Parenting today seems, for many, to be loaded with pressure. As does ‘growing up’ today. Time is pressured, there is pressure to be a ‘successful’ parent, a pressure to ensure our children ‘succeed’, a pressure to help out financially, a pressure to accept very different values to our own about things such as alcohol, spending, drugs,…
Whilst doing some of the research for a course I am running, I came across an article in the Independent stating the following statistic “rates of depression and anxiety among teenagers have increased by 70% in the past 25 years” Although I work with a good awareness of emotional health, I found this a disturbing…
On a recent few days away I was exchanging introductions and initial pleasantries with a charming retired gentleman who asked me what I do for a living – “I am a Life Coach” I told him. “Oh” he said, looking slightly blank “what does that involve? There are quite a lot of new things I…
Some of us may have decided that an alcohol-free month of October is a challenge or experience we want to try… and for some, the link with making some funds for Macmillan will add incentive. I confess that it’s not for me now as I don’t drink much and already have a dwindling tolerance of…
Having a bad day? How do YOU cope with a bad day? We all have them! Sometimes they come one at a time and sometimes, like buses, they come one after another. And, of course there is a scale of severity of the distress we feel on bad days. Some bad days can be shrugged…
Most of us are creatures of habit but why, and how do we break bad habits? Humans survive off habitual behaviour to create order in their lives and habit exists across time and society. Some serve us well and some don’t. There are habits we have that are beneficial to our lives and ones that…
How is it self esteem built, boosted or eroded? As we start in life we all have the same self esteem potential …but our journeys are different. Our self esteem starts to develop as soon as we become aware of ourselves as individuals –early on in our childhood. If our needs are not met we…
A panic attack can be a terrifying experience If you, or someone you are with, has one, how can you help yourself or them? A panic attack is a scary experience even when we have had one before and know that we came through it OK …….but the first experience of a panic attack is…
Feeling we have a voice is important Donald Trump is about to be sworn in to office as the US President and a fair few people will be asking the question ‘How did that happen?’ ….to which everyone has their own opinion. One theory seems to be that the American people felt that they…
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