How many decisions do you make in a day, and how many of them might you make differently if you weren’t worried about what other people would think?
Talking about mental health – why do we avoid it?
You are deeply ashamed of it, terrified of it happening again. You dare not ask for help. We need care and support at work. We can do it. Here’s how…
What Is Psychotherapy?
What exactly is psychotherapy and how can it help if you are struggling with your mental health.
Are emotions you? Are your thoughts you? What makes you…you?
Emotions and thoughts are transient. The you now will not be you forever. How to create a balance and prevent hopelessness.
Whose Responsibility are My Feelings and Behaviours?
Understanding whose responsibility our emotions and feelings are in our present can be life-changing. The first step is taking responsibility.
Everyone wants to escape sometimes
I’m looking at life like I’d look at a climbing route. It’s a metaphor for life – how will I succeed and what is my next move going to be?
The stories our bodies tell. The stories we wear
The stories our bodies tell, the stories we wear, remind us of who we were and tell of who we are now. Whilst our stories are there, they are not fixed. We can change our stories
Why The Snow Brought Me Hope
By Kirsty So it snowed. It’s the first time we’ve had a proper snowfall here in about five years. It was my daughter’s first real snow, or rather the first she’d remember, so it was lovely. My eldest was cheered, as it’s the first time it’s snowed since we moved Continue Reading
Danger, Opportunity & Wei-chi
By Anna Learning from books I am a self-confessed bookworm. So naturally, when it comes to my mental health, I turn to books for as much information and self-help as I can possibly find. Recently, my counselor recommended that I try reading Living Magically by Gill Edwards. I started reading Continue Reading
How “staying in my own lane” helps my Social Anxiety
Others’ thoughts are theirs to think and, frankly, they are none of my business. How “staying in my own lane” helps my social anxiety.
Safety Dance
By Eddie Kedge It’s so easy to feel like the world and everyone in it’s gone batty. We have a morally vacant and cowardly government. We have a mass shooting once a week. And we can’t even binge on Netflix to escape because (surprise!) our favorite actors, directors and producers Continue Reading
Social Media and Mental Health
By Tina Blacksmith It seems nowadays everywhere you look, people are on their phones. I’ve only had a cell phone for a little over a year now, and before I got one I used to call people “phone zombies”. You can probably guess why. People walk across streets with their Continue Reading