Recently, I spoke with a client about New Year’s resolutions and why sticking to them feels so challenging. As February slips away, many of us feel like we’ve failed. We enter January full of hope, ready to leave Christmas behind and embrace new routines, goals, […]
At the end of 2015, I was mentally and physically unwell. I was a tearful mess. You could say that I had lost control of my emotions. I just didn’t stop crying. After years of being a line manager in some sort of guise, I knew that I was not doing my job as well as I could have been […]
Have you ever noticed that some people are in the mindset that it’s just too hard or impossible to make changes, for some people if I am honest, they are determined that they are right about it being hard. Rather than being happier by […]
It has been over a year now since the first lockdown. Due to the uncertainty that we all faced with some being furloughed or losing their jobs, and subsequent money concerns, it’s natural that we may find our stress levels up. We are working in […]
I know it’s been 4 weeks since many of us started to work from home however it has been mentioned by a few people about how working from home means they are beginning feel like they are doing longer hours as they do not have […]
From doing what I do, one thing I have noticed is that we humans can be very judgemental of ourselves. I think that we can be harder on ourselves than others, and maybe expect perfection in our own performance that we may not […]
In Part 1, I talked about how although our Future Self can see the benefit of long- term goals, it’s our Present Self that must act, and this part of the brain can be selfish, and only think of the here and now. I mentioned […]
How many of you have mastered the art of procrastination? Recently I have spoken to so many people who for their own reasons seem to be procrastinating over something. Whether that’s because it’s something new, they are not feeling confident, the amount of work feels […]
Happy New Year. I hope it was a good evening for all of you, whether you spent it quietly with friends and family or if you were out partying until the early hours. I enjoyed a party with friends and family and I am looking […]
Speaking to a friend the other day she was reflecting about the importance of keeping mental health live in our conversations – we should keep talking about it! She said she’d attended an event run by her company, and her and one other person had […]
