Meditation, it’s better than sitting around doing nothing. It’s also good for you physically, including boosting your immune system. When we are stressed and anxious, hormones cortisol and adrenaline are pumped too quickly through our bodies. If this happens too often, our adrenal glands become exhausted and this damages our immune system.

In these uncertain and frightening times, it’s so comforting to be reminded that there is still good in this World.

Most of us who exercise outside now, are probably all too familiar with our route. I’m incredibly lucky to live in the beautiful village of Lavenham in Suffolk.

As we start another week in lockdown, some of you will be craving some personal space right now. Others may be desperate for the opposite, these are of course, unusual times and our psyche is being tested!

When we are faced with something that is out of our control, we humans can feel vulnerable and insecure.

As we continue living this somewhat different life, it seems everyone is experiencing things differently.

In places like Tibet and Bhutan, I can’t help admiring the simplicity of their lifestyles. How their faith keeps them strong, and their outlook on life allows them to find peace, happiness and acceptance.

So many of us will be missing seeing our families and friends this weekend, me included.

There two people inside you, the first is controlled by the brain, that sponge in your head that has absorbed information. Every experience, everything you have been taught and told throughout your life, is stored in that sponge. 

What makes you happy? Being embraced by someone you love or time with your friends? A holiday, an adventure perhaps? Or maybe that beautiful pair of shoes you just bought? The things is, that these are moments, and they will all change with time. The holiday will end, the shoes will become worn and our loved ones have lives to get on with too. 

Today are two “official” days. It’s Blue Monday today and it’s Hugging Day. It’s seems to me that one should cancel out the other actually. Blue Monday was recognised back in 2015 by a travel show. It’s is meant to be the bluest day of the year, in the depths of January and Winter.