If you were raised by uninvolved parents the journey to healing can be hard. Often times you may not have realized you were neglected at the time. You could have internalized the pain and loneliness you felt while growing up. Plus having your concerns dismissed as being too sensitive or selfish is so undermining. Sibling… Read More Understanding Uninvolved Parenting And Its Consequences.
Giving someone the gift of reading will empower them for life. A lot of time we take our ability to read for granted. Not everyone in the world has had the same access to books and education as we have. Sometimes we forget this. We also forget that access to information needs to come in… Read More 4 Self-Help Books I Read That I Thought Were Helpful.
Firstly I am not a medical doctor. The following is for informational purposes only. It may serve as a starting point if you, or a loved one, has recently been diagnosed. It should not replace any professional advice you have received. The reason I include such blogs is because of my own experiences regarding diagnosis… Read More What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Stress, anxiety, fear, tiredness, can all have huge implications on our mental and physical health. Before we know it we are feeling like we are constantly running to catch up. It can escalate into an even more negative cycle that feeds on itself. In the end something has to give and that something could be… Read More How To Keep Focus.
If I’m honest there are plenty of things I cannot do without. Sleep which I’ve made a priority for me and which is part of my self-care routine is right up at the top. But I’d also add in meditation another must that helps with my serenity and mental health. Connections with my support system… Read More What’s The One Thing I Cannot Do Without?
Let me preference this with a story. My cat reminded me the other day of why I needed to do a spring clean of my office. To celebrate international wildlife day she presented me, and my office, with her first capture of spring, a live mouse. This isn’t unusually for anyone who has cats. Come… Read More Why A “Spring Clean” Can Help Your Mental Health.
No one can function on less than 6 hours sleep. That is a very well researched fact. Thousands of studies have been conducted over the last few decades into how much sleep we need and what happens if you don’t get enough sleep. If you want to get up at 5am every morning then you… Read More Why Getting Up At 5am Might Not Be Good For You.
I’ve been meaning to write this blog for a while. I had covered the other personalities under the Dark Triad before and wanted to complete this series. I’ve covered Psychopaths/Sociopaths and Narcissistic Personality Disorder in previous blogs and videos. What Is Machiavellianism? Unlike the other personalities we meet on the Dark Triad though Machiavellianism is… Read More What Is Machiavellianism?
Why do we need, at the very least, a very basic self-care routine when busy? The answer is simple, because it will bring stability to our mental and physical health. It will help you re-center when everything else goes astray in your life. If we can bring it all back to basics on our bad days, we… Read More 7 Quick Wins With Self-Care When You Are Busy.
Some would have us believe that to love and care for ourselves is selfish. That is simple not true. We need to start seeing self-love as acts of love and self-care in our everyday life. The choices we make each day can be based on acts of self-love. From meeting our basic self-care needs to… Read More Why Self-Love Is Not An Act Of Selfishness.
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