There are a number of factors which contribute to a healthy relationship and that first and most important one is you. The importance of knowing who you are and having a healthy self esteem cannot be emphasised enough when it comes to building and maintaining a great relationship. Your partner should not “complete” you, you should be a complete and whole person alone. Read More…
Anxiety is a normal and healthy response to life events that require something more from you than your usual daily routine, such as a test you have to sit, a speech you have to make or a starting a new job, Your body has a built in “fight or flight” response which puts you in a state of hyper arousal, preparing you for action and allowing you to deal with a threatening situation, whether real or perceived. However for about 10% of the population, anxiety is more severe and prolonged, causing impaired daily functioning and resulting in an anxiety disorder. Read More…
In this article I want to explain the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how it can be helpful in your life.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the process of examining your cognitions (thoughts) and how these thoughts affect your feelings and behavior. Firstly automatic thoughts (thoughts which come to our minds automatically, not through the senses) are identified and questioned to see whether or not they are valid. Read More…
You are the one person in your life that you cannot get away from, you are always with you, and therefore doesn’t it make sense to like yourself?
People confuse healthy self-esteem with arrogance sometimes. Arrogance is an inflated view of the self where as healthy self-esteem is knowing who you are, faults included and being okay with that, after all nobody is perfect. Read More…
When you think of meditation, what comes to mind? A Buddhist monk sitting atop a mountain in repose for hours on end? Hippies with their alternative lifestyle? The truth is meditation is a powerful tool in maintaining lower stress levels, increasing wellbeing and creating more positive thoughts and emotions. Just 15 minutes a day can create beneficial results in your life, clearing your thoughts, making you feel calmer and lowering stress levels. Read More…
Being a teenager is a time of learning and change. The transition from childhood to adulthood is not always smooth and can be difficult for both the teenager and parent.
Teenagers face their own set of unique issues; high school can be difficult to navigate with peer pressure, bullying, exams, keeping up grades and being expected to know your future career. Relationships become more important than ever Read More…
Sometimes in life it feels like things just aren’t going the way you would have hoped. Life throws us many challenges along the way; job loss, relationship breakups, financial stresses, loss of loved ones, raising children, bad news, the list can go on. The truth is that within our lifetime we are going to face many challenges so how do we keep a positive outlook in our lives? Read More…
When a relationship begins it’s fresh, exciting and new. Both partners want to please one another and feel gratified by seeing their partner happy. As time progresses the relationship get’s deeper and even more gratifying as the two of you share a history together, but sometimes in the daily grind of life, we forget to do the little things that keep our relationship strong and healthy. Here is a list of simple ideas to inject some life into your relationship and keep it on track. Read More…
