top of page
Search


Mindfulness Is Not About Emptying Your Mind
Mindfulness is not about stopping thoughts or creating a perfectly calm mind. This blog explores how mindfulness can support recovery by helping people notice thoughts, emotions, cravings and body signals with greater awareness, creating more space between what is happening and how they choose to respond.
Leigh-Anne Brierley
3 days ago10 min read


The Pause Between Feeling and Acting: Where Recovery Choices Begin
When emotions, cravings or triggers feel overwhelming, the urge to react can seem immediate. Explore practical DBT-informed skills that can help you pause, regulate, check the facts and choose a response that supports your recovery, wellbeing and the life you are building.
Leigh-Anne Brierley
Oct 19 min read


Understanding Your Window of Tolerance in Recovery
Understanding your window of tolerance in recovery can help you recognise when you are becoming activated, overwhelmed or disconnected. Learn to identify your green, amber and red zones and find practical, compassionate ways to return to greater steadiness, connection and choice.
Leigh-Anne Brierley
Sep 2815 min read


The Recovery Toolbox: What Should Be in Yours Before You Need It?
A strong recovery toolbox is built before you need it. Explore practical tools, coping skills, support systems and relapse-prevention strategies that can help you stay grounded, connected and prepared when recovery feels more difficult.
Leigh-Anne Brierley
Sep 1713 min read


Urge Surfing: Learning to Ride a Craving Instead of Fighting It
Cravings can feel urgent, but they do not have to make the decision. Learn how urge surfing can help you notice, understand and ride the wave of a craving while creating space for safer, more supportive choices.
Leigh-Anne Brierley
Sep 109 min read


It's really more than just the experience!?
You possibly love big, emotive experiences that rock your world and shift your perspective! You're always on the look out for the next immersive retreat, journey, breathwork, ice water immersion...the list goes on...that is going to "be the one". The experience that changes everything and makes it all make sense. You're not alone! A lot of us want that magic, silver bullet that makes everything we've done up to this point drop into place, creating a presence and essence of wh
Leigh-Anne Brierley
Oct 7, 20246 min read
Be the Change Blog Posts
bottom of page
