Practices in preventative health mean that we have practices even when we don’t seem to need them.
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We have a tendency to feel less resilient the less power we perceive ourselves to have. How do we feel more powerful? It's different than you might think.
Three simple (not easy) practices for active listening.
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It's important to reduce the stigma placed on mental health, and how do we ensure we're a safe space to actually support people through difficult emotional times?
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Stop trying to beat anxiety - do this instead.
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If we are to truly shift the conversation on mental health, we have to stop seeing someone with anxiety as broken and in need of fixing and reckon with our own vulnerability of holding space.
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It’s so much easier for all of us human beings to see the fault in what the other person is doing, but when we concentrate on the behaviour of what is happening on the other side of the table, it strips our power and puts us in the victim seat of not being able to influence or control the situation
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Rather than "beat anxiety" as if the anxious thoughts are my enemy to conquer, I'd rather turn and face it with…
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There's an old myth that anxiety (and the entire discussion of emotional health) is a sign of weakness, and it stops us from actually creating a new relationship with our mental health. Here's what does work.
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It's easy to look at relationships from a place of blame and what the other person did wrong, but it misses this key element that creates deeper connection.
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In our busy society and online world there are hundreds of thousands of articles on self care and the top five things to do to relax. The reason it's difficult to implement is because it's not that simple.
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This was one of the biggest, most impactful breakthroughs I've had, and I had the pleasure of sharing it on the LIVESTRONG platform.
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It's common human behaviour to try and solve stress by looking for more relaxation in your life. Seems logical, right? Rather than looking at ways to reduce stress, I'll actually challenge you to look at where you need stress in your life. It's only from looking at that relationship that we can truly feel relaxation and ease.
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When I started my journey of self inquiry and I learned that boundaries is a form of self defence, I questioned what part it played in a functioning relationship when relationships were based on deep connection, and connection necessitated allowing myself to be vulnerable and have my walls down.
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Putting others first is actually about me, underneath it all. And it took me a long time to uncover that, and it's been an even longer practice of unravelling it.
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When we feel shame about who we are as a person, such as not being enough, being a failure, or not being lovable, confiding in those we love allows us to be seen and heard. Vulnerability creates the space for acceptance, and in those conditions, shame doesn't survive.
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Inside of me there was a lion, and what was coming out was a mouse.
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