Dee (she/her)

@deeruddock@mindly.social
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#stars 💫🌍 #cats 🐈‍⬛ (all #animals) #nature 🌱 #piano 🎹 #viola 🎻 #yoga #pilates 🧘‍♂️ #positivepsychology 🧠 #reading + #bookreviews 📚 #Pizza 🍕 #coffee ☕️ #hope 💞 #grateful 🙏🏻 #POTs , #hEDS #dysautonomia 🦓 🦄

sister, daughter, wife to my wife; avid reader, shower singer, over-thinker, coffee drinker

CountryUK, Europe
today’s #caturday contributions from the sofa 🌧️ 🛋️ Boy & Girl in close proximity, again!
some Springtime pics of our garden earlier this year , apropos of nothing 😉 , but a lovely visual reminder of what is due to come again ⭕️

the first of the month tomorrow, a great opportunity to check out Action for Happiness’ free calendar with a fantastic tip each day. September’s theme is #SelfCare (which isn’t all bubble baths & face masks )

https://actionforhappiness.org/sites/default/files/Sep%202024.jpg

#ActionForHappiness

it’s #caturday in the utility room

🌺 New Blooms in my garden this morning

🍂 beautiful flashes of colour among the autumnal leaves #bloomscrolling

if anyone knows for sure what they are, please do let me know 🙏🏻

Even the worst game in history understands this

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."

Polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of connection https://t.co/049xCwVNDG

Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

“The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”

The Marginalian

#Sunday thoughts on changing your mind or even your life. 🌅

“…Human beings are rough drafts that continually mistake themselves for the final story, then gasp as the plot changes on the page of living.” #MariaPopova #quote #psychology #growth

https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/05/17/adam-phillips-giving-up/

On Giving Up: Adam Phillips on Knowing What You Want, the Art of Self-Revision, and the Courage to Change Your Mind

“Not being able to give up is not to be able to allow for loss, for vulnerability; not to be able to allow for the passing of time, and the revisions it brings.”

The Marginalian

❤️ I really like this easy to understand “brain chemicals” cheat sheet and wanted to share just in case it can help even 1 more person out there 🙏🏻

https://www.hypermobility.org/post/happy-brain-chemicals-to-make-you-feel-good

HAPPY BRAIN CHEMICALS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD!

HAPPY BRAIN CHEMICALS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD!Your daily D.O.S.EThe image below was designed by the lovely Kim, as a quick and easy reference guide to what the various feel-good chemicals in our brains do, how we can tell which ones we're short on, and most importantly what we can do about them when we're feeling those effects, in a targeted way. We've had the poster in the social media team 'office' for a while now and it's so popular it's made its way onto family members' phones as it has turned

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