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Awakn Clinics London – psychedelic assisted psychotherapy event
A very interesting event next week from the first clinic in Europe legally using ketamine in therapy. Ben Sessa will be doing a talk and they will cover patient case studies to show how ketamine can improve therapeutic outcomes. I … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, happy, ketamine, mental health, nomad, psychedelics, therapy, universe
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Writing for Our Lives is out in Waterstones now #mentalhealth
My former employer, a large charity supporting those struggling with addiction, mental health issues et al, released a book of poetry written by their service users and staff. Some poems did not make a cut and they needed more, I … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, art therapy
Tagged addiction, book, happiness, happy, mental health, nomad, poem, turning point, universe, waterstones
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Resilience in Buddhism, a different perspective to find happiness, joy and peace #burnout #unemployment #anxiety
When you find yourself in a predicament, see it from a different point of view. “Happiness is sorrow, sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty, difficulty in happiness”. If it’s so bad it’s impossible, know it too shall pass, … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, video & film
Tagged anxiety, buddhism, burnout, happiness, happy, joy, mental health, mini retirement, nomad, peace, redundancy, resilience, self-discovery, shamanism, suffering, therapy, unemployment, universe
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Overcoming challenges and growing through struggles – my talk on resilience #burnout #mentalhealth
Cathy Lawson and Alison Burgess of I Have Got This invited me to take part in their Resilience Matters series. I talk about some of the challenges I had to overcome and how I did it, my corporate burnout and … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, burnout, event, happiness, happy, live, mental health, nomad, redundancy, resilience, talk, unemployment, universe
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Precept #5 of the Order of Interbeing. The realization of perfect understanding is Bodhisattva’s only career
Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need. The Eight … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, quotes
Tagged bodhisattva, buddhism, career, happiness, happy, mental health, minimalism, nomad, thich nhat hanh, universe
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Choose your #mentalhealth
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Tagged action for happiness, happiness, happy, mental health, nomad, quote, universe
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So, a job found me…
After 2 years of emptiness, I am back in the energetic vortex of the Universe and things are moving again. I do nothing, yet nothing is left undone 🙂 In the end, despite all my (half assed to be honest) … Continue reading
Posted in work & money
Tagged career, employment, happiness, happy, job, mental health, nomad, search, social enterprise, universe
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Rumination, or obsessive thinking, and what to do when it becomes too much
Many of us believe that we are our thoughts, or rather many of us don’t stop to think whether what our minds are telling us in the form of thoughts is true or not, because the belief that thoughts are … Continue reading
Posted in self
Tagged anxiety, brain, disorder, emergency, happiness, happy, mental health, mind, negative thinking, nomad, obsessive, psychology, rumination, spiral, thinking, universe
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Some light in the dark – positive news amidst the pandemic #coronavirus
In the first couple of weeks of The Great Lockdown, I have spent too much time on the news feeds obsessively reading the news and feeding my fears of uncertainty and missing out. Once the panic subsided, I have cut … Continue reading
Posted in happiness
Tagged coronavirus, happiness, happy, isolation, light, lockdown, mental health, news, nomad, pandemic, positive, universe
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Which mindset zone are you in during Covid-19?
I’ve seen this chart on Professor Scott Galloway’s Linkedin page (I listen to his Prof G show and Pivot podcast with him almost exclusively now) and it is the best visual summary of our mindset options during this pandemic. I’ve spent … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, coronavirus, fear, growth, happiness, happy, mental health, mindset, nomad, quarantine, scott galloway, uncertainty, universe, well being
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Burn baby burn. What can we do with ourselves in times of coronavirus.
Who is up to what these days? I volunteer with the Hear Me App where I talk to folks from all over the world who need someone to talk to. And everyone is struggling, myself included. I’ve spent the first … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, how to, self
Tagged buddhism, coronavirus, happiness, happy, lockdown, mental health, nomad, quarantine, ram dass, universe
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My book on love addiction is now out on Amazon!
It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer in possession of a blog, must be in want of publishing a book 🙂 I went the self publishing route and did it. My guide to healing love addiction is now available … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, love, self
Tagged addiction, buddhism, crush, happiness, happy, healing, love, meditation, mental health, nomad, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychology, relationship, self help, soul, spiritual, universe, unrequited
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What brings you most joy?
I remember going to the shaman because although I had a good life on the face of it, it was bleak as if something was missing. And she told me that I stopped feeling joy. She told me that to … Continue reading
Posted in happiness
Tagged depression, happiness, happiness, happy, mental health, nomad, shaman, universe
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The Mind Explorers – London premiere and live Q&A, come and say hi!
Recently I posted A new milestone… a new door opened… a new world discovered… #happiness. So what has been this amazing spiritual growth experience that has blown my mind so much? Inspired by the likes of Stan Grof, Ram Dass and … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, anxiety, depression, documentary, film, happiness, happy, mental health, mushroom, nomad, premiere, psilocybin, psychedelics, retreat, universe
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Happiness: Go Green To Beat The Blues
At some point I have stopped following the news. It’s a sure way to boost one’s happiness – news usually focus on the negative, depress us about things we don’t have control over and create energy sapping noise in our … Continue reading
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