Live with Wellbeing
The benefits of challenge
There are many benefits of challenge. When it comes to our physical bodies, most of us have accepted and known about the benefits of challenge. Take running for example. When we go running for the first time, it’s really tough but improves and gets easier with time and persistence. When we want to develop muscle mass,…
Recovery of your Inner Child
Recovery of your Inner Child is like a bible in my work. This book by Lucia Capacchione offers a wonderful yet gentle way of reaching within to our inner child. We all carry that child inside of us. If we’ve experienced damaging people or situations as children we carry that pain within us as adults.…
Coping Strategies
Coping strategies for mental health to help you deal with overwhelm, low mood and stress. In the last mental health blog, the emphasis was on achieving a better balance in life – not just work/home life balance, but with all the additional elements that we know provide us with multiple sources of joy and the…
Ikigai
What’s Ikigai? Ikigai is a wonderful book written by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. It brings to us the Japanese Secret to a long and happy life. The ‘Ikigai‘ is something we can all find for ourselves. It combines passion, purpose and finding a sense of flow. The Japanese also value balance and successfully bring…
Overwhelm – we all experience it!
Overwhelm People talk about feeling overwhelmed all the time. We have so much on our plates. I understand the importance of balance, and strive every week to achieve it for myself, but I think we all succumb to overwhelm some of the time. The trick is to break the problem down into component parts. Overwhelm!!…
Achieving Balance
What’s so important about achieving balance? I talk a lot about the importance of achieving a balanced life. I do recognise of course, that there are lots of other demands – those of work, study, family or other people. However, setting aside some time – even just a little time to achieving this balance is usually possible…
Ground Rules for Living Well
Some ground rules for living well When clients come to see me and describe how they are feeling, whether they are attempting to deal with some temporarily difficult situation, or a more permanent issue, the very first thing that I look at with them is the balance that they have in their lives. The first…
A day in the life of a therapist
What’s a day in the life of a therapist like? Today I have 5 clients to see. They are all regular clients who I’ve been working with for a very long time. Often people seek a therapist when they’re going through something tough and when they’ve overcome the main issue they like to keep connected as…
Boundaries
Having good boundaries is one of the best skills that we can learn, as it protects us from those who want to push, take and have expectation of us – and yet it’s arguably the most difficult thing to implement, for many. How often do people ask for your time, your input and effort all…
Increasing happiness in everyday living
The contributors to happiness Most of us seek to have a happy and fulfilled life, but how do we increase happiness? When asked what we want for our children, most of us would say “for them to be happy”. Happiness seems a subjective notion and if there were a magic wand we’d all wave it…