What Are Grounding Exercises? Grounding exercises can help us when we are feeling overwhelmed by unwanted thoughts, memories (including flashbacks) and feelings associated with anxiety and trauma. You can also use them if you are triggered by stress. Grounding exercises can help to re-center and calm the body and mind. They can help us to… Read More A Grounding Exercise You Might Find Useful.
Coercive control is a type of abuse in which there is a consistent pattern of controlling, coercive and threatening behaviour. It is often associated with emotional abuse, but can also cover physical, financial and sexual abuse by a partner, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife or ex. Coercive control is when a person uses ‘coercion’ or manipulation to control… Read More What Is Coercive Control In An Intimate Relationship?
There are many types of anxiety. If you or a loved one suffers from anxiety it is important that you visit your doctor for a proper diagnosis. Then firstly reach out for professional therapy and secondly find out as much as you can about the type of anxiety it is. In this way you can… Read More Common Types Of Anxiety.
Last week I talked about taking a step back and recognize our own thought patterns. We began by using our journal to identify which thought patterns affect us. When we recognize our thought patterns we can then challenge each of these. So each time you notice one when completely your journal please do take the… Read More 1 Tip To Help Challenge Your Negative Thinking.
Bad days happen to everyone. We can have a really stressful day with the kids, at work, with our family, etc. These kinds of days zap your energy, your mood, and your sense of self-esteem and confidence to low levels. Days like this can be very tough and can create a lack of motivation that… Read More Create An Emergency Self-Care Kit For Bad Days.
We all need to have the proper support system in place. I don’t care how independent you think you might be, you still need the support of solid, positive people. People you know you can count on. But what does that support system look like? Put Appropriate Supports In Place To Help You. Everyone needs… Read More Surround Yourself With The Proper Support System.
When we are stressed we can feel like we have no control over our life. If we start by taking back some control it can give us that little boost to tackle another aspect of stress’ impact on us. Trying to change too much too soon though will impact our stress negatively and leave us… Read More Stress, 1 Tip To Help You Take Back Control.
We cannot change something if we are not aware of it. Stress is so subjective and it can creep up on you so easily that sometimes we are not aware we are stressed. So the first thing you need to do here is to check out your stress symptoms before you take action. What Is… Read More Get To Know Your Stress Symptoms.
If we don’t have the very basic self-care in place first then everything feels off kilter from there. These self-care basics should start to help us to meet our own basic self care needs. They form the foundations upon which we can feel more balanced and build our life. If we don’t meet our own… Read More Get The Self-Care Basics Right First.
New Workbook available in my shop and on Amazon. Do you find yourself caught up in fear and anger about the past? Are you still having arguments in your head with someone? Is toxic guilt and shame haunting you daily? Then perhaps it’s time for some self-forgiveness. It can be very confusing, to say the… Read More Moving Towards Self-Forgiveness Workbook
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