Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on being present, being aware, knowing our values, and taking action.

By noticing what our mind is doing, and trying to be open to our thoughts, feelings and physical sensations, less helpful thoughts may have less impact.

This is a useful skill when you feel strong emotions that seem overwhelming.

Breathing well can help us to remain calmer and process strong and subtle emotions Breathing well is a good thing. Here you will find a guide to diaphragmatic belly breathing, and a 5 minute practice. Breathing is essential. We all know that. But we rarely get taught how to breathe. I won’t go into detail about all of the benefits of breathing well, but I will say that it can help us to: Remain calm(er) Process emotions‍‍‍ Breathing well helps us to spend less time in a stres

Validation doesn’t always mean acting on our feelings, but showing understanding about why we feel them. It’s essentially human to experience a full range of emotions; some pleasant, others not so much. What we do with these emotions makes all the difference. Validation is a foundation for mental health and wellbeing. Here you can read about validation, invalidation, the ‘validation phase’, and steps for validating your own emotions and those of others. Validation is a founda