Acceptance…but, there’s more..
Acceptance…but, there’s more Many people have now come across Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory on social media or may have even read her book. This is a wonderful way to explain acceptance. Essentially, ‘let them’ becomes a statement of letting …
Work Burnout and Labour Day: A Time to Reflect and Recharge
Work Burnout and Labour Day: A Time to Reflect and Recharge As we approach Labour Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the contributions of workers and advocating for their rights, it’s the perfect time to reflect on an issue that …
Are you overthinking it?
We all do it—reliving a moment over and over, obsessively thinking about something that is worrying us, our minds ruminating like a rat on a wheel. Worry and rumination are very common thinking styles and many clients come to therapy …
Managing Covid Anxiety- Switching off from all the noise
Like the virus itself, anxiety has swept the globe since COVID reared its ugly head in 2019. The anxiety side effect has ‘gone viral’ with the peaks and troughs mimicking the waves of infection and subsequent media bombardment. Living with uncertainty can be difficult and even for the most relaxed individual, the ever-changing information and rules surrounding vaccination, travel, testing, school and work can leave us feeling overwhelmed and completely over it; aka- COVID fatigue. The world breathed a sigh of relief in 2021 as we thought we found a solution in a vaccine, but the virus had other ideas, mutating, and reinventing itself like a failed start up. And while 2022 has brought new challenges as we see infection rates soar, we must remain positive and not let COVID anxiety run rife.
Telling Tales of the Tummy
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia according to Beyond Blue and national based surveys. Statistics show that one in four people and one in three women will experience anxiety at some stage throughout their life.1 Although these …
Is it stress or anxiety?
Photo credit: Jeshoots.com on Unsplash When feeling stressed, you may also feel anxious, and this leads some people to believe they may have an anxiety disorder. From the outset, it can be difficult to spot the difference as many of …
Frozen by self-doubt
Most of us have experienced self-doubt at some point in our lives; it’s an in-built way to keep us safe from danger and in the modern world from failure. However, for some of us, self-doubt is totally immobilising with thanks …
Staying motivated during troubling times
The effects of compassion in a world pandemic
4008 people across 23 countries worldwide have signed up to research that explores the psychological impacts of COVID-19. An international consortium of researchers is in the midst of exploring how compassion can help reduce pandemic-related stress with the first round …
