Gabby's Blog

It is vital to be flexible in both mind and body. Just as we need strength, we need flexibility to ensure balance and equilibrium and we need to nurture it . Visualise a tree, it needs a solid foundation but to be flexible to the elements. Just as our bodies and minds need to flex and adapt to what life throws our way! For those of you who don’t know me, I am Gabby, a mum of twins and ever expanding household of pets including our dog, some chickens, some fish and the cutest

Change the way you think, change your life! The topic of this blog is Neuroplasticity, how the brain can adapt to change and form new neural pathways. Put simply, neuroplasticity is how we rewire our brains, adapt, retain information and master new skills. High levels of underlying and consistent stress can create and strengthen new neural pathways, raising our base levels of stress (our allostatic load) and in doing so, affecting the way we are able to deal with stress. I

I went for a walk recently with a friend that I hadn’t seen in person for a very long time. The kind of friend who doesn’t go for small talk, who goes deep into exactly where she is and what is going on at that moment. It was so refreshing, I left feeling nourished, empowered and revived. That’s not to say the whole conversation was positive, but it was real. It was connected. Think about the polite conversations we have and clearly sometimes need to have - The ‘how are yous

For so many of us, it can be easy to get swallowed up in these thoughts . It might be helpful to note that our brain is where we think and our heart is where we feel . We often use these terms interchangably but there is a clear difference. When we consider that our subconscious mind runs the show, Up to 95% of our thoughts are habitual and looping thought patterns, leaving only 5% conscious thought, it can be quite alarming that we trust our brain and thoughts so much! T

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