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 →

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 →

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 →

In the eye of the beholder

by emmacushnan // December 28, 2016 // No Comments

The saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and I have been thinking about this a lot. but My mind kept coming back to this saying, we know it to be true of beauty but what about... Continue reading →

My Winter Solstice – Return of Light

by emmacushnan // December 28, 2016 // No Comments

I have known darkness, I have known the depth of winter. A winter that evades your soul and threatens to never give way to spring. I have felt swallowed up and in despair, alone, not knowing where to turn. Yet... Continue reading →

The Gift you could not take from me

by emmacushnan // December 28, 2016 // No Comments

THE GIFT YOU COULD NOT TAKE FROM ME No one saw it tearing me insideNo one saw the pain I couldn’t put aside It took away my laughterIt took away my happy ever after It robbed me of sunny daysIt... Continue reading →

Beyond the darkness

by emmacushnan // December 27, 2016 // No Comments

“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today” William Glasser “Are you not over it yet?” someone said to me the other day. Someone I hadn’t expected had voiced... Continue reading →

Emma Jane Cushnan

Author – Coach – Advocate

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Mindfulness Why?

Change, letting go and welcoming the new.

Are you filling up your ‘Wellbeing Bucket’

Stolen

Out of the blue and meeting a Duchess.

Unloveable

In the eye of the beholder

My Winter Solstice – Return of Light

The Gift you could not take from me

Beyond the darkness