I’ve just booked my booster jab for later this week, and as more waves of people locally here and at my children’s school are falling ill with Covid, I’ve definitely found myself reflecting on the past couple of years since the pandemic began and realising the...

Over on my Instagram account this past week, I posted a couple of infographics about mental flexibility and wanted to write in a bit more depth about the topic here.Although he has been greatly misquoted on this, Darwin wrote and spoke about the value of being...

As Paul Simon once sang “slow down, you move too fast.”While technology and other aspects of modern living aim to make our lives easier for us, we have also become busier than ever whereby many hardly find enough time for themselves. Today, we tend to demand fast...

The brain has long been an organ of fascination, which has intrigued biologists and researchers with its complexities. All of us know, it is an integral part of your bodily functions. From ensuring an efficient supply of oxygen around your body to coordinating the...

When teaching our students about how to become effective therapists, one of the key predictors of successful outcomes I mention often is that of developing an effective working alliance with those that you work with, and a central component of that is establishing...

Failure is a part of life, and it is usually accompanied by a range of emotions: these could be anger, embarrassment, guilt, and at times sadness as well. However, it is believed that these negative emotions can really affect your mental and physical well being. These...

I admit that I have those days when I let plenty of the little things bother me to the point whereby I become less effective in my work, and far less of the kind of person that I wish to be each day. So I sought out how to stop letting the little things bother me so...

Many of us feel guilty when and if we say no, yet do not realise how much good it can do us to say no more often; that is, to take less on, and to choose what we engage with in terms of that which brings us more joy, benefit and well-being. Often in life, we may even...

Recent statistics from a range of mental health charities and governmental agencies suggest that anxiety is on the rise, especially following recent world events. Many people deal with anxiety by avoiding that which they are anxious about, and by being temporarily...

If the past year and a half with the lockdowns that many of us experienced and the naturally stressful life conditions, many of us have become aware that the very experience and expression of emotions are vital to our well-being...