Restful silence

 

I wonder how noisy your world has been lately? Both the external world and the noises in your head? For most of us, most of the time, the answer can be ‘loud’. Silence, however we find it, is essential for our brain health.

 And that can include visual silence too, by which I mean respite from the constant barrage of multiple images that bombard us from our screens. Never before has there been an era in which so much information was coming at us so thick and so fast. And it’s exhausting. Our brains were never meant to process so much non-stop data. 

Restful silence is essential to our wellbeing.

In my new book, Healing Life’s Wounds, I speak about the power of the pause. In the ubiquitous digital world we now inhabit, it has become the norm to be instantly connected and always available. And whilst that has many good points, as a general rule it’s not good for our health. There is a societal, and for many of us a personal, need to slow down. To intentionally switch off, slow down and let our souls catch up. Silence in nature can be especially healing.

So, how are you doing today? Do you need to take a pause? To walk away from your screens, and smell the roses? Or simply listen to the calming beauty of birdsong?

 Go on … take time to be still and quiet …. your health will thank you for it.

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 Healing Life’s Wounds; Beyond Feeling Broken

will be published in June, by Sarah Grace Publishing.

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