A healthy set of boundaries is vital for a balanced life. Being able to set limits with people is an important part of those boundaries. But all too often when we become stressed we forget to do just that. Too much stress can, if left untreated, lead to burnout, depression and anxiety. We need to… Read More Re-establishing Your Boundaries To Manage Your Stress.
Stress, anxiety, fear, tiredness, can all diminish our ability to focus. Before we know it we are in a negative cycle and feeling like we are constantly running to catch up. In the end something has to give and more than likely that will be our ability to focus on any task at hand. This… Read More 12 Tips That Help You Regain Your Focus
In an all too busy world we can find that our stress gets out of hand all too easily. Sometimes we don’t even realise we have taken on too much or become overwhelmed and stressed. It has crept up on us so slowly that being constantly in the flight or fight stage is our new… Read More Are You Too Busy To Manage Your Stress?
We know we should look after ourselves better as mums. We’ve all heard the phrase “you cannot serve from an empty cup”. But let’s be honest here who has the time? I know when my children were younger it certainly felt like I had no time for myself. Let’s face it, it can feel like… Read More The Importance Of Having A Basic Self-Care Routine In A Busy World.
1 Make Sleep A Priority If you want to improve your sleep then you need to make it a priority for you. We need between 7 and 9 hours sleep each night once we become adults. Teens and children will need more sleep. (You can find a blog and podcast on sleep and helping children/teens… Read More 11 Tips To Help You Get A Better Night’s Sleep.
With life becoming more pressured and stressful it is no wonder we are finding it harder to balance our lives. But it is vital to our mental and physical health that we continually try to do so. For you see it is an ongoing process rather than a once you achieved it you have it… Read More 10 Tips To Help You Create Balance In Your Life.
What Is Sibling Rivalry? I’ve covered sibling rivalry in children in a previous blog you can find here. But a simple definition of what sibling rivalry is about is the jealousy, competition and fighting between brothers and sisters. When we hear about sibling rivalry we often think of children acting as I’ve outlined above with… Read More Why Does Sibling Rivalry Continue In Adults?
The stresses and pressures from society demands that our attention changes quickly. We are becoming more addicted to technology, most of the time without knowing it. This creates more mental habits of distraction, attention switching, and places more stress on our mental and physical systems. We are in fact exposed to more information in one… Read More Meditation: One Quick Breathing Technique To Retrain The Mind.
We can view failure as a negative, and only a negative, in our lives. But what if we learnt to reframe our thinking just a bit and could see failure in a more positive light? What would that do to our thinking, our decisions, and our ability to grow and learn? It certainly would change… Read More Reframing Our Thinking About Failure.
For most of us the word no is particularly hard to say. There can be a multitude of reasons why that is and I’ll list some of these below. Many of us say yes to everything, and everyone, it seems to be our default setting. We end up with a constantly growing to do list… Read More Why We Struggle To Say No.
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