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Perfectionism? Try Flexing the Rules a Little!
When I started writing this blog, I looked through some ‘famous quotes’ about being perfect. The more I read, the more it seemed that the take-home messages from people like Natalie Dormer and John Legend were: a. none of us are perfect, and b. we need to accept our...
read moreFeeling Down in The Dumps? Practise some positivity!
Long face? If you’re mood is low and you don’t seem to be able to snap out of it, well that can be really frustrating. Feeling flat can affect not only ourselves but the people around us…let’s face it, it’s hard work being with a mood-hoover! The bad news (literally)...
read moreAnxious Predictions and Worry – a vicious cycle!
During the ‘warm down’ after a recent gym class, the instructor played Baz Luhrmann’s Everybody’s Free (To WearSunscreen)*. After forty minutes in the company of Boot-Camp Barbara (she had clearly trained with Special Forces) and her high...
read moreFeeling Guilty?
Part of the human experience involves feeling guilty from time to time. We may feel guilty when we have behaved badly, made a mistake or upset someone else. We might have overstepped the line with a friend and said something unkind or forgotten to send a...
read moreThe Bottom Line: An Iceberg Analogy.
Let’s imagine ourselves as an iceberg… The parts we show, our automatic thinking, how we respond to what’s going on around us – this is easily accessible – maybe think of this as the tip of the iceberg on top of the water. This smaller, superficial part is...
read moreDanger! Danger! Are you experiencing panic?
Let’s be clear. I am no neuroscientist, but this is how I would explain an extreme physical response to a threat: There is a very small, almond shaped part of our brains called the Amygdala.The Amygdala would appear to be the brain’s ‘Early Warning System’ and sets...
read moreWanted: Motivation!
I don’t now about you, but whenever I read one of those cringe-worthy ‘motivational quotes’ imploring me to invest in myself today in order to reap some bountiful harvest tomorrow, I fester a little inside. Yep, if I plant that seed today, I might well gather...
read moreChecking out OCD
checking (n) the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory When stress builds up in our lives we are prone to low mood and anxiety. We might be dealing with daily pressures and then something else will happen, like a birth, a...
read moreProcrastination – The thief of time
Today I’m struggling with procrastination. Apparently I’m not on my own with this. I have spoken to friends and family who seem to be feeling a little bit ‘challenged’ at getting back into work, studies or writing this January. The irony is that in the US, it is...
read moreFeeling anxious? Are you taking too much of the pie?
Hi and a very belated New Year to you! I have had a month or so of just hanging out with my family and friends and have neglected the blog somewhat…but I’m back on it now. In my last post I mentioned how anxiety could be maintained when we take on too much unnecessary...
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