bold and assertive may seem as far away from your personality than the East is from the West. But, would you like to be bolder and more assertive? There … Continue reading →

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Why Gratitude Is Important

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Fran Watson

Why Gratitude Is So Important Claire was on her way home from running errands all day with her children. She was hot and tired. The day had been filled with chaos and all she wanted was to grab some food … Continue reading →

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