Designing your space
from the inside out.
Exploring your emotions, motivations and challenges, and translating this into an environment that works for you.
Spaces that make sense: designing using the five senses
Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. We quite often hear about mindfulness, it’s techniques, benefits and impact but do we actually really know how to be mindful and why it helps? What does it mean to practice mindfulness and truly ‘be mindful?’. There are a number of ways that we can practice mindfulness and be present. Yoga, …
Home-onal health: how your home can help balance your hormones
I’ve struggled with hormonal imbalance since I was probably 14 years old. It’s only been recently however, that I have really tried to take an empowered approach and heal myself and my body. Did you know that we are not supposed to experience most of the uncomfortable side effects that a hormonal imbalance in our body can cause? Sleep disturbances, anxiety, excess stress, lack of energy, moodiness. There are all signs that something is off, yet we accept it as normal. We are taught that these …
Using Space for Self-Awareness: how our homes house our healing
Our homes house the stories of our lives. Who we are, what we do and what’s most important to us can be found within the walls that make our home. It shelters us, protects us and keeps us safe from the outside world. It provides so much important information about the people who live, love and create their lives there which is why it’s such an essential tool in my practice with people. One of the first questions I ask a client is how they feel in their space. Not ‘do you like this wall colour?’ …
