The Power of Community, Connection & Communication

Hello, how has your week been?  I hope you, your family and friends are keeping well.  With the intensity and uncertainty we are experiencing, it has been heart warming to see how mankind can unite and be kind in the face of adversity.  We are living in a historical moment in time.  In the future, people will ask all about this period and it will be great to tell them how the importance of human connection shone through.  In [...]

Adapting to a new way of life during the pandemic

Hello, how are you this week?  At the moment every week seems to have many twists and turns.  There is something my husband and I have found extremely amazing to witness, the kindness of humankind.  We often see the negative footage in the media of people, however this week we have seen how people have used technology to reach out to each other.   Humans are social creatures and we thrive on connection, love and communication.  So in today’s blog [...]

How to be resilient during these challenging times

Hi everyone, how are you faring this week? What a week it has been! As the days progress, many have commented that they don’t know what day of the week it is. There is so much our mind and body are having to process at the moment, that it is easy to loose track of time. However in today’s blog we will continue to use our prefrontal cortex which has been designed to enhance our emotional intelligence, focus, awareness, [...]

Coronavirus – dealing with the uncertainty

As we contine to watch the drama unfold before our very eyes, we can sometimes be mistaken for thinking we are watching a Hollywood movie, however, this is real life. With COVID-19 on everybody’s mind, I felt it appropriate to use this week’s blog to create a PROACTIVE FOCUS towards what we can do to keep well and prevent spreading the virus elsewhere. Advice As many of us will have heard on multiple occasions that handwashing is crucial.  Let us consider further [...]

Anger and your health

As the weeks have progressed, the media have been showing the panic and anger that has set in from the attention grabbing headlines about the coronavirus.  In this week’s blog we will consider Total Somatics’ theme for 2020 - Focus and Insight.  We will use the current feelings in society to delve into the emotion of anger and learn how to control it. Primitive actions We have recently seen panic and subsequent violent behaviour in supermarkets over purchasing toilet rolls! [...]