What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is something we all feel. It is a normal response to many different types of stressful situations e.g. sitting an exam, worrying about meeting new people, or making a presentation in work, etc. When worry becomes excessive about everyday life experiences people may have developed a problem with their anxiety. In… Read More 7 Tips To Help With Anxiety Right Now.
What Is Atypical Depression? Atypical depression is a subtype of clinical (major) depression. But atypical depression has some specific symptoms including weight gain, sleepiness, fatigue, have strong reactions to environmental changes, etc. Atypical depression is very common and is four times more common in women than men. It is often first experienced in adolescence. Atypical… Read More Understanding Atypical Depression.
Toxic workplace environments affect everyone working in the business whether they are aware of it or not. Unfortunately it rarely stays in the workplace either and generally follows you into your private life. It’s not just the “oh no it’s Monday morning” feeling or the one off high stressor of a day. It’s the dread… Read More Recovering From Leaving A Toxic Workplace.
With an increasing busy schedule we can find ourselves with very little time for our relationships or ourselves. Social connections that we all need go by the wayside and before we know it months have passed before we really reconnect with someone we love. We have become ships passing in the night on the never… Read More Taking Time For Self-Care To Improve Your Relationships.
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?
Anger, Aggression And The Teenage Brain. One of the first steps we need to take as parents is to understand what happens in the teenage brain when they are angry. When we take on board information our amygdala produces hormones that create strong reactions to physical pain or emotional alarm. It controls the flight, fright… Read More Understanding And Helping Teens Deal With Aggression.
When we become obsessed with trying to control things around us, someone’s behaviour, or certain situations, it’s like trying to use our body to hold back floodwaters. We do know on a certain level that it is an impossible task. But one which many of us still attempt on a daily basis. We seem to… Read More How Can We Learn To Let Go Of Controlling Behaviours?
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 Gaslighting? The term gaslighting comes from an old 1944 film called Gaslight. It is a recognised form of psychological manipulation in which one person (or group of people) targets another individual in order to make them question their own memory, perception of reality or judgements they make. The perpetrator uses tactics, such as denial,… Read More How To Recognise Gaslighting In Relationships.
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