The Mindful Baker

It starts the same way for almost everyone.You wake up tired. You scroll before you’ve even opened both eyes. You think about the day ahead and feel that heavy, invisible hand pressing you back into the pillow. “Maybe I just need a break.”“Maybe I’m burnt out.”“Maybe if I change jobs, change routines, change partners, I’ll feel alive again.” We’ve all whispered those thoughts at some point, like little confessions to ourselves. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: most of us

Procrastination – the art of delaying tasks until the last minute, only to stress and scramble to complete them in a frenzy. Something I...

I want to talk to you about something that I’m very passionate about: setting and achieving goals using mindfulness and positive...

First of all, it is only right to point out that every one of us is completely different. Obviously we all look and behave differently...

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me" – Ralph Waldo Emerson An...

Alongside the Be Happy book that I mentioned in an earlier blog, Robert Holden runs an eight week happiness course, designed to teach...

Defining happiness falls into three different categories, the third of which is often seen as the most important, because it doesn’t...

Laughter is the Best Medicine ♫ There is another side to happiness, which is unbelievable to everyone who lacks faith in its true power:...

Forgiving yourself and forgiving others are intrinsically linked, in that by reaching forgiveness in either scenario, you are granting...

Before you can completely regain a 'childlike' love for yourself, the table has to be clean, so to speak. If you are harbouring...

As I mentioned in my last blog, it is only once we grow apart from the innocence of childhood that we slowly start to disengage with...

For as long as you fail to love and accept yourself, you will judge that you are not beautiful enough, successful enough, rich enough,...

Contrary to popular belief, most people who suffer from addictions, of any sort, actually recover by themselves without the need for any...

A couple of years ago, I attended a weekend meditation retreat at a stately home in Oxfordshire. I learned several things over the...

A battle is going on inside us all, it is a terrible fight between wolves. One is evil; anger, envy, sorrow, shame, regret, greed,...

Following on from the last few blogs giving you techniques and methods to integrate mindfulness and meditation into your life (just click...