Free Mindfulness Resources – Step into mindfulness with resources that are calm, clear, and practical. These tools include DBT skills, breath work, grounding exercises, and reflective prompts to help build inner stillness and presence.
So there’s recently been a heatwave in the UK. My little garden is blooming, there’s sunlight in the office while I work, we can have barbecues for a sunny evening dinner. It’s beautiful. But is there one little thing missing? A small voice whispers in the back of my mind. The thing about giving up… Continue reading Everyday drinking triggers (and how to be mindful of them)
As someone that spent the first 25 years of life simultaneously afraid of and powerless to my emotions, one thing DBT was helpful with was teaching me the real purpose of emotions, what they do for us, and why they are needed. If you have been in a lot of invalidating environments throughout your life,… Continue reading What do emotions actually do for us?
When I put this together, I first started writing a post about what shame does for us, and quickly realised that I still sometimes struggle to differentiate between what is shame and what is guilt. This "blur" of emotions can happen for a number of reasons, one being complex trauma. So I thought I'd run… Continue reading Can you tell the difference between guilt and shame?
Eliza Blooms 