by Crysal Olds | Nov 18, 2018 | Mindful Parenting
My husband and I are going for school visits currently for our eldest daughter. She turns five next year and although I would prefer to home school, she is really interested in school, so we are seeing how it all goes. All the schools we have visited have...
by Crysal Olds | Oct 14, 2018 | Mindful parenting
You may have noticed that the common theme running through my blogs now, is food. I have been a foodie for a long time and I love good, healthy, nutritious food, but I am reading a couple of books (yes, I have more than one book on the go at a time) about food and our...
by Crysal Olds | Sep 24, 2018 | Mindfulness
So, sugar, like for many, has been my crutch, my celebration, my friend and my foe. Now I’ve seen the movies that say that sugar is in most of the food that we buy from the supermarket shelves and that it became so because fat was the world’s number one enemy...
by Crysal Olds | Jul 27, 2018 | Mindfulness
What are your thoughts on acceptance? Most people feel that acceptance is resignation. This doesn’t have to be so. In 2014 a study by the University of Hertfordshire stated that “self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it’s the happy habit...
by Crysal Olds | Apr 3, 2018 | Mindfulness
What do your feet have to do with mindfulness? “The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground” Gautama Buddha How often do you walk around bare foot? I have worn shoes for the majority of my life, even inside the house. It is only in my latter...