Mindfulness

What matters.

Anyone who has spent much time in hospital will recognise the phenomenon of the invisible patient.

Safe in heaven. Thank you Freda.

Me and my dog and silence. Silence is sometimes needed to re-charge. And yet, Freda is gone and I never really said hello.

Effectiveness

Ah cannae hear you.

We lapsed into singing The Automatic’s ‘What’s that coming over the hill, Is it a Rabbi…”

Effectiveness

Covid patients

People say there are more bacteria in our gut than cells in our body; I am not sure how true this is – I don’t think I am ready to say I am faeces.

Evolution

The last big weekend of the Lockdown*

The weather has changed; yesterday we were basking in too-hot sun, today, the wind and clouds have gathered.

Delirium

Metrodome Part 2 – agitation in Alzheimer’s disease. (Words and the complex nature of a problem)

You will note this is the opposite of ‘There is no bus to Upton, you are 93, you have dementia, you are in hospital’ approach, which is likely only to worsen the anxiety.

Effectiveness

Happy

I had become more relaxed; I was taking her on longer walks. My demeanour had settled into something less than fraught.

Dementia

Overthink (2)

For someone who has dementia and, as previously described, there isn’t ‘dementia’ but infinite individual variations based upon the person’s life history, experience, physiology and, well, pathology.

Effectiveness

Purposeful Practice and an agreement to disagree

Richard Feynman – a physicist considered amongst the greatest minds of his generation (also a crazy bongo-player, linguist and lock-picker)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Older ›

almondemotion

My thoughts on creativity, imagination, health and social care and their relationship with human emotion

Mindfulness

What matters.

Safe in heaven. Thank you Freda.

Ah cannae hear you.

Covid patients

The last big weekend of the Lockdown*

Metrodome Part 2 – agitation in Alzheimer’s disease. (Words and the complex nature of a problem)

Happy

Overthink (2)

Purposeful Practice and an agreement to disagree