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Staying Mentally Afloat During Covid-19
Essential tips to mentally survive Covid-19 anxiety and stay afoat during the pandemic! This post was inspired by this quote: “In this rush back to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to” – Dave Hollis. The current Pandemic...

Managing Covid-19 Anxiety
Covid-19 is presenting unique stresses and issues to health services and governments around the world. But the virus also affects the lives and stress levels of individuals at all levels of society. Especially those who might fall sick, are self-isolating, have an...

15 types of distorted thinking, 12/15: Blaming
The ways we all blame and how blaming causes massive anxiety. There’s such relief in knowing who’s to blame. If we are suffering, someone must be responsible. We’re lonely, hurt, or frightened and someone provoked those feelings. Others around us are unhappy, we have...

How Beliefs are key to understanding our anxiety
How beliefs are key to understanding our anxiety: Like emotions, beliefs are one of four key areas in our lives that affect how we manage anxiety. Our emotions, thoughts/beliefs, physical bodies and our behaviours. Each has an impact on the other and they all are...

How Emotions are key to understanding our anxiety
How Emotions are key to understanding our anxiety Our emotions are one of four key areas in our lives that affect how we manage anxiety. Our emotions, thoughts/beliefs, physical bodies and our behaviours. Each has an impact on the other and they all are crucial to...

Secret Signs of Anxiety Part Ten: Body Pain: Back Ache, Headache, Tension.
We never think Anxiety or our emotions cause body pain! But they do, here’s how! “I’m as stiff as a board when I have to go in there and face them”. “I get tension headaches all the time from the stress”. “I feel weak at the knees”. “I get unexplained lower back...

15 types of distorted thinking, 11/15: Global Labelling
Three ways we all Global Label and why it causes so much pain. My supermarket stocks rotten food at rip-off prices. A person who refused to give me a lift home is a total jerk. A quiet guy on a date is labelled a dull clam. Our boss is a gutless imbecile. Each of...

Secret signs of anxiety part 9: Need help dealing with difficult people?
Need help dealing with difficult people? Tips and advice on how change our relating patterns. We all have that one person or personality type that fills us with anxiety or with anger. “That one boss just fills me with “dread”. If they say anything to me again I’m...

Secret Signs Of Anxiety Part Eight: Worrying About Our Appearance.
Spending too long in front of the mirror? Turning up late or not wanting to go out because of worrying about our appearance? We all have features that we are prouder of than others. That applies to both men and women. Whether it is having to get make up right, hiding...

Fallacy of Change: 15 types of distorted thinking that lead to massive anxiety 10/15
Fallacy of Change Feeling powerless and at the mercy of other people and circumstances when it comes to happiness and fulfilment? When we live by the fallacy of change we think that if only others would change then we would be happy. Only then will we be appreciated,...
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