The Positive Habit Weekly Blog – 20th April, 2020 – Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

Separate the Wheat from the Chaff.

What is important to you, I mean truly important? Over the past few weeks of the lockdown, I have noticed, both in myself and my clients, that many of the more superfluous aspects of our lives are taking a well deserved back seat, like the stress of commuting and running from one place to another. As one of my client’s said, “I am no longer the taxi driver to the kids, I am now a passenger in their lives.” Now, maybe for the first time in our lives, we have greater clarity on what really matters.

Some families have more available time to bond and do the things they perhaps spoke wanting to do for years; going running together, playing chess, doing jigsaws and painting etc. The thing is that positive memories of doing these simple things are now being laid down for years to come. “With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.” (Ella Wheeler Wilcox).

Many people report feeling calmer and have experienced a sense of relief, as quarantine by its very nature has removed many of the triggers that can cause anxiety; social occasions, presentations, constant busyness. The Coronavirus pandemic may have forced most of us to physically slow down, but without having a quiet mind you may still feel overwhelmed, no matter where you are. Can you find and tap into that inner stillness now so that you sustain it in a post-COVID-19 world?

My task for you, dear reader, is to make a list of ‘the wheat’ in your life and to dispose of the chaff, the unnecessary. What insights and experiences from the lockdown do you want to carry with you when life returns to ‘normal’, whatever that is. I have divided the list into two areas that reflect both your internal and external worlds. To help you with this, I have shared some of my own thoughts and I would really love it if you email me with yours.

Make your ‘Wheat’ list now, don’t put it off or it might never get done.

Feelings: 

Having presence and being open to the moment as it is
Being at ease with uncertainty – let go of the need to know the future
Accepting that everyone responds to the same situation differently
Hope – always, hope!
Having gratitude for each moment of ‘face time’ I have
Facing sadness with courage

Behaviours:

Having increased patience with myself and family
Taking solo time – time alone
Carpe Diem – living life to the fullest I can and not hesitating if I want to do something
Self-care – crucial for body, mind and spirit
Resting when I need to with no guilt attached
Doing hypnotherapy on myself every day
Not counting days, rather making the days count

I am delighted by the large influx of new subscribers to my limited FREE offer for the online programme, The Positive Habit and am truly grateful to those of you who have donated; it truly does help you to value the course. If you register for it please be sure to follow it as it will really help you. I  continue re-listening to the hypnotherapy audios from the programme every single day and they really are helping to keep me calm and present. Please do spread the word far and wide to friends and family.

Separate the Wheat from the Chaff.

Sending love and much light,

Fiona

To help everyone ride the Coronavirus storm, we are now offering it for FREE* with the option to donate. The price is normally €149.95 so this is an incredible opportunity.

The Programme is designed to help you develop unshakeable strength in both the good and the hard times. Learn to create a quiet mind that allows deep, peaceful sleep at night and emotional resilience during the day.

For more information and to register please click HERE.

*Access to the programme will remain free for the duration of the current public health crisis.

My consultations diary is filling up again but I still have some availability in a few weeks time. If you would like to book a one-to-one session. You can do so HERE. I use Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp Video, you name it! 

Please listen to the ‘Mastering Your Wellness’ Podcast I did with Jayann Walsh. Listen now on iTunesStitcher and Spotify

Be sure to follow me on social media, as I share top positive tips and insights during the week. You can find me on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

‘The Positive Habit’ book
is now available as an audio book on both Audible & Borrow Box!

ONLINE CORPORATE WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE!

I regularly deliver workshops and seminars.  If your company is interested in a Positive Habit wellness event please get in touch.  You can find out more of the amazing companies I have worked with HERE.

Evidence-based, rapid transformational, online, hypnotherapy programme, The Positive Habit trains your subconscious mind to let go of the past & to embrace the future with hope and happiness as you sleep!

Register FREE Now!

Latest Testimonial from The Positive Habit online programme:

Saturday, March 21, 2020
★★★★★

 

“This program has given me a much more positive outlook. Thank you.”

Kathryn Walters

The Positive Habit Weekly Blog – 13th April, 2020 – Practise Social Warming

Happy Easter Monday!  Thanks for reading and being with me. It does my heart good to write to you all. A huge warm welcome to all my new subscribers. Practise social warming.

I do my best each week to bring you a boost of positive energy to keep you going throughout your week. This week I have made a deeply relaxing five-minute open-eyed meditation (see below) on getting comfortable with uncertainty which is something we all need right now.  Please do take the time to follow it as often as you can. 

The positive impact of meditation on our physical and mental health is immense! 

Each morning, before I start work with my clients, I do some yoga and then go for a short jog to the sea and I feel truly blessed being able to do this. While the jog itself is wonderful, what I find most refreshing and inspiring is the friendliness of the people I encounter. Never before in Dublin or any city have I felt the warmth of so many people. Strangers greeting each other as friends. 

Ironically, social distancing has brought strangers closer together.

I encourage you to practise social warming at the same time as you practise social distancing. A smile and a greeting can lift everone’s day.

It is imperative for our collective mental health during this challenging time that we are all united through kindness. 

I hope you have been sleeping well and if you missed my interview on sleep anxiety with Dermot & Dave on Today FM last Monday you can catch it here. Also available is a podcast I did recently, ‘Mastering Your Wellness’ with Jayann Walsh, a lovely lady who asked some really insightful questions on how to cope during the COVID-19 crisis. The link is here and below. 

I am delighted by the large influx of people who have registered for my (now free) online programme, The Positive Habit and am truly grateful to those of you who have donated; it does help you to value the course. If you register for it please be sure to follow it as it will really help you. I have been re-listening to the hypnotherapy audios from the programme every day recently and they really are helping to keep me calm and present. Please do spread the word far and wide to friends and family. 

Sending love and much light,

Fiona

To help everyone ride the Coronavirus storm, we are now offering it for FREE* with the option to donate. The price is normally €149.95 so this is an incredible opportunity.

The Programme is designed to help you develop unshakeable strength in both the good and the hard times. Learn to create a quiet mind that allows deep, peaceful sleep at night and emotional resilience during the day.

For more information and to register please click HERE.

*Access to the programme will remain free for the duration of the current public health crisis.

 If you would like to book a one-to-one session. You can do so HERE. I use Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp Video, you name it! 

Please listen to the ‘Mastering Your Wellness’ Podcast I did with Jayann Walsh. Listen now on iTunesStitcher and Spotify

Be sure to follow me on social media, as I share top positive tips and insights during the week. You can find me on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

‘The Positive Habit’ book
is now available as an audio book on both Audible & Borrow Box!

ONLINE CORPORATE WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE!

I regularly deliver workshops and seminars.  If your company is interested in a Positive Habit wellness event please get in touch.  You can find out more of the amazing companies I have worked with HERE.

Evidence-based, rapid transformational, online, hypnotherapy programme, The Positive Habit trains your subconscious mind to let go of the past & to embrace the future with hope and happiness as you sleep!

Register FREE Now!

Latest Testimonial from The Positive Habit online programme:

Saturday, March 21, 2020
★★★★★

 

“This program has given me a much more positive outlook. Thank you.”

Kathryn Walters