As Christmas gets near and lots of time spent with family is on the cards, dread can be the accompanying feeling for many.
Families are complicated beasts! If you leave family situations feeling worse about yourself or exhausted, it’s a good indication that there are some family patterns at play that you need to shine a light on.
Read MoreThis is a big one. It comes up with so many of the clients I work with. The fear that if I make a change from what is a familiar life - even if many things do not make me happy - what if I fail? What if its worse? What if I am more unhappy?
Read MoreBy anybody’s standards it has been a crazy year. It’s been a year of being closed away in our homes and seeing very little of people and the world. For some people this has brought great pain. For others, this has brought great relief. Others have had mixed feelings about the whole thing
Read MoreMany people struggle with feeling that they are not good enough at work (often called imposter syndrome). For these people, meetings were manageable when they were in a room with colleagues. This meant that they were able to check in on other’s reactions to their comments, and see how they were with them as the meeting finished and everyone got into the lift together to go back to their desks.
Read MoreWhen we appreciate the small and feel gratitude for all those small things that make us happy, our mindset immediately shifts to the positive. If your focus is on all the things that you are missing out on and how rubbish this time is going to be, you inevitably go into a mental slump.
Read MoreAs normal life begins slowly to return, it’s a great opportunity to review the way we live our lives. Some questions you might want to ask yourself are:
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Don’t go near people! Don’t touch anything! Wash everything once inside! Germs could be anywhere! The current climate is the perfect storm for developing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Read MoreWe live such a fast-paced life that we barely have time to stop. You could look at this 3 weeks (+) as a restriction on all the things that you could be out there doing. Or you could look at it as an enforced pause - a time to take stock, reflect, enjoy the slow pace of life and give your mental health a much needed break. Ways to make it amazing could include:
Read MoreOur bodies are designed to handle some levels of stress. We have a sympathetic nervous system (often called the fight or flight system) which kicks in at times of stress. This enabled our ancestors to fight or run from a life-threatening scenario, such as a tiger chasing them.
Read MoreChristmas can be a fraught time. It’s the one time of year where we spend intense time with our families. For some, that is fantastic – for others it can make the whole experience of xmas a really difficult one.
You cannot control the way your Dad talks to you about the things you should be doing with your life.
