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They call it puppy love…
For Valentine’s Day 2021 I put the a pic of my hubby and my puppy up on Instagram (click the link to see the pic), basically a wee...
Bridgeen
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Have you been lazy enough today?
So it’s been a year. I don’t need to tell you. But to shift to something positive lets reflect on some of the good things that came out...
Bridgeen
Jan 9, 20214 min read


Guest on Cate Conway’s podcast on grief
I was honoured to be interviewed by the gorgeous @radio.cate for her NEW podcast. 🔊📡Cate is doing the podcast in response to the...
Bridgeen
Oct 6, 20201 min read


Blooming of a Lotus course -Reflections on week 4, day 2 meditation: Looking deeply, healing
I have experienced a lot of physical pain. Everyone has. We all have our own challenges. Pain is part of being human. From I was a baby I...
Bridgeen
Aug 11, 20205 min read


Why kindness matters for our mental health
It’s mental health awareness week 2020, the theme this year is ‘kindness’ and I’ve just been asked to go to the BBC Radio Ulster...
Bridgeen
May 20, 20205 min read


A mindful approach to COVID-19. My top tips for dealing with the Global Pandemic as featured on the
If your feel fearful, anxious or panicky at this time of a global pandemic – just know this means you are totally normal and human. It’s...
Bridgeen
Mar 25, 20207 min read


Using mindfulness during coronavirus: Northern Ireland expert’s tips on lowering anxiety
This was the headline of the Belfast Telegraph I featured in on 16 March 2020. Here is the full article as published on their website:...
Bridgeen
Mar 25, 20203 min read


What’s happening to my classes during the Coronavirus shutdown?
Due to the Coronavirus Crisis the Namaste centre where I teach my ‘in person’ classes has closed, I will now offer my weekly class online...
Bridgeen
Mar 18, 20202 min read

My 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion Course
Find out more about my 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion course in this short video x #mindfulness #mindfulselfcompassion #8weekcourse
Bridgeen
Jan 9, 20201 min read


What is MBSR and why you should study it with me
In this video I tell you a little bit about the 8-week MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) and MBCT (mindfulness based cognitive...
Bridgeen
Jan 7, 20201 min read


How to practice the 3-step mindful self-compassion break (video)
Tonight sitting in my meditation room I decided to make a video for you all on how to do a ‘self-compassion break’. This short, kind...
Bridgeen
Jan 1, 20201 min read


Early 2020 retreats
Admiring the Waterfall in Glenariff 30 December 2020 I’d a wonderful day in Glenariff today and it reminded me to remind you that your...
Bridgeen
Dec 30, 20191 min read

How to do chocolate meditation (video)
If you come to either my Christmas workshop or charity christmas night I will be offering Chocolate meditation. If you can’t make it you...
Bridgeen
Dec 7, 20191 min read


The tale of the lengths gone to, to get a new bell ‘inviter’ 🔔
So my ‘big bell’ one of many I use in my mindfulness teaching practice went on a long journey from a Buddhist monastery in Asia to be...
Bridgeen
Nov 22, 20192 min read


Happy continuation dear Thay 🙏❤️
The 11 October was my teacher Thich Nhat Hanh’s 93rd birthday. We say ‘happy continuation’ as Thay teaches there is no birth and no death...
Bridgeen
Oct 13, 20192 min read


List of NI based counsellors
Mindfulness training is therapeutic NOT therapy but sometimes the message gets confused. And sometimes it’s not easy to know where to go...
Bridgeen
Oct 1, 20192 min read


Train with me this winter
Come train with me this Winter! ❄️ There are so many options out there now to learn meditation 🧘🏻♀️🧘🏼♂️ I can offer you tried and...
Bridgeen
Sep 26, 20191 min read


Do not die just because of one emotion
The 10 September was World Suicide Prevention day (when this was posted on my Instagram and Facebook ). In 2017 over 6000 people in the...
Bridgeen
Sep 12, 20192 min read


The Good News
They don’t publish the good news. The good news is published by us. We have a special edition every moment, and we need you to read it....
Bridgeen
Aug 20, 20193 min read


We’re all porcupines Interbeing
How wonderful is this tale of our interconnectedness… It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The...
Bridgeen
Aug 6, 20192 min read
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