Positive. Mental. Attitude.
Those of a certain age may well remember the Persil advert below from 1996 which taught us the power of PMA or Positive Mental Attitude. As well as the importance of not putting your sandwiches in with your sports kit. I vaguely remember some mockery of the PMA...
Work – a lousy way to earn a living?
This is a photo that I took in 2008 while on expedition in India. This guy was a mason (as in bricklayer, not the secret handshake type), he lived in a tiny village where we were helping to build eco-sanitation units because they didn’t have toilets in their...
That first little leap
Anyone who has voluntarily pursued any kind of significant change in life has probably used the beauty of hindsight to notice how the anticipation of the first step you take into the unknown feels ridiculously scary. It warrants much pondering, sleepless nights,...
Musings from TMM #1
Episode #1 – Starting something new This is rather exciting, I’ve decided to launch a podcast!! It’s called Musings from The Mental Movement and new episodes will be released on the first Sunday of every month. Each episode will introduce a theme...
In the words of Heather Small…
What have you done today to make you feel proud? Yesterday I ran nearly 7 miles and it was the first time I’d run that kind of distance in several years. It was tough, it definitely wasn’t fast and, until I reached about 6 miles, I wasn’t even sure...
Shout, shout, get it all out
366 days ago I was fervorously working at my laptop trying to finish my website and social media pages so that I could launch my little business by the self-imposed deadline of 1 October. Such a giant cliche but, where on earth has that year gone!! Today, I am very...
TMM book review #2 – The power of now – Eckhart Tolle
This is a book which I think I’ve started on no less than 3 occasions over a period of probably about 10 years. And, finally, I can say that I have finished it – hurrah! This book is pretty well known as a “self-help” staple and one that often...
TMM book review #1 – Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I’ve always loved books. Correction, I’ve always loved buying books – I’m just not so good at getting around to reading them. As a result, one of my goals for 2015 is to do more educational reading (more precisely, 30 mins 3 times per week)...
10 tips on returning to work after an extended absence
By Phoebe Bennett I returned to my job at a Management Consultancy in November 2013 after over two years of sick leave due to bipolar related depression. My return has been somewhat rocky, with some real ups and downs – but I am now in a good place and am...
Hey I'm Hana. The lovely stranger that wants to help you with your thinking. I find writing cathartic. I hope you enjoy reading the musings that I post here as much as I've enjoyed writing them. If you do, then please share my meandering wisdoms with others or let me know, I'd love to hear from you.