Good wellbeing is reliant on good sleep as lack of sleep reduces happy chemicals and increases stress ones. Unfortunately, when we are feeling stressed, or low, our sleep gets worse so it can become a vicious cycle but many people do not know how to get a good nights sleep. However, even if you are […]
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Mindfulness has been proven to help with a wide variety of mental health problems as well as being the foundation for a more compassionate and joyful way of life. It can feel tricky to do at first, particularly because there are many misconceptions about it being a way of clearing your mind and being in
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Traditionally as a society we are not used to being aware of our bodies. Body awareness means being more connected to what is going on, physically, with our bodies moment to moment. When tuning into our body, we realise that it holds emotions as physical sensations. For example, when we experience stressful events our body
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Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) is being used more and more by psychologists and therapists including in NHS health settings. Its the brainchild of Dr. Paul Gilbert (OBE), a highly regarded psychologist developed the model whilst working in NHS hospital settings with people severe depression and not responding to traditional Cognitive Behavioural Techniques. However, it can
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Have you ever been told you need to be kinder to yourself? If you’re struggling with your mental health chances are you have. But if you’ve never done this before, its not surprising you may be wondering, how can I be kinder to myself? And why is it so important? Kindness
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When a boat is anchored in a port, it does not need be ridigly fixed, unmoving, in order to be secure. If it did, the inflexibility of the set up may leave the boat and its achor to break apart. Instead its strong but flexible rope means it is free to float on the water, bobbing
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You’ve looked forward to the weekend all week, but then you only get through half of it and start feeling anxious. Work thoughts pop up on Sunday morning, work load, to do lists and difficult colleagues. By the time you get to Sunday night, your body is tense, your chest feels heavy or your stomach
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Our minds were not built for these times. Evolutionary speaking, being too calm and caring in the midst of stressful events would put us at risk. Therefore, the more stressed we are, the more self critical we become and visa versa. We cannot help this as it’s just the way our brains were made. But
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