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‘I’ve been promoted’ said Angela with a wry smile. ‘That’s great’ I replied ‘Isn’t it?’ ‘Well, yes it is but……there’s a problem!’ ‘I seem to have great difficulty taking the lead. It is something that makes me very nervous and although I will air my views in team meetings, my heart pounds and I feel...
Read More[Tweet “‘Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.’ Haruki Murakami”] A lot of the anxiety we suffer is self-inflicted. We think anxious thoughts. We look into the future and run scary movies in our head or we drift into the past and are full of regrets and hurts. It’s not really the things which happen to...
Read MoreGhosts Maria was a broken woman. My first impressions as I looked into her dark eyes were of someone who was haunted. ‘I haven’t been able to sleep for months now’ she explained. ‘And when I do sleep he is there!’ Turned out Maria had been married to a violent man; a man who was...
Read MoreI’m angry! I’m feeling really angry at the moment. The newspapers are often full of troubling headlines about inadequate mental health services. But a recent report touched both a personal and professional note for somebody who, more than twenty years ago, suffered herself from postnatal depression. (1) I can now make the professional observation that...
Read MoreSleep walking through life Have you ever noticed how you can drive from A to B and, when you get there, not have any real recollection of the actual journey? Yet you stopped at all the red traffic lights, allowed an elderly lady to cross the road, avoided collisions and, to all extents and purposes...
Read MoreSelf confidence is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as: ‘A feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities, and judgment’ Having trust in your own abilities, your qualities and your accurate judgement can mean the difference between feeling totally unstoppable or feeling totally petrified. Your perception of who you are has a real impact on...
Read More‘Happiness is a choice, not a result.Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy until you decide to be happy.Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you!’ Ralph Marston How are you? I often start my talks with exactly this question,...
Read MoreA traumatic incident Seventeen year old Rich was depressed. He had been taking driving lessons quite happily until an incident occurred when he mounted the pavement. Although the actual incident had been quite minor, in his imagination he had started playing a film of all the possible consequences of losing control of the car. He...
Read MoreSpearmint essential oil is extracted from the Mentha spicata, a herbaceous perennial rhizome plant with hairy leaves and stem. The leaves are roughly 5-9 cm long and are characteristically pointed and serrated, giving the plant its name. As with other members of the mint family, the stalk has a decidedly square look to it. A number of hybrids...
Read MoreThe resilience of the human spirit never ceases to amaze me. A recent story in the Telegraph gave an incredible example of how people have the ability to draw on their inner resources to bounce back after being knocked down. ‘After rogue builders left her £160,000 out of pocket, it seemed that Carol Sullivan’s hopes...
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