Someone you love is sinking. Every instinct says jump in. And then there are two of you in the quicksand. On the urge to fix, whose discomfort it really comes from, and two practices that help me stay alongside.

Three practices I brought home from five days of Mindful Self-Compassion in the Coromandel bush: soft landings, "in for me, out for you", and savouring.

Do your goals ever turn into just another excuse to feel not good enough? Meet Olga, your inner taskmistress, and two practices for bringing her along for the ride, kindly.

Appreciation is a habit of mind we can cultivate, and an antidote to much of what causes us suffering. Three simple practices to try.

Cleaning out my car, I expected to feel ashamed of the mess. What came instead was appreciation. What are you appreciating in your messy life?

What are we retreating from? And to?

When I apply Susan Wardell’s self-tending concept to coaching, I think of the person as both the gardener, and her own garden.

Failure can feel like a verdict. But what if it is actually an invitation?

Our perspective is so shaped by where we are spending our time and attention in the present moment.

This is a story about reclaiming our health and wellbeing — not through prescriptions, labels or quick fixes, but by reconnecting to ourselves.

Have you been bombarded with messages from the happiness - wellness — lifestyle industrial complex that is selling perfect health, youthfulness, happiness, health and wellbeing into one very skinny package that can be yours for a low low price??

I’ve been thinking about the word brave recently.