Black Minds Matter (BMM) : donations #BMMUK21K

July 14, 2021Allyship, Antiracism, Fiction, Health, Human Rights, Mental Health, Mental Health in Fiction, Mindfulness and mental health, Psychology, Racism, Writing

I’ve been in therapy, but the reasons for my therapy have never included the trauma of racism, of living inside a black or brown skin in a white-supremacist society. Nor have I been misinterpreted because the colour of my therapist’s skin was different from my own. Which is why Black Minds Matter (BMM) is so necessary, … Read More

Mindfulness, Fitzroy Square and Subversive (Guerilla) Gardening

March 14, 2016Creativity, Design, Gardening, Mindfulness and mental health, Places, Things I'd Love to Have Made, Writing

A few weeks ago I did an Introduction to Mindfulness day at the London Mindfulness Project (whose rooms are in the astonishingly beautiful, Georgian Fitzroy Square, at No 6): No 6, according to the Georgian Society, has: Over the years … become associated with high-end Bohemian residents many of whom had and have prominent careers in … Read More

Mindfulness; 18 things creative people do differently and the ever-magical Elizabeth Gilbert

September 14, 2015Artists, Creativity, Mindfulness and mental health, Things I'd Love to Have Made, Writers, Writing

Mindfulness, according to The Mindfulness Project in London, is: A simple and very powerful practice of training our attention. It’s … about paying attention to what’s happening here and now (sensations, thoughts, emotions) in a non-judgemental way. It can interrupt the habit of getting lost in thoughts, mostly about the future or past, which often generate more … Read More