Therapists will tell you negative self-talk is a learned habit. Perhaps you saw a parent put themselves down a lot and now you do the same. Or maybe you talk down to yourself because you were put down a lot as a child. Whilst this may be true for many, it’s not the case for […]
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Anxiety still pops up every day, even if there appears to be no reason as to why. It’s something I’ve always experienced which has often made me feel different but as I’ve grown older, it’s become apparent to me that many other people also feel this way. Their anxiety peaks from time to time and
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How many times have you tried to do something, start a new hobby, go to the gym or start writing a book? And how many times have you started and then simply stopped? I’ve done this a billion times, kicking myself, telling myself I just wasn’t cut out for ‘that thing‘. Boy, it’s debilitating. I
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Everyone is chasing happiness. After all, who doesn’t want to be happy? However, life doesn’t always work this way and there often ends up being many things that stand in the way of our happiness, furtherore, many don’t know how to be happy or even know what would make them happy in the first place.
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If you’ve ever found yourself down in the dumps, you know just how hard it can be to improve your low mood. Whilst everyone is different, there are certain things that I believe everyone can benefit from. When you’re feeling fed up and down, it can be helpful to turn to some of the great
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Little did Marcus Aurelius know but his personal diary would last the test of time, thousands of years in fact. It was never intended to be read by anyone other than himself and we can only imagine his horror if he were to know it has been translated hundreds of times over the centuries since
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“Slay your own dragon“, that’s what Jordan Peterson kept saying on a video I stumbled upon the other day. At first I didn’t understand what was talking about. After all, if you know of this man you’ll know he likes to get his point across using lots of metaphors and fantastical imagery. However, the more
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Most of us would agree that good habits lead to feeling good and bad habits lead to feeling bad. That’s the whole point of fostering good habits. You don’t create better habits to show off to others, you do it because you hope that they will make you feel good. So, it’s understandable that if
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What are the best habits to have in life? After all, it’s the tiny actions we do every day that shape our lives. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this because I believe that small changes can add up to huge differences in the way you feel and behave. I know personally for
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What matters to you? As in, what actually matters to you? Recent times have forced many to ask this question, including myself. The humbling nature of the pandemic has caused many to face the fact that most of what they do is completely unimportant in the grand scheme of what actually matters. I felt this
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