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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Mindfulness for busy people

·         Choose an activity to do mindfully, just for one or 2 minutes.   

·         Whatever you are doing, be in that moment, right now.   See what you see around you, right where you are.   Focus your attention on your senses....really notice...  
     
     Listen to the sounds around and inside you.  Notice whatever you can smell.  Reach out and touch what is within reach - the chair, the floor, yourself.  Notice those sensations of breathing, in your chest, your belly, your throat and nose.  

·         Simply notice whenever other thoughts and sensations come to mind, then re-focus on your chosen mindful activity.

·         Be patient and compassionate with yourself.

·         Describe… rather than judge good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant.

·         It is as it is.

·         It will pass.


Everything Flows.  Nothing is fixed.   Heraclitus

Soothe / Emergency first aid kit

Green Hospital Cross Clip ArtGather items together to create a soothing emergency first aid kit - for when you're feeling distressed.

Things you can look at, things you can listen to, things you can do, things you can taste and smell, things you can touch, things that brings up good memories...

More info here

Compose your own music

Online composing software websites.

The simple but fun..
http://www.classicsforkids.com/games/compose/compose.html

And the more sophisticated...




Musical Note Clip Art

Draw or paint

Funny Videos

Feel good videos

Music

Here are some websites where you can browse and listen to music.  Make sure you listen to music that is going to help you feel better !  (more info here)


Npb Clip Art

Free online puzzle games


Tetris Clip Art

We sometimes need to really engage our attention with something like.....puzzle games!


Because the games are free, you might have to tolerate some advertising. Let me know if you find another free puzzle games site that doesn't use too intrusive advertising

De-Stress NOW video


Inspiring Quotes Video


Good news websites

I love these websites - positive and feel good news rather than the usual doom & gloom...

Attention !

Attention Sign Exclamation Clip ArtI'm thinking about changing this blog from a website news blog (I prefer to use Facebook for updates etc) to a place to come to when we need to divert our focus of attention away from upsetting or painful experiences.  

Distraction can be a very useful tool to use when we might otherwise do something we will regret later.  So this blog will include tips and articles and links to other helpful websites.  Please send in your suggestions too!

I'll try it out for a month or so and see how it goes.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Compose yourself...


Navigation

I`ve been working on improving the website navigation.  I`ve changed the home page to try and make all the links less muddled, and I`ve added a set of navigation buttons across the top of each page (many website visitors are unable to see the javascript vertical blue menu list on the left of the site). 

It`s looking like the site rebuild will not be happening, so this is my best effort!

I would appreciate feedback on whether it`s better, or not, and any suggestions....

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Dublin!

Michelle and I are travelling to Dublin tomorrow for a 2 day Decider skills workshop.   I`ll be flying from Paris so I hope the snow will have melted :-)
www.thedecider.org.uk/

Sunday, January 20, 2013

The Helicopter View



The Helicopter View mp3 file added to the website.  Cool and catchy tunes to help you remember and use those effective phrases and techniques just when you need them!
 www.get.gg/gallery1.htm

Friday, January 18, 2013

Make the most...

Epictetus said: "Regardless of what is going on around you, make the best of what is in your power, and take the rest as it occurs."

So here we are, unable to take the car out anywhere, no school, so we thought we'd make the best of what is in our power....this is Alice in our garden early this morning....

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Website rebuild

It's looking like the website will be completely rebuilt in the New Year - yippee!  It has become very big, cumbersome and somewhat difficult to navigate.  There are lots of pages that even the most frequent visitor would have great difficulty finding out it was even there!  So, please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement, or perhaps about elements of the website that you'd like to keep pretty much the same.
You can use the feedback form on this page:  www.get.gg/feedback.htm

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Romanian resources

Following Michelle and my visit to Zalau in Romania 2 weeks ago, I've added 3 Romanian sheets to the website.
Available from this page:  http://www.get.gg/translated.html
(Thanks to Felicia for the translations)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

World Map

Here's a Google Map of where copies of The Decider: A Skills Manual has been sent to since 1 January 2012