Our Past – A burden to carry or a foundation on which to build?

by emmacushnan // November 14, 2019 // No Comments

“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you will see.” Winston Churchill We all have past experiences, some are good, some are difficult. Our past is powerful and can inform our present and also shape our future. For... Continue reading →

Finding the life in your years.

by emmacushnan // October 26, 2019 // No Comments

In the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln There is a striving for the extending of life. From gene therapy and pioneering medical advances, to beauty products that... Continue reading →

Chasing Rainbows – The colours of YOU

by emmacushnan // October 21, 2019 // No Comments

Somewhere over the rainbow .…….. The Wizard of OZ Across the water a bridge of colour arched. Hues of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet against a darkened sky. Sunlight attempting to break through clouds bursting to unburden... Continue reading →

Mindfulness Why?

by emmacushnan // October 19, 2019 // No Comments

“You can’t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf” Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Mindfulness is a mind-body approach that can help us to think and react differently to experiences we may face in... Continue reading →

Change, letting go and welcoming the new.

by emmacushnan // September 16, 2018 // No Comments

Yesterday I was clever and wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I will change myself. Rumi The pages were written a while ago. A chapter that has been my story. A journey that I didn’t choose... Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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