The Connected Parent – Part 2
In part one of The Connected Parent, we considered how we might be better engaged, or connected with our kids – and how easy it is to unwittingly dis-engage. [Read more…]
Author: Bob Brotchie
The Connected Parent – Part 1
Having accepted the gift of guardianship and the role of parenting, are we paying enough attention to our children, who will then become what we have taught?
PTSD – The Silent Enemy
A heightened awareness and understanding is growing around the realities of the psychological injury – PTSD. The infographic below demonstrates some shocking statistics.
The military are beginning to acknowledge the illness (or injury), yet still, it is often many years before service personnel seek or receive assistance; numbers are sadly increasing for those ending their lives, rather than – or despite seeking help.
Monkey Mind: How to Reduce the Chatter!
Of all the psychological pain points people approach me with, monkey mind – or mind chatter is number one in the frequency tables. With my strategy for busy minded people, these cognitions and subsequent behaviours can settle down to the previously held balance and harmony.
New Year – New Mind
Our thoughts, actions, behaviours and feelings are for many – predictable. Perhaps none more so than at New Year. For some, the past year and it’s passing will provide relief. Relief that it has passed, and they can put to bed at least some suffering. But will it?
Anxieties Affecting Your Sleep?
“If only I could get a full night of great quality sleep.” Something I hear from clients on a very regular basis. Sleeping disorders can affect as many as 7/10 adults, due, at least in part, to anxiety related thought patterns.
Ten Years Younger
How would you like to look, and feel, ten years younger for Christmas? Yeah, that is probably unlikely, but what about starting now – for next year?
Son, Daughter – I Know Best!
I’m coming clean and sharing with you right now; I am guilty, as a parent, of doing what I’m about to write about, and I can’t guarantee I won’t do these things again!
Mum and Dad – I AM good enough!
…and this may extend to other family members! An alarmingly high proportion of clients who engage with me for low self-esteem, depression and anxiety, share the theme ‘lack of permission’ to be ‘good enough’ and of value, as much as anyone else on this planet! So where does this originate from?
Does Social Media Help Bereavement?
Although this question could apply to any bereavement, I wanted to touch on something that has visited my life recently – the death of a family pet.