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Sadness is an emotion that can be very difficult to deal with. Everyone can experience periods in their life where they feel more tearful than usual, or they have to cope with many problems at the same time. As long as this sadness develop and delve deeper into our daily routine and lives, can be...
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Mindful Eating is a simple yet very powerful practice to help you be fully present, aware of where you are and what you are eating. If you are thinking something in the lines of: ‘Are you going to suggest what I should/shouldn’t be eating at Christmas?’. No, I am not. Simply because it doesn’t work....
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Don’t dream about success. Work for it. Reading about other people’s stories of motivation and success sometimes can leave us feeling down and overwhelmed – especially when we are not too sure about what to do with our lives. If you feel like you need a bit of sparkle to reach your life goals, you...
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Anger doesn’t resolve anything, builds nothing but can destroy everything. Catch anger before it catches you. We all feel angry from time to time and it’s not always easy to manage our anger effectively. Here there are 6 quick and easy practical tips that you may find useful to manage your anger. Tip#1 Recognise your...
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Feeling down? It may be the End-of-Summer blues. Yes, summer time is sadly over. After those long, sunny summery months, we sadly welcome Autumn. For many this will be a difficult time in terms of experiencing depressive moods. What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder found in people who...
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Being a trained Psychologist, I am often asked if I am a mind reader, especially by those I encounter for the first time. My usual answer is that if I had super powers such as mind reading and future telling I would not have spent 10 years of my life studying and training as a...
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Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch where it hurts. It’s always there though. Let’s make this crystal clear. You can’t touch depression right. Nobody can. It’s not as if you had a broken arm or leg. But you...
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Your relationship ended. Not your life. This is the second blog post in our series on Breakups where we will be looking at how to handle breakups in the medium and long term and some useful tips about how to engage in a relationship with the right person. Part 1 of this post can be...
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Stop looking for happiness in the same place where you lost it. Ending a relationship is not easy, regardless if you were or weren’t the one that made that choice. Whether a relationship lasted for a few months or years, breakups can leave us feeling lost and heartbroken. In this post I am going to...
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Home is not a place, it’s a feeling. We have all been there – I mean those of us who want to get more out of the experience of travelling and like to spend more than a few days or weeks of vacation abroad. You move elsewhere and you feel it’s all amazing at first....
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