ML Devitt’s "WellbeingWithin" Podcast

In thinking about what to focus on for this podcast the following question came to me. How do we manage our overthinking and get to a place of living calmer and more grounded? The goings-on of our internal thinking patterns, internal narratives and conditioned perspectives can really impact how we engage with our daily experiences. So how do we manage and address a racing mind, a nagging internal...

From childhood to early adulthood to full adulthood we go through a range of developmental stages. We learn to walk, talk, run and explore. We grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And on paper, it can all seem so straightforward and simple. And yet it is more complicated than that. Learning to live our lives and be fully content with them, appears to be one of the challenges of...

Are you trying to pace yourself and find a sense of direction in life? It can feel hard to get a clear sense of direction sometimes. Particularly when there are so many external influences that are advertising a perfect life, in the perfect clothes, perfect house and perfect partner, family etc. Getting out of the cloudy fog of misguided influence can take time. Getting some space and time to asse...

So, I wanted to check in with you and ask you this. Do you get to a point of overwhelm or life overload sometimes? How do you address this? What do you do to help ground yourself so you’re able to step back from all life can throw at you? Through the process of exploring different strategies and habits that will help you feel more grounded and soul connected, work to find those things that work fo...

“Not enough” thinking: an obstacle to your Personal Growth and Expansion. “Not enough” thinking, some people say can be a big motivator to helping you strive to achieve what you wish in your life. And on one level, yes, sure that is possible. However, I've noticed that  “not enough thinking” and dwelling on this thinking daily can end up feeling like this massive obstacle you have to try to o...

Leaving the Social Media Shine behind Scroll, scroll, scroll. On and on it goes…. We seek, feed on, explore and absorb from the external what in reality we can only find within in our deeper soul-self. So we can get pulled into comparing ourselves to the external world. But, believe it or not, this is a spinning wheel that you don’t always need to jump on. When you look at those images on Social M...

Crush Your Inner Critic – Part 1 Today we're going to talk about how to crush your inner critic and why it's so important. It's so important because literally, it can change the way you present yourself in your day-to-day life it's a bit like pulling back the curtains of that inner critic taking those curtains away and giving yourself a whole new fresh outlook to base your day on. We want to crush...

Stepping into Self-Acceptance is a gift you give to yourself. The benefits of having a self-accepting attitude and the ripple effects this can create are limitless. So where do we start in developing a solid foundation of self-acceptance to grow and develop from. What is the first thing that we can do to begin to accept ourselves for who we are in this present moment? So that we can move forward w...

Meditation is the key to your soul self. I've often heard people say the following about meditation: what's that going to give me, I can hardly sit still for 10 mins let alone meditate on a regular basis? I don't think it's for me. Do those thoughts sound familiar? So this is where I am going to say "hold your horses" and "don't be so quick to dismiss the practice of Meditation". You may well be t...

Looking at the people around us, and comparing ourselves to what they say, what they are doing, what they have just bought or how far ahead they are, can eat away at us if we let it!! The habit of looking at things external to ourselves and comparing ourselves to those things can leave us feeling drained and demotivated. We can end up putting a lot of “should’s” on ourselves as a result. We can en...

How to Find Your Balance and Your Flow through Active Self-Care Ever notice as you go through your day or week that you feel off-kilter, not quite centred, or a little off balance? Is it possibly because you are juggling too many tasks that week? Trying to do too many things in very little time? Or is there a lot swirling around in your head that it’s hard to know where to start? Sometimes, depend...

Getting from thinking to doing… stop the procrastination and start creating. Have you had an idea in your head or a sense of something you would like to achieve for yourself, but it stays in your head? Do you recognize that you are procrastinating? Making that shift from thinking about something to doing it in a fully committed and motivated way can take time and daily application. It takes monito...

In recent months I’ve used one quote often, for my clients and for myself, and that is the quote: “slow and steady wins the race”. There are similar quotes to this one including, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, “take things one day and one step at a time”, “you can’t rush a good thing”. Each of these offers an important perspective that we can lose sight of sometimes or struggle to be in, other time...

How do we build momentum in our lives, how do we get the forward movement that inspires and motivates us? What motivates us to begin to do things in a different way and gain the forward movement we want in our lives. What helps us break out of the caterpillar mode we might find ourselves in? What would it take to become the beautiful butterfly you are meant to be? Certainly, one of the things that...

Self-acceptance is at the heart of what will support you in paving the way towards the life you want to achieve for yourself. Self-acceptance is the bedrock of our personal foundations that we build from. In contrast, self-criticism, self-judgement and that constant pressure we can live our lives by truly slows us down wears us out and drains us, without us even realising it. We think those patter...

Have you ever noticed that when you are rushing around getting through your to-do list and doing all those things that you committed to doing, that you are almost doing things in a “going through the motions” sort of way? And when you think about it, you are less present in the moment and more present in your thinking around the next place you need to be or the next thing you’ve got to do. Then it...

We can become victims of our own negative thinking patterns, in very subtle and unconscious ways. And yet the research suggests that these negative thinking patterns that are stored in our brain can be rephrased and adapted to create more compassion-based and empowering thinking patterns. And that these thinking patterns help build you up, rather than knock you down. So, where do we start to creat...

When we get caught up in our daily lives and all the things we need to do next, we can easily find ourselves slipping to the end of our to-do list. This can occur sometimes without us even realizing that it has happened. So how do we keep ourselves in...

Do you ever notice that you get caught up in the “to do’s” and the “shoulds” and “need to’s” and end up in a constant tailspin as you try to catch up with yourself around all these things? These can take over our day-to-day routines, to the point that...

The concept of personal growth can feel nebulous at times. Finding ways to look at our own personal growth journey in a concrete way can be a challenge. And yet the beauty of ongoing personal growth is that it significantly supports our levels of...

At times it can be hard to recognize that we are the creators of our own destiny. It can be hard to realize that everything we need to make significant and positive shifts in our lives is within us. Each of us has the capacity to achieve the life we...

Your potential is not just about what you can do well, it is about tapping into that capacity for self-expression through the things we do and the things we get genuine enjoyment out of. For me potential is not about excelling at something, it is about...

It is so easy sometimes to live our lives in a very set way, conditioning our daily habits and behaviours based on rules we put on ourselves. But what if every so often you were to come out from under that umbrella of rules and norms? What if you...

How to build a pattern of positive thinking – Your 10 steps to Positivity. Do you recognise that your thinking can be negatively focused sometimes? Do you recognise that this negative thinking cycle can then have an impact on your mood? Do you Feel...

The benefits of a regular meditation routine over time are far reaching. Meditation benefits you not just while you mediate, but also as you go through your day. Keeping you more grounded, more present and less in your thoughts. It slows you down...