Psychologies UK 04.2020

When it comes to wellness, there is no one-size-fits-all. Which

practices will you consciously choose to embrace, and which no

longer benefit you? Read on to begin developing your unique plan

EACH TO

THEIR OWN

This month, my book,

‘The Wellfulness

Project: A Manual For Mindful Living’

(Octopus, £16.99), is published. My

hope in writing it is to provide a tool

to help you know yourself better, to

figure out which health practices serve

you and which don’t; to know which to

keep and which to let go of, in order

to create a wellness plan for your

individual needs – in body, mind and

heart. We are all different and there

is no blanket approach to wellness.

I compile these pages in the same way.

Take what works, leave what doesn’t,

and share what inspires you...

wellness

Mindful

Psychologies Wellness

Director, mindfulness

expert and yoga teacher

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What’s on your

wellness to-do list? Do you have

a checklist as long as your arm,

which inevitably never nears

completion, and has possibly turned

self-care into a chore, or worse,

fertile ground for guilt? If this is you,

write your list down as you would

your work tasks, and take notice:

is there simply too much on it, too

often? Where can you simplify,

streamline or pare back so you do

less, but get more out of it? @aliroff

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QUOTES TO ”

LIVE BY

ELIZABETH

GILBERT,

EAT, PRAY, LOVE

Do not

apologise for

crying.

Without this

emotion, we

are only

robots

“

Well, well, well,

less is more

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