Self Love – Samuel F Hughes

Yin Yoga

I’m tired. It’s only Monday night. Actually, spring is here now so it’s more like Monday evening. I take my place at the back and look around. I haven’t done this before, but I know the room. Am I nervous? Not really. I’ve been told to expect slowness and relaxation. Or have I? I imagineContinue reading “Yin Yoga”

Feelings

Hello. Thanks for coming, it’s nice to see you.Today I’m going to do a really counsellory thing; I’m going to talk about feelings.I think it’s really important to do this, but I also know that it’s not the easiest thing to do, because… Well, because often there just isn’t time to talk about feelings, andContinue reading “Feelings”

Blame and Happiness

Hey, it’s nice to see you here.I haven’t written a new blog post here for aaaaages – there’s been a long gap that was largely due to my computer deciding it didn’t like WordPress anymore, but which was also down to an overload of college work, and worst of all, an inability on my partContinue reading “Blame and Happiness”

Happiness

Happiness is a funny thing isn’t it? I mean, what even is it? The more I think about this, the harder it gets to come up with a functional definition. And the more I try to define it, the more questions I find myself asking. For example, I sometimes wonder: is happiness the same asContinue reading “Happiness”

A Request (for love): The Importance of Kindness and Respect

My eye. Owing to the fact that I harp endlessly on and on about being a trainee counsellor all the time, one of my favourite humans sent me a text yesterday with a question. I’ve decided to answer it here because writing lots of words on Whatsapp is painful, but writing lots of words onContinue reading “A Request (for love): The Importance of Kindness and Respect”

Deep Rest

How to Save Your Life #1 Thanks for reading this entry. I’ll warn you now that when you’ve finished reading it, you might feel confused. I talk a lot about riddles in it, and that makes the whole thing a little bit riddlish. Apologies for the riddlishness. I never thought I’d take mental health advice from Jim Carrey,Continue reading “Deep Rest”