by Josephine Hughes | Mar 21, 2018
This week in my video I wanted to address how people can remain optimistic even in the face of adversity. With the help of my ever cheerful partner, I’d managed to reframe a broken glass as a stroke of luck (I didn’t break the more precious water jug). However, how...
by Josephine Hughes | Mar 16, 2018
Sometimes I make life hard for myself. As a counsellor I put myself under pressure to have all the answers. I expect myself to have life all sorted. I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you to know that I don’t! So, like everyone else, I can have days where it...
by Josephine Hughes | Mar 8, 2018
How did you fare in the snow last week? It seems to me there’s an arc in people’s reactions to snow. At first excitement and exclamations at how pretty it is and how they’re looking forward to some enforced time off, perhaps with the children. As the days go by,...
by Josephine Hughes | Mar 1, 2018
The UK is in the midst of a cold snap called "The Beast from the East". There's a lot of snow and I suspected my neighbours might be laughing at the futility of me clearing the drive with a snow shovel when an hour later it needed the same treatment again. I was...
by Josephine Hughes | Feb 21, 2018
I vividly remember the first time I understood what mindfulness was about. It was a dark night and I was having trouble sleeping. My mind was flitting from subject to subject but suddenly I took notice of where I was and what was happening. I noticed the quiet...
