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.
There is no doubt it has been a stressful time for everyone. Stress can have such a negative impact on our lives, mentally and physically our health suffers. Our thinking and ability to make positive changes can be hampered by it. Our thinking becomes more negative and our ability to focus properly is badly affected.… Read More Start With Reflection Before Making New Year’s Resolutions.
Having your basic self-care is vital all year round. But this becomes more important in the run up to the holidays. Many factors may contribute to your additional stress both externally and internally in December. So please be aware of these triggers for you. First off having a good basic self-care routine is essential for us to set… Read More 12 Self-Care Tips So You Can Deal With The Holidays.
December and if you celebrate it Christmas day can be hard for many of us. Work gatherings and family get togethers can be sometimes fraught with difficulties. Negative people we may have avoided all year seem now to be unavoidable. Toxic people can be the hardest to set boundaries with and deal with even if… Read More 6 Tips To Deal With Negative People Over The Holidays.
In the previous blogs I covered getting to know your type of stress. Then we looked at small actionable steps we can initially make to take back control over our stress. Next I discussed strategies to make changes to the way we think and behave to help ourselves long-term with stress reduction. This week I’ll… Read More A 5 Step Plan To Help With Stress. (Part 4)
In the previous blogs we covered raising your awareness around your type of stress. Then we looked at small changes we can initially make to take back control over our stress. But in order to make lasting changes we need to add in some other strategies. This week I’ll primarily discuss strategies to make changes… Read More A 5 Step Plan To Help With Stress. (Part 3)
Now that we have raised our awareness about our symptoms and triggers of stress we can move on to taking some short-term action. In this blog I want to give you some immediate self-help tasks you can use to help reduce your stress. But please don’t take on or make too many changes at once.… Read More A 5 Step Plan To Help With Stress. (Part 2)
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