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How to Beat the Winter Blues
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How to Beat the Winter Blues

Emotional health, Self Care, Self help, Winter

How to Beat the Winter Blues

Winter’s back – and so it’s time to return to my series of seasonal blogs and look at how to beat the winter blues. Each time I revisit these blogs, I gain a more nuanced understanding, and my toolkit for flourishing improves. And so, I hope you don’t mind the occasional repetition and that you too can embrace sitting with the familiar to gain a deeper resonance. And that, my friends, is really key to this time of year. [...]

Emma Byers2025-08-19T21:12:26+00:0024 November 2022|Categories: Emotional health, Self Care, Self help, Winter|Tags: accept yourself, authentic self, beat the winter blues, depression, gifts of winter, hibernation, hygge, know yourself, look within, low energy, low mood, making winter work, overcome winter blues, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self acceptance, self care tips, self love, self-care, vitamin D, winter blues|Comments Off

Detox Your Life with the Magic of Autumn
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Detox Your Life with the Magic of Autumn

Autumn, Seasons, Self Care

Detox Your Life with the Magic of Autumn

So the Autumn Equinox fell in the early hours of this morning (September 23 2022). In the Chinese Solar Terms, this actually marks the half way point of autumn so we’re well into the season. But outside the window, what we think of as autumn is only just starting (oh and yes a little inside too with the annual spider invasion - check out one of my fave cartoons about this). I know a lot of [...]

Emma Byers2022-09-23T13:02:40+00:0023 September 2022|Categories: Autumn, Seasons, Self Care|Tags: autumn, autumn clean, autumn cleanse, breathe in the goodness, clarity, cleanse, declutter, declutter your life, detox, detox your life, get rid of toxic friends, inspiration, look within, make confident decisions, quality, self acceptance, self compassion, self-care|Comments Off

Beat the Winter Blues – Making Winter Work for You
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Beat the Winter Blues – Making Winter Work for You

Emotional health, Self Care, Self help, Winter

Beat the Winter Blues – Making Winter Work for You

Well, we’re back here again. Winter, the season of ultimate yin – cold, dark, hidden, internal - and for many a time of dread. But this season is so important. So how can we make winter work for us, and beat the winter blues? I used to hate winter and couldn’t wait for the longer, warmer days. I would be sluggish, dull, craving sunlight, and battling it every step of the way. My relationship with the seasons transformed when [...]

Emma Byers2020-11-30T12:23:07+00:0020 November 2020|Categories: Emotional health, Self Care, Self help, Winter|Tags: accept yourself, authentic self, beat the winter blues, depression, gifts of winter, hibernation, hygge, know yourself, look within, low energy, low mood, making winter work, overcome winter blues, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, self acceptance, self care tips, self love, self-care, vitamin D, winter blues|Comments Off

How’s Your Harvest?
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How’s Your Harvest?

Late Summer, Self Care

How’s Your Harvest?

In Chinese Medicine, there is an extra season - Late Summer - which is associated with the Earth element. It corresponds to this time of harvest, as the peak of summer moves into the decline of autumn. In some traditions, it is also the time of transition between all of the seasons - the still point as one ends and the next begins. It is a time of nourishment, of gathering and storing. It is the last chance of [...]

Emma Byers2025-08-19T22:53:45+00:009 September 2020|Categories: Late Summer, Self Care|Tags: abundance, barefoot, care, centred, compassion, connectedness, connection, empathy, energy levels, energy stores, grounded, harvest, late summer, Mother Earth, nourish yourself, self cultivation, self nurturing, self-care, sympathy, take stock, understanding|Comments Off

How to make the most of this summer – despite COVID 19
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How to make the most of this summer – despite COVID 19

Seasons, Self Care, Summer

How to make the most of this summer – despite COVID 19

Well, according to the Chinese solar terms, we’ve now moved into summer. And once again I'm writing about the benefits of tuning into the energy of the season, whilst we’re still in circumstances that make that tricky. Perhaps the transition of “Stay Home” into “Stay Alert” gives us a little more opportunity to be outside. However, we're still living with the reality of a pandemic so this summer is likely to be an odd one. But, as I’ve said [...]

Emma Byers2025-08-20T21:29:13+00:0029 May 2020|Categories: Seasons, Self Care, Summer|Tags: change for good, compassion, coping with covid, coronavirus, emotional health, find your passions, happiness, have some fun, health and wellbeing, joy, life coaching, love, love and passion, Make your dreams happen, overcome anger, reach your potential, self-care, summer, understanding and empathy|Comments Off

The Joys of Spring?
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The Joys of Spring?

Seasons, Spring

The Joys of Spring?

So I would normally have sent out my tips for a healthy, happy spring by now but I paused because of the coronavirus situation. I questioned if it was relevant or even superficial. Spring is when we welcome the longer, lighter days and a return to a more external life. It’s a time of renewal, growth, vision, inspiration and hope. And that seems at odds with what's going on and the distress and fear I’m encountering regularly in my [...]

Emma Byers2025-08-26T11:37:26+00:0023 March 2020|Categories: Seasons, Spring|Tags: coronavirus, emotional health, health and wellbeing, self-care, spring|Comments Off

A Winter Survival Guide
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A Winter Survival Guide

Seasons, Winter

A Winter Survival Guide

Winter can be a really tricky time. The cold and dark means that we tend to live a more internal life. For some this can cause fear, isolation and sadness. Energy levels naturally dip and if life is expected to continue with the same level of drive and exertion, problems can arise. Sometimes, it's the busy-ness of life that stops us sitting with ourselves, knowing ourselves, and being OK with ourselves. If we're not happy with ourselves, then this [...]

Emma Byers2025-08-19T23:09:13+00:0018 December 2019|Categories: Seasons, Winter|Tags: SAD, self improvement, self-care, winter, winter survival guide|Comments Off

Seasons

How to Beat the Winter Blues

Detox Your Life with the Magic of Autumn

Beat the Winter Blues – Making Winter Work for You

How’s Your Harvest?

How to make the most of this summer – despite COVID 19

The Joys of Spring?

A Winter Survival Guide

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