One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Winning with Sourdough

Who knew bread could be so wise, but in the hands of Dr Caroline it most certainly can! This week we talk failure, and how to turn that into victory! Don't give up - try, try again!!   One Small Thing with Dr Caroline is brought to you by My Social Support Network and Create Today.  

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Folding

Domestic chores are the worst - well maybe not the worst - but we all have to do them. Unfortunately when they pile up it's so easy for these small tasks to become stressful, and the more little tasks that stack up, the more stress we have! This week Dr Caroline has a hack to reduce stress, get th…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Gratitude - Gratitude For Self

This week is the third and final part of our Gratitude Series, and today we turn inwards and show love and appreciation for ourselves. We are really good at focussing on our faults, but how can we turn that upside down, and gain all the health benefits this will bring?   One Small Thing with Dr C…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Gratitude - Expressing Gratitude to Others

This week is Part 2 of the Gratitude Series, and today we are learning how to express gratitude. This isn't just for the person you're expressing gratitude to - it's also for you! It provides dopamine and all those positive chemicals that create connection, which can be so easily missed in our busy…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Gratitude - Noticing Whats Already There

This week Dr Caroline starts a three-part series on Gratitude. Our brain is designed to detect threat, so if you feel you're always seeing the negative, it's actually natural - the way we were designed. But can we challenge our brain and change the way we see things through neuroplasticity?    On…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Stacking

Sometimes it's hard to get motivated, especially when there's so much to do. It all seems too hard! But what if you could make inroads on that task list by cutting them into smaller tasks and stacking them, ticking them off as you go. Today Dr Caroline makes the complex easy, and the easy a breeze…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - 30 Second Hug

We find ourselves being busy, far too busy for true connection - but dis you know that a 30 second or longer hug releases a flood of happy feelings and creates an overall feeling of acceptance and bonding between each other?  As much as we might be racing from place to place, only connecting virtu…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Sting in the Tail

What if the things we dismiss first have the most to teach us? In this episode of One Small Thing with Dr Caroline, we consider how easily we focus on what is obvious while overlooking what is valuable and how this tendency influences the way we think about ageing, experience and the contribution o…