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From A&E to Actually Living: How Linda Finally Slept — and Got Her Life Back
The fluorescent lights of the A&E corridor buzzed overhead. This wasn't how Linda had planned her evening. Another mysterious illness. Another frantic call to her mum to collect the kids. Another night sitting in a plastic chair, head spinning with questions she couldn't answer: What's causing this? What will happen to my work? Am I going to be okay? What the doctors couldn't tell her — what nobody had yet told her — was that her body was staging a protest. And it had been fo

Melanie Lovatt
May 113 min read


Carol's Story: From Gazing Out of Windows to Walking in the World Again
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that goes beyond tiredness. It's the kind that pins you to your chair. That makes a morning feel like a mountain. That has you drifting off at 10am — mid-colouring session, grandchildren beside you — and waking to find the world has quietly carried on without you. That was Carol's life. And she was scared. The days had shrunk to almost nothing. Waking wasn't a relief — it was a reckoning. Five, sometimes six times a night, chronic urina

Melanie Lovatt
May 103 min read


Magnesium, chocolate & sleep!
I enjoyed recording this with Alison Marsden (Integrating Health) - chocolate is one of my favourite foods! Magnesium, chocolate and sleep! YouTube link https://youtu.be/IPtNPj6glm0

Melanie Lovatt
Jan 22, 20251 min read


How does light affect our sleep?
I recently recorded this podcast with John Bullock, editor of The Light Review - fascinating stuff!

Melanie Lovatt
Oct 6, 20241 min read


How does hydration affect our sleep?
I recorded this podcast recently with Alison Marsden, all about how hydration affects our sleep. Alison helps people increase their...

Melanie Lovatt
Oct 4, 20241 min read


How does the clock change affect us?
I had great fun recording this podcast with Alison Marsden recently - all about how the upcoming clock change affects us. Alison helps...

Melanie Lovatt
Oct 27, 20231 min read


21 day complaint free challenge
I took up this challenge a few years ago and it still influences how I think today - at the time it took me months to go 21 days...

Melanie Lovatt
Oct 22, 20211 min read


80% .. have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation practice ..
'More than 80% of the interviewees have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation practice.' Tim Ferriss (my favourite podcaster)...

Melanie Lovatt
Sep 29, 20211 min read


Gratitude
I love this quote from Greg McKeown (author of 'Essentialism - the Disciplined Pursuit of Less'); "If you focus on what you have, you...

Melanie Lovatt
Sep 22, 20211 min read


''I know that for next time ....''
"That phrase has actually changed my life", said my daughter last week. She had just bought a dress that she really liked, but it was...

Melanie Lovatt
Aug 17, 20211 min read


What role does meditation and mindfulness play in today's world?
Scientific research has shown time and again that meditation and mindfulness can help relieve stress, anxiety, depression and pain.

Melanie Lovatt
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Email: Melanie@Headrest-Meditation.co.uk
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