Are you caught in … “The Happiness Trap”?

We are supposed to be happy … right? I mean if we are not happy, we are clearly failing in some obvious way. Aren’t we? Could the pressure to be ‘happy’ be making us … unhappy? Russ Harris started out working life as a Medical Doctor, a GP. After a couple of years he noticed…

How’s Your Self Esteem?

What is Self-Esteem? We are constantly appraising things every waking minute making tiny and not so tiny assessments of everything going on in and around us. We are information processing machines and as part of this ongoing work of our perception – we are assessing value, we are measuring worth – of others, of ourselves,…

Introductory Course in Mindfulness Self Kindness

WHAT? The group is for people who have already developed a mindfulness practice and will introduce people to the concepts and practices of Mindful Self Compassion as developed by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer. WHO? Trainer John Julian WHERE? Magpie House Upwey WHEN? 7:00 – 9:30pm Week 1 – 25th September week 2 – 9th…