Let Up, Not Down Morning all, I’m writing a very short one today because it’s all I have time for this week and in doing so I notice the urge to give myself a hard time for it. My harsh internal taskmaster is fast to blast me for the easy […]
Category: Healthy Mind
Everything Is As It Must Be – Jake Russell – Cobsalad
Everything Is As It Must Be – Jake Russell – Cobsalad I’m sitting in the airport in Mallorca heading back to London feeling metaphorically taller from a short and sweet Balearic treat, revitalised, refreshed and excited as I look about at the life around me. Because what I see is […]
Faith and Fear
Faith and Fear Yesterday evening my mum and I went for a walk through the streets of my neighbourhood. It’s become a mini tradition for us every so often over the last couple of months. It’s an opportunity to see one another, catch up, talk about our lives, and to […]
5 Reasons You Should Meditate NOW!
5 Reasons You Should Meditate NOW! Have you been considering meditation, but keep putting it off? If so, you should put your hesitancies behind you, and start meditating. Here are 5 reasons you should meditate today. 1. Reduces stress Stress is something that plagues most adults. If you are one […]
Making The Offering – Jake Russell
Making The Offering Hi, A recurring theme has emerged in the conversations, meetings and musings of my past week. The theme is taking action to either end a destructive pattern or to begin a constructive alternative—which are, after all, two perspectives on the same objective. Whether it’s a pattern of […]
Ideal Isn’t Real – Jake Russell
Hi everyone, I’d like to begin by planting a gigantic kiss of thanks onto each of your cheeks if you responded to my call for help last week, and even onto those that didn’t; come on, have a smooch. The quantity – and warm quality – of responses blasted my […]
A Legacy Of The Barefoot Doctor
Maybe some of you know of “The Barefoot Doctor“? But for those of you who do not, he was, as sadly he passed away January 2020, Stephen Russell, who wrote under the pseudonym The Barefoot Doctor, was a practitioner and teacher of Taoism, its medicine, philosophy, meditation practices and martial […]
Self Healing?
A few months back, a friend introduced something to me, claiming that “it’s one of the best products I’ve ever seen, man! You gotta try it!” Apparently not only was it affordable, it could cure me of practically any disease known to man. Yeah. Right. You’ll have to excuse my […]
Yes, You Can Overcome Anxiety!
People ask me all the time if they really can completely eliminate their performance anxiety( often referred to as stage fright, or fear of public speaking) and feel confident and in control when they have to express themselves in front of others such as: performing, giving a talk, a presentation […]
Suffer – A Short Film ( highlighting mental health)
Being someone that has just gone through some really tough times mentally and physically and lost several friends way before their time, I thought this would be the best way how I can illuminate the issue and honour the people we have all lost. This is a raw and uncompromising […]
