Our first Grid retreat is a success
News from our first Grid retreat where we work on helping people construct healthy and deeply fulfilling lives that encourage their best expression.
How to connect better with loved ones
5 ways to nurture emotional connections in your relationships Sometimes the people we love most and, those who love us, can get into a downward spiral in our relationships. We can feel them slipping away in spite of effort to connect better with them on an emotional level. In such instances instead of love being…
If you want to feel empowered and heal, learn to breathe
In this article, I discuss the importance of breathing for personal empowerment, calm and healing. You will find this article helpful if you: value learning,
enjoy trying out practical exercises to discover something about yourself,
want strategies for feeling calm and in control.
Switchboard Operator: a practical exercise to repair self-defeating thoughts
Tackling self-defeating thoughts with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy The Switchboard Operator is a useful visualisation technique to systematically challenge self-defeating thoughts. This simple exercise can change your thought patterns and is based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). Watch this short helpful video about CBT from one of my favourite mental health charity in the UK, Mind.…
Book Corner – Feb 2019 Recommendation
February Highly Recommended Read This month’s recommended book is Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and Hope to Find Hope by Johann Hari. You can watch Johann in conversation with Decca Aitkenhead, interviewer for the Guardian from a Thursday lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) below. This is a beautiful, deeply…
Cultivating self-love and self-knowledge
Cultivating self-love and self-knowledge is a great way to deepen connections, feel more whole and resourceful. Make YOU your Valentine.
How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Say No to Winter Blues The cold season has finally arrived and for many this hails the struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. For me it’s brought on by grey skies, frequent soggy rain, the crackle of radiators, and more tea and coffee to sip trying to feel a warmth from the inside that…
Finding Self-love by Taking Time Out
Life frequently gets in the way of finding self-love. Here is a simple truth: while rushing through our daily struggles, we often neglect ourselves.
Facing and dealing with anxiety
I’ve been asked my by colleague and friend Kenneth Clifford to contribute to his blog and the Portsmouth counselling practice with a series of blogs on either neuroscience or anxiety. You can see I chose something far more practical. 4-5 people in my annual leadership programme of 40 candidates faces and struggles with anxiety in…
Let your heart drive and your brain lead the way: Magdalena Bak-Maier at TEDx 2013 London
This is the TEDx talk I gave in February 2013 for TedX organised by Lisa Jacob. First, a big thanks to all those helping her our on the day to make us feel so welcomed and to the technical specialists behind this video which looks fab. Thank you! If you like the talk please share…