Self Talk

Self Talk

You Talkin’ To Me? Self-talk is the internal dialogue that runs through your head every day and can be positive or negative in nature. The language we use with ourselves can have profound effects on mood, health, happiness, motivation, worldview, and achievement of...
Protecting Our Energy

Protecting Our Energy

We cannot support others if their own resources are depleted, and they are running on an empty battery. From the Aware website – We can only give what we have and if we give and give and give, the day may come when we simply have nothing more to give. There is a...
Rules

Rules

In many households certain rules apply that may remain unspoken but entirely understood. Many of these rules will fall into the category of social norms and behaviours – for example politeness and respect. There can also be those rules that exist on a level...
Like Learning a New Language

Like Learning a New Language

Inexperience can be scary. We walk into new situations/a new job/ start a new hobby and everything is new, maybe a little uncomfortable, and we can often feel a strong dose of imposter syndrome “oh god, someone’s going to realise I don’t have a clue what I’m doing”. I...
Potential

Potential

Following on from my last blog entry on change, let’s look at potential. There can be a range of associated emotions that we feel when the word ‘potential’ is used. Opportunity, excitement, achievement or pressure, expectation, change Which category do you...