Anxiety can be a mixture of feelings such as apprehension, fear, agitation, nervousness, tension, stress, and foreboding. Everyone experiences anxiety at some time in their lives, especially when faced with new or unknown experiences such as exams, new job/school, being ill, meeting new people.
Self-compassion is the ability to notice our own suffering, to be kind to ourselves in response to this, and acknowledge that as a member of the human race we are not perfect.
Feeling anxious or on high alert is a normal reaction to difficult situations, however for people that are more sensitive to their surroundings and experiences, this can become almost a permanent way of being.
Every year since 2005 there has been one Monday on either the 2nd, 3rd or 4th week in January that has been dubbed ‘Blue Monday’.
The time has come, to finally launch my re-branded practice with a new website. It’s been a long time in the thinking, planning and creating but what better time than the beginning of a New Year.
Mindfulness can be an experience somewhere between wrestling a crocodile and laying in a field of long grass on a sunny day, so too is the reminder that it exists.
Ever driven to work and not remembered the journey, but arrived safely nevertheless? Ever wondered how, when faced with grief, some people are able to become very practical, organise funerals and care for others?
I came across “Don’t suffer in silence”, says Prince Harry in powerful speech article today on the BACP website and I wanted to share it because although it is short, it carries a multitude of important messages and reminders.
Blogging, well this is something new to me and I am aware I approach it nervously with keyboard at arms length. I only have to look on my phone or internet to see that for many people it is an everyday event, rest assured I don’t think I will be keeping up with them.
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