The Core Values of Mindfulness

by emmacushnan // August 10, 2018 // 3 Comments

Life is endlessly busy, and if your like me, you find yourself dashing from one task to another and juggling the constant demands that nag us to be met. This dividing of our attention can be a source of great... Continue reading →

Mindfulness v Mindlessness.

by emmacushnan // June 26, 2018 // No Comments

Mindfulness gives you time, time gives you choices. Choices skillfully made, lead to freedom. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana For many mindfulness brings to mind someone sat meditating, practicing yoga, in a state of zen. Yet mindfulness I am learning is much... Continue reading →

Are you filling up your ‘Wellbeing Bucket’

by emmacushnan // April 24, 2018 // No Comments

You scroll down the pictures, your phone alight with happy, smiling faces. A day at the zoo, games in the park, happy days spent in the sun, oh and look your friend has posted the unicorn cupcakes she has made... Continue reading →

Herby and the Dandelion

by emmacushnan // April 15, 2018 // No Comments

It was a bright, windy day in Blossom Meadow, the kind of day where the smells of lavender and honeysuckle float on the breeze, and the warmth of the sun causes the earth to glow. Herby bee was buzzing around,... Continue reading →

Fairest of them all – Accepting the changes in me

by emmacushnan // April 10, 2018 // 6 Comments

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs I look in the mirror and stare at the face before me. Fine lines dart from the green eyes that still sparkle,... Continue reading →

When the fairytale is broken

by emmacushnan // February 21, 2018 // No Comments

I have always loved fairytales. Magical worlds in which to escape full of intrigue, hero’s, villain’s, and of course, the fight between good and evil. I use to have my own fairytale, my own story of how I dreamed my... Continue reading →

Wishing on a Star – Thrive Awards Winner

by emmacushnan // February 5, 2018 // No Comments

I heard my name but I couldn’t believe it. My legs just won’t move and everything is a bit of a blur of lights and applause. Urged out of my chair I head towards the stage, it feels like... Continue reading →

Stolen

by emmacushnan // August 4, 2017 // No Comments

Reflections on the battle of mental illness. I feel like my life has been stolen. Precious moments measured in minutes, hours, days and weeks, lost to a thief that freely wanders into my life with no regard for the things... Continue reading →

Out of the blue and meeting a Duchess.

by emmacushnan // April 2, 2017 // No Comments

Two years ago I sat in my living room with a video camera staring at me as I poured out my heart to a complete stranger. Tim was kind, gentle and full of empathy as he guided me while... Continue reading →

Unloveable

by emmacushnan // March 28, 2017 // No Comments

In the depths of struggling with mental health we can feel unlovable. I am unlovable. This is what I believe. How could someone love something so flawed, so broken as me? I doubt my own worth, Doubt that I... Continue reading →

Emma Jane Cushnan

Author – Coach – Advocate

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