Mind Insight

01/09/2026

Had such a good conversation with Hannah on the Divergent Vibes podcast — chronic pain, the nervous system, and quite a lot of "pain geekery" along the way.

We talked about why you're not going mad — you're human — and how the biology of pain, sensitisation, and threat vs. safety actually shapes what your body does day to day. Also got into how chronic stress can end up as a pain trigger in itself, and why the solutions are often messy, individual, and refreshingly low-tech — not another gadget or programme, just simple ways to move your nervous system back towards safety.

I also shared a bit of my own story — my history with meditation, how my priorities have shifted over the years, and how I've become more accepting, less judgemental, and better at getting out of my own way.

Give it a listen 🎧 — I think it'll land differently depending on where you're at.

Link in the comments.

28/08/2026

It's race training season again. The 10k at Run Cheltenham.

Last year I ran one of my best times ever.

This year? I'm slower. There are days when a voice in my head asks "why are you doing this?" — and I've started wondering if this might be my last year of racing.

I've been thinking a lot about letting go lately, and this feels like part of a bigger pattern.

The last six years have asked me to let go of a lot:

🔸 Leaving India — and the identity of the adventurer abroad that came with it
🔸 Retiring from chiropractic — and the professional anchor and community that gave me
🔸 Realising the "push on through" mentality that carried me through so much of adult life doesn't fit anymore. It's not who I want to be.
🔸 Getting clearer on what I can and can't control — and putting down the struggle to force things into place before they're ready.

And underneath all of it? A real sadness that's still there.

Because knowing each "shedding" is right for me doesn't make it easy to live with. Even when it's inevitable.

Which brings me to one of the biggest lessons mindfulness has taught me.

The practice was never about making hard things disappear.

It's about helping me be with them. Taking off the pressure to have it all figured out. And staying out of the overthinking loop — because that loop doesn't have the answers anyway.

Still training. Still figuring it out. Still practising what I teach. 🏃‍♀️

26/08/2026

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." — Jon Kabat-Zinn

I come back to this quote often, because it captures something people misunderstand about mindfulness.

It isn't about achieving a calm, difficulty-free life. That was never on offer. Life will keep bringing stress, uncertainty, and the unexpected — that's outside anyone's control.

What is within our control is the relationship we build with it. And that relationship is trainable. Neuroplasticity research (Hebb, Merzenich) shows the nervous system reinforces whatever pattern it repeats — including the pattern of resisting difficulty, or the pattern of meeting it with steadiness.

Mindfulness, in that sense, isn't a lifestyle add-on. It's the practice of building that second pattern deliberately, so you're not permanently reacting to the first wave that comes along.

So I'll ask what I ask the professionals I work with: what wave are you fighting right now? And what might it feel like to stop resisting it, and find your balance instead?

I'd genuinely like to know — drop it in the comments.

19/08/2026

Can we talk about the tax you're probably paying without even knowing it? 👀

If you think mindfulness is just about chilling out... it's not. Stick with me here.

It's actually a high-performance habit. And when you skip it, you pay for it. All day long.

Think about it:

✨The email you misread and reacted to a bit too fast
✨ The proposal that went out with a typo you'd normally have caught
✨ The meeting where you missed what someone was really asking, because your brain was already three tasks ahead.

None of that is bad luck.

It's what happens when you're running on empty and don't realise it. A hidden tax on your best thinking.

And here's the thing. Whether you're a one-woman band or leading a whole team, your mental state IS the business.

People feel it. Decisions reflect it.

Think about a top athlete for a sec. They don't train till they collapse. They check in, adjust, protect their recovery — because they know performance drops before it completely falls apart.

That's exactly what mindfulness does for you. It's not a break from the work.

It's a quick, honest check-in with yourself:

Am I actually doing my best thinking right now, or just pushing through?

It helps you catch the early warning signs:

🌬️ That shallow breath (or held breath 😬) before a big call
😬 The tension when something feels "off"
😶 The flatness that means you're not really there anymore.

Basically, mindfulness gives you data. So you know when to push through, and when to pull back. And that one decision can be worth way more than another hour at your desk.

The people I work with don't slow down when they start practising this. They get SHARPER.

Fewer mistakes. Clearer heads. Better instincts.

They stop paying the tax.

This isn't wellness fluff. It's a genuine performance edge. 💫

13/08/2026

What's one thing that took you a long time to learn about your own work?

For me, it was accepting that mindfulness wasn't going to instantly make me feel better when things went wrong.

Most of us come to mindfulness with a goal:

Relaxation.
Less pain.
Reduced stress.
More peace.

None of these are a problem in themselves. But all of them involve striving to be somewhere other than where you are.

And what's wrong with that?

The striving itself can create additional suffering. It can get in the way.

Once you accept that:

💚 Whatever it is you want (or don't want), the feelings and sensations are already here — and you can survive them
💚 Drop your resistance to them, and they stop having such a hold on you

That's how you find calmer waters.

As someone I worked with recently put it:

"Mindfulness doesn't mean you'll never have rough seas, or that they'll stop scaring you. But you feel like a better swimmer, and much more able to deal with both the waves and the fear."

👉 What would you like to feel more able to deal with in your life?

12/08/2026

We're conditioned to think faster means better. But rushing rarely leads to good decisions.

Notifications, deadlines, endless comparison — modern life trains us to react instead of respond. Under time pressure, our nervous system defaults to reflexive, threat-based thinking rather than considered judgement.

Slowing down isn't indulgent. It's what lets you actually tune in — to what you need, what you want, what matters — instead of just moving faster to keep up.

Better decisions start with pausing, not speeding up. 🧠

09/08/2026

Washing up: chore or hidden opportunity? 🧼

Hear me out.

The warm water. The scent of the washing-up liquid. The weight of each plate.

It's all there, waiting for your attention.

Mind drifts to tomorrow's meeting? Notice, and come back to your hands.

Every return = one rep of focus training.

Same dishes. Same time. Calmer you.

03/08/2026

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