Your wellness – whether spiritual, physical or mental – is a vital component of leading a healthy, fulfilled life. Looking after your wellness might involve tackling a low self-esteem, dealing with anxiety or cutting out negative influences in your life. Get started on your wellness journey by reading the blogs in this section, written by psychology experts.
There is often a strong push to be successful and our attention is often on future outcomes. If we achieve this task, if we gain that promotion, if we reach that milestone then we will be happy. Work and family pressures can result in us constantly thinking about tomorrow and next week. ‘What is for …
Why do I overthink everything? How can I enjoy life more and be in a state of flow? How is overthinking stopping me from living the life I wish to live? Going gung ho and rushing into things is not always a wise idea. It is important that in certain situations we let our hair …
How to love yourself and how to take time for yourself? What is self care? We live in such a fast paced world and we are often living in the tomorrow and not getting time to pause and catch our breath. Intense jobs, commutes, family pressures and advertisements of solutions in purchasing shiny new products …
Am I burnt out? What does burnout feel like? We are living in a fast paced world with pressure to work long hours and lots of social media and technological distractions. We can often compare our lives to the lives of others via magazines and social media which can place further pressure on us to …
When people let you down it can be painful. When friends disappoint you or there is a family disappointment it can leave us feeling as if there is a lack of empathy and care towards ourselves. We will learn in this article about what we can and cannot control and why this matters for our …
Do you give yourself a hard time? Most people do! We judge ourselves mercilessly about any number of things: our weight, our looks, our career, our work, our body, our relationships, our sex lives, our lack of fitness, our parenting, our children for that matter…our paycheck, our status, our habits, our productivity, our characteristics, our …
The pursuit of perfectionism is hampering your happiness (and what you can do about it) Read More »
In this article we will learn to accept what is and the power of acceptance. “The only thing that is constant is change.” Heraclitus We often worry about things that never really happen. We bring baggage from our past to the fore that causes suffering and we can worry about future outcomes resulting in anxiety. …
Not so long ago, it was believed that when we fall asleep our brains and bodies shutdown to allow us to recover from the previous day. Today, science understands much more about sleep and sleep patterns. We now know that sleep itself, is a lot more complicated and that while we sleep, our brains are …
Sleep and the mind – What happens to your brain when you sleep? Read More »
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the world accepts him or her.” – Lao Tzu. Our self-image can be very important to us as it is how we see ourselves fitting into the world and …
