Sheila Bridge Blog
I have just completed a retreat at El Palmeral. What a privilege! I feel like I have entered a little pocket of heaven on earth. Snuggled away in the Spanish countryside near Alicante, Mike and Julie welcome 10 to 12 guests regularly into what is their home and is also a retreat centre. You... Continue Reading →
This made me laugh out loud, I loved point 4 and the final sentence the best. Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note that placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and... Continue Reading →
Grief? Hassle? Irritation? Frustration? Define 'trouble' as any sort of problem, setback, disappointment or pain and ask yourself the above question. Possibly you will only come up with these kinds of answers: sorrow/loss of earnings/loss of confidence/loss of hope in the future. For you might even say that your troubles are dividing you from friends... Continue Reading →
I’ve been leading a mindfulness group for the last 9 weeks. “Leading” is actually a slightly misleading word. All I did was invite 10 to 12 friends to purchase the same book that I myself had decided to read and then I set up a closed group on Facebook with the idea that we could... Continue Reading →
Many of us spend a lot of our lives postponing happiness. Don't believe me? How often do you catch yourself thinking: "when I've… (Insert project/plan/book to read/goal to fulfil)… Then I'll be happy" This false belief is laid down deeply inside us-it might even lie below the level of conscious thought but occasionally it does... Continue Reading →
What a lot of people might not know about David is that he is very funny. Sometimes, it's true, we are laughing at him but mostly he is making us laugh. I love this photo from our wedding day. It's the only one of David making his speech and it's clear from our expressions that... Continue Reading →
Many of us have a script that runs in our heads. It is so much part of us that we are barely aware of it and yet it is hugely influential. Here are the kinds of things we say to ourselves: "I'm rubbish at this..." "Nothing ever works out well for me" "I can't change"... Continue Reading →
'Be kind to yourself' . It's a phrase we hear a lot these days but I think it's relatively recent currency in our language. I don't think that 20 years ago we were telling ourselves this but maybe I just don't remember. So is it another self absorbed, slightly Buddhist, modern mantra or is it an... Continue Reading →
To those of you who have been aware that at the end of July I suddenly experienced acute neck pain, a quick update and some BIG APPRECIATIONS. If you prayed for me, thank you. There were many other practical things that contributed to my recovery physically but I do not think any of us fully... Continue Reading →
I began this morning by making coffee and getting irritated. The two things were only connected because I'd flipped on the radio. It was a conversation on the Today Programme which really irritated me.It wasn't what they were talking about; it was the way the interviewer was conducting the interview. You never ever hear an... Continue Reading →
