How Will We Build Confidence And Self-Esteem? As a society, we seem to becoming more and more averse to what we perceive to be confrontation. When someone is told how to do something correctly, when their first attempt at it was not quite right, we seem to think and feel we’re being confronted instead of […]
Do We Recognise Our Need to Recover? Have you ever said “it’s fine” when things are definitely not fine? Of course you have! We all do it don’t we, tell people that we’re OK and that things are going well when they’re not really. There are different elements to why we do that I think. […]
Should We Admire or Criticise? What do you think of the environmental campaigners and protesters who have made their presence felt in London in the last couple of weeks? Should we admire their passion and determination to disrupt day to day life do you think or criticise them for disrupting the lives of people who […]
Should We Indulge Ourselves, Just Sometimes? How many times have you thought to yourself, “I shouldn’t be eating, drinking or smoking this” or have been told that by other people? It’s not good is it, so why do we keep doing the things that are bad for us, indulging ourselves and then regretting it afterwards? […]
Well, I Guess If Everyone Else Is Doing It… If the majority of people are doing something wrong, does that make it OK? If the majority of people are speeding on the roads, does that make it OK for everyone to do it? If the majority of Line Managers are overloaded with their own work […]
Don’t Promote Yourself At The Detriment Of Others Years ago I worked for Barclays Bank in a branch in a small town in Cornwall. We were surrounded by the farming community and the other three major banks at that time in the town centre. Competition between the banks was strong then, in the late 1980s […]
Please Don’t Be Nice About It… …if people aren’t being nice to you! In homes and workplaces around the country we have normalised behaviours which are less than helpful and sometimes downright harmful, which means we are putting ourselves in environments which don’t support our health and wellbeing. It’s not easy to change other people’s […]
Are You Feeling Out of Sorts? What does feeling out of sorts look like for you? Do you recognise when your loved ones, family, friends and close colleagues are feeling stressed or anxious but struggle to make that connection for yourself? I used to struggle to do that and would often only realise how much […]
Could Your Support Network Do With A Shake Up? What does your support network look like? I don’t mean aesthetically, although I’m sure they’re very beautiful but is your support network working effectively for you or are you the one listening, giving advice and offering kindness but then receiving very little in return? Hmmmm, that’s […]
Motivated or Procrastinating – What’s Your Style? Do you ever spend more time trying to motivate yourself to do something than the thing itself will actually take you or is that just me? Cleaning is probably at the top of that list for me, as is academic study. I’m a geek and I love to […]
