Living alone, no matter your age, can be a daunting experience. Stepping away from living at home with family and taking on the full responsible for all your own income, home and medical requirements can be very hard. Or maybe you’re older and your circumstances have changed. Either way it’s the first time you find… Read More Self Help Tips When You Feel Starved Of Human Contact.
A little bit of a heads up, this week’s blog might seem a little technical. I also need to preference this by saying I am not a medical doctor so please seek advice from your main doctor if required. I feel it is important that we have at least some information about our brain-gut connection… Read More How The Gut and Brain Connection Affects Us?
7 Tips To Help Support Someone With Depression. It’s not just the person with depression who’s affected by their illness. Their friends and family are also affected. Living with or dealing with a person with depression can cause additional stress. It is important that you understand depression, what it is and the symptoms. Needless to say it… Read More Tips To Help Support Someone With Depression.
Well the simple answer to that question is YES. Every one of us is very capable of making our own lives as difficult as possible at times. We can stand in our own way by subconsciously self-sabotaging. We can reactive even though we know it is far better to stop and think first before we… Read More Can We Make Life Difficult For Ourselves?
What Is A Core Belief? A belief is an idea that you hold as being true and may be based upon certainties, probabilities or matters of faith. Beliefs can come from a variety of sources such as: Your own experiences or experiments (e.g. childhood, school, family, friends, neighbourhood, etc.) Your cultural and societal norms you… Read More Why It Is Important To Recognize Your Core Beliefs.
More times than not we think others are more deserving of our love and attention than we are. But that is simply not true. We deserve our love and attention as much as the next person. In fact we probably deserve it more at times but we tend to think we don’t. That inner critic… Read More Why It Is Important To Move Away From Our Inner Critic.
I discussed codependent behaviours last week. Part of these behaviours can involve shoving down and not listening to our feelings, particularly those of fear and guilt. Plus we tend to ignore our own gut instinct and all that means we do enable others and their behaviours. Our Emotions Can Keep Us Stuck Enabling Others. What… Read More Know That It Is Okay To Stop Enabling Others.
A co-dependent has been defined as someone who has let another person’s behaviour affect them, and someone who is obsessed with controlling that person’s behaviour. Why Does Co-dependent Behaviour Arise In The First Place? Co-dependent behaviour is most commonly seen in dysfunctional families. These can include families affected by alcoholism, gambling, drugs, sex addiction or… Read More How To Change Our Codependent Behaviours.
When we are not use to setting boundaries with others then it can cause an internal struggle for us. Often lead by guilt, fear and even shame at times. It will all depend on how you were raised or who you encountered in your life. If you do struggle then know you are not alone.… Read More Tips For Setting Boundaries Without Guilt.
We all need boundaries to help keep us safe. They can be psychological, emotional or physical in nature. A set of healthy boundaries are a crucial component of self-care in all aspects of our lives. The two main types of boundaries are physical and emotional. Your physical boundaries need to be strong in order to… Read More Types of Boundaries You May Need.
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