March 2022

Happiness and wellbeing require some self-care and self-compassion. But happiness and wellbeing are definitely NOT just about the self. Study after study supports the notion that real and meaningful happiness is highly related to real and meaningful relationships. It's about belonging and feeling connected. “Good...

21 March, 2022

For a variety of reasons, some people struggle to allow themselves to enjoy positive emotions such as happiness. Either they feel they don't deserve it or they'll jinx themselves and bring on bad luck or they believe it's frivolous or ...

19 March, 2022

The Anxiety Disorders are possibly the most prevalent of all the psychological disorders. Along with Major Depressive Disorder, anxiety and depression make up a significant proportion of all forms of mental ill-health. Even for those who don't have a formal diagnosis, anxiety and depression are...

18 March, 2022

Stress is inevitable. But there are ways we can mitigate the impact it has on our mood and life. One way, possibly the most effective way, is to look at how we think about and/or interpret the stressful event itself. This isn't to say you...

17 March, 2022

So many of us feel like outsiders, like we're different. If we realised how many felt like this we might realise that we're all different and we're all alone ...

16 March, 2022

So many of us focus way too much on our weaknesses. That's not entirely inappropriate, because if you can become more aware of your weaknesses and then do something about them then that's actually self-help and self-development. But just as we can learn from and...

16 March, 2022