…that wasn’t a metaphor! Or was it?
Actually, a walk in the park, the riverside, through town or just walking rather than driving where possible can be helpful, emotionally and physically. But you know this, right? [Read more…]
Is ignorance acceptable?
If you are a colleague or particularly a manager/leader – ignorance of mental health challenges which affect us all is only acceptable in my view to the point that it touches you in some way and your awareness is created and you commit to learning about the subject. [Read more…]
Under the influence of… positive or negative? Clearly our life and the experiences we realise are a mixture, and hopefully a balance of the two influences. Just as with happiness and sadness, without both in our lives we could not recognise one from another. [Read more…]
Our guest author is Olivia Roat, a reporter for GoStrengths!, a site dedicated to teaching resilience and happiness skills to parents and kids. She discusses tech and mindfulness.
As a society, we’re always on the go, so does that mean our brains are too? According to a report from the University of California, San Diego, in 28 years (from 1980 to 2008), our consumption of information increased 350 percent! [Read more…]
Much talked and written about, and with good reason, is our health and especially the health of those with responsibilities in business. Business stressful? This appears to be a prerequisite but does it have to be? Probably to a degree, but that’s the whole point of this particular post. [Read more…]
We’ve all experienced selfish behaviour. Maybe we can even admit we have been selfish too. But is this always such a bad thing?
Have you reached a stage in life yet, whereby you truly believe a perceived or actual failure is an opportunity to learn? Sure, that statement is a cliché. Yet, we still concern ourselves incessantly with succeeding every time in everything we do. [Read more…]
The Reasons We Ruminate And How To Reduce The Cycle by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Associate Editor at Psych Central
I enjoy sharing content that provides international perspectives. This article from Dr Jim Manganiello is an excellent piece that focuses on the challenges in the US – and which are highly relevant in most areas! Dr Manganiello is a clinical psychologist and diplomate-level medical psychotherapist based in Groveland and West Boxford. He is also an author and teacher focusing on stress, personal growth, meditation and “inner fitness.” His book “Unshakable Certainty” is available on Amazon.
This topic is one that most of have experience of at some, and often, many stages throughout our lives. With careful guidance, counsel and coaching, these states of ‘living’ can be managed by providing meaningful and sustainable strategies to exist in ways that are more nourishing.
This column examines “disease proneness” and the role that stress often plays in disease-prone personality patterns. Research demonstrates that a relationship can exist between stress-provoking personality patterns and illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and life problems, including anxiety, depression and, among others, insomnia. [Read more…]
Have you ever decided to make some big change in your life? Was there something you were not happy with, so you decided to “turn over a new leaf”? Did you spend a huge amount of your time and energy into trying to change that which you didn’t like? [Read more…]