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80/20...

Thank you to everyone who replied and reached out with what they would like to read about in our emails regarding nutrition. As we expected, the responses were varied and showed just how individual nutrition and diet is to everyone!

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Start the journey...

We are now at the end of Mindful March (that conveniently takes us in to a lovely long weekend that we can maybe take advantage of and practise some mindfulness!) 

 

Here is a quick roundup of what we covered in the emails this month -

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Light-bulb moment

I am often asked why I am so passionate about mindfulness and how I am able to confidently say that it is because of mindfulness that I am in the happy place that I am today. I guess there is never going to be any 'proof' that I will ever be able to show, all I can ever really stress is how much I know my mindset has changed...

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Playground...

Following on from Monday's class 'Playground' we wanted to discuss briefly how important it is that we embrace the child within, that person we were before we allowed barriers stand in our way, and how this links up to mindfulness

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9 years

Today is definitely a ‘grab a cup of tea and settle in kind of email as I wanted to share the story of my last ever hangover….

Monday 19th March 2018 marks the date where I have been sober for 9 years… 9 YEARS!!

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Be present...

As we continue with our mindfulness focus for the month, we wanted to show how the benefits of mindfulness meditation can be observed in other areas of your life. We hear every day how we need to 'live in the moment' and 'enjoy the present' but what does this really mean?

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Freedom...

I was asked by a member of the SMASH community what mindfulness means to me. There is so much I could say, and I will share some more of my personal journey next week, but right now I would say Freedom.

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Mindful March

How are you feeling right now? How often do you take the time to appreciate the present moment, your emotions and feelings? As most of you know, when we created SMASH we said from the beginning that we are focusing on our mental health as much as our physical health so, with that in mind, welcome to...

 

 Mindful March

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Create a ripple...

I am back after an amazing honeymoon in Cape Town! I had an incredible time and did lots of great things such as visiting the gorgeous winelands, trekking up to the highest point of Table Mountain and abseiling down part of it  (check out our Instagram page @smashlondon for my story on facing that fear!)

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Kindness is in everybody

London can be seen as an "unfriendly" place, but if you look for it, kindness is visible wherever you go and witnessing an act of kindness to a stranger can have a knock-on effect to those around. 

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Be a good human

We are half way through February already, focusing on kindness and I came across an appropriate old blog post that  written when I first came to London after a year travelling. I wanted to share some of it with you…

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Shout-out

How are you feeling this Valentine's Day? I know that this day can bring all sorts of strange feelings and emotions and the first thing I always suggest when we find ourselves feeling any kind of emotion is to accept and be at one with it, happy or sad.

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