February 2025

And now we arrive at our final post in this managing anxiety series; and to finish things off I want to briefly talk about reaching out and asking for help.  I've spent much of my adult life working in various capacities as a clinical psychologist and/or...

28 February, 2025

This mini self-help program for anxiety has (hopefully) prompted you to think about accepting how you feel, focusing on what you can change, and then changing how you think about and while experiencing anxiety. This post will focus more on how you behave before, during and...

27 February, 2025

In Post 1 of this Managing Anxiety Series I encouraged you to accept the normality, and even at times utility, of anxiety. It might not always be pleasant, but it's also not always (or doesn't have to be) overwhelming and debilitating. Which brings me to step 2...

24 February, 2025

Anxiety is a common, and at times perfectly normal and appropriate human emotion. So, let me begin by encouraging you to think about anxiety NOT as something that needs to be banished or eliminated, but as something that can, at times, be a useful warning sign...

24 February, 2025

Let me begin by noting that I fully accept we all have obligations and responsibilities. I'm also very aware that life can be tough, and even bleak at times. At the same time, I know that I take life, and myself, way too seriously sometimes; and it...

21 February, 2025

One of the most common mistakes many of us make when it comes to creating happiness and self-development more generally is to focus all our efforts on fixing all our weaknesses. Don't get me wrong; we all have faults and failings and self-improvement is a very...

20 February, 2025

Following on from Post 1, today I'd like to share another simple but potentially powerful happiness boosting strategy. And it's not dissimilar to the first strategy I've already outlined. But his time, rather than just focusing on identifying and then planning more pleasurable and enjoyable activities, this...

18 February, 2025

Here we go with the first series in this new series of blog posts in which I'll combine a number of posts to create a mini-program. I'll be covering how to manage depression and anxiety and stress, as well as how to foster more positive...

17 February, 2025