Blog — mental health

     

     

Written by Alison Bell I've always hated new years resolutions. They just aren't for me. They always felt like false proclamations that were doomed before they even began. How many ridiculously ambitions resolutions have we all made that were nothing but destined to fail? And how many small inconsequential goals have we set on this "special" night that never really helped us accomplish anything? Here's my take on what we should do instead. For me, it never took a "new year" to start a new habit or change an old one, it just took the desire. There was no need to...

Written by Alison Bell I have just returned from a very special experience, a week long retreat with the fabulous Kim Morrison of Twenty8 Essentials and 11 other wonderful souls. The retreat was set in Byron Bay and was aptly named the Sensory Retreat. I learnt so many incredible things about self care, self love, rituals in daily life, aromas, oils and varying personality types, but most importantly I learnt to laugh. Most of us have forgotten how to laugh whole heartedly, unashamedly and continuously. I'm not talking about just for a moment, I'm talking about multiple times a day, every...