This move of mine to Mallorca has, so far, been a supremely unsettling affair, which is probably obvious, isn’t it? In the simplest of terms, moving from one place to another is, by its very nature unsettling. Upending the status quo to seek a new form of normal inevitably ushers […]
Category: Mind
How To Free Your Mind From Negative Patterns, And Kick Start Your New Successful Life – In As Little As 7 Days…
Unsuccessful people often feel anxious. They think the anxiety is because they haven’t got the life they want… But actually it’s the other way round. Anxiety is a ‘state’ of emotion that clouds the mind – and makes sound judgements almost impossible. And it’s this misunderstanding that holds so many […]
Cake – Jake Russell – Cobsalad
As I write this, I’m sitting with my brother Joe having some cake and tea on the breeze tickled terrace of a right delightfully swanky hotel up in the hills of Mallorca drinking in the serene and quite supreme beauty down through the valley to the big blue sea. It’s […]
Have you heard about the 144,000 angels? – Jake Russell – Cobsalad
Have you heard about the 144,000 angels? That isn’t the start to a joke. Apparently, there are 144,000 angels who exist for no other purpose than to help us. They’re ready and waiting. Ready, naked, angelic and waiting. But the deal is we have to ask them directly and then […]
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 […]
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 […]
8 Ways to Activate Your Mind to Calm Your Brain and Body
You are not your thoughts. No matter what’s going on in your head, there’s a part of you that is separate from it. There is a part of you that is able to step back and observe what your mind is doing. Some people call this observation capability “self-awareness,” “higher self” […]
Does fasting improve mental acuity and help you live longer?
Todays guest blog post comes from Dr Devika Garg, a fresh PhD in neurosciences from the National University of Singapore, with a passion for bringing complex science to the public in simple and engaging ways. She has interests in poetry, music, the creative ways neurons function to create complex animal […]
