Understanding Why You Need To Rebuild Trust In Yourself Is Vital. Building trust in yourself is hard after any kind of abuse. This is something that requires patience with yourself and for you to purposefully go through the grieving process. Please realise you may have PTSD and to understand this. It is also important to… Read More Rebuilding Trust In Yourself
When most people hear the word trauma they initially expect to hear about some physical impact upon the body. But any trauma that happens impacts us more than just in a physical manner. We can and do experience psychological and emotional trauma too. Just like our physical bodies they also need help and expertise at… Read More Healing Trauma: Why It Is Not All About Just Healing The Physical Body.
What is stress? Stress is your body’s way of responding to any kind of demand or threat. It’s the body’s defense mechanism kicking in. When it works properly it can help us stay focused, alert and energetic and cope with emergencies. So it will help you stay on your toes during a presentation or slam… Read More Understanding Stress & 8 Tips To Help Reduce Stress.
Christmas is fast approaching, we seem to ratchet up the stress at this time of year more so than at any other time. So what are you going to do this year to practice a little self-care before the big day? I’ve listed some of the things I do below that really helps my self-care… Read More How Do I Do Self-Care At Christmas?
What Is Inner Child Work? Both Jung and Freud referred to the inner child in their work. Jung referred to it as the puer or puella complex and Freud as the unconscious part of ourselves. It became known as the “inner child” through pop psychology and the self-help movement. The inner child is seen as… Read More What is Inner Child Work?
So why do we need to relax? Our lives are so busy these days that we might not even realize when stress has started to creep up on us. Stress can build so slowly at times that we don’t realize how badly affected we are until we crash. We might have also developed poor coping… Read More Tips To Help You Relax
Living Alone For The First Time? No matter your age it can be a daunting experience. So how can you help yourself? Stepping outside your family home and becoming an adult who is suddenly responsible for all your own income, home and medical requirements? It can be very hard and for some of us we… Read More Does Living Alone Mean You Have To Feel Lonely?
What does self-care mean to you? For most people self-care means nothing more than looking after our daily needs of eating, sleeping and washing if they’re lucky. For others, it can be an entire world involving using all of our senses on a daily basis. For me, self-care also includes using both sides of my… Read More How Can Creativity Be A Means Of Self-Care?
What Is Personal Development? Many years ago in an effort to learn to “look after myself” I took a course labeled personal development. I had been told that this would help me learn the necessities of looking after myself on top of mindfulness. But what was personal development and what did it have to do… Read More What was Personal Development and what did it have to do with “looking after myself” anyway?
Forgiveness Of Yourself Is At The Heart Of Serenity And Moving On With Our Lives. Forgiveness is often confused with reconciliation. Firstly it is not reconciliation, as this would require at least two people to be involved, and it would require a sincere apology from the other person. Secondly, forgiveness only requires you and you… Read More What Is Forgiveness?
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