Category: * Emotions
Got a Gut Feeling? Your Gut Might Cause ALL Your Feelings!
Do you ever get a gut feeling about something? I was fascinated to learn that our gut and the health of our gut plays a huge role in how we feel. Almost as much, perhaps even as much, as our minds do. We spend all our time working our brain and the rest of our body to boost our emotions, […]
Don’t Eat That Cookie! Are You Healing or Avoiding?
When you were young did your mother use to say, “Don’t cry. Here, have a cookie and you’ll feel better”? And you ate the cookie, got distracted and yes, you did actually feel a bit better… for ten minutes. Then the pain came back, and it was time for another cookie. Does this sound at all familiar? […]
Are You Choosing Your Life Or Just Surviving?
Old stuck emotions held you down, unable to rise above survival mode or think beyond it. When you don’t face those emotions and work to release them permanently you’re just stuck struggling to deal with them day by day, while also trying to operate a normal life and survive.
Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not
There are a couple of great untruths in this world: Ticking the box to confirm that you’ve read the Terms and Conditions, telling your kids you’ll help them find the packet of skittles that you ate a few hours ago, and replying “I’m fine” every time someone asks you how you are. This is a […]
Finding Time for Yourself – Taking Your Mind off Divorce
Going through a divorce can be both emotionally and physically exhausting; although recreation may be the least of your worries, finding some time to relax and unwind is highly important. Performing some therapeutic activities is the perfect way to relieve stress and remain physically active during difficult times. Divorce can be financially crippling; however, these […]
Anger: How to Tame Our Temper
We have all been there: the rising tension, the increase in heart rate, the feeling that we could explode – yes, we have all been angry. We have also probably been told that controlling our anger is ‘good’. And yet, more and more, people are recognizing that they are angry too often and that their […]
New Year, New You: Don’t Be Like Bacon-Loving Man. Create a Healing Goal to Move On!
So you ate your body weight in mince pies, turkey, chocolates and drank enough mulled wine to pickle yourself. Now what? Now it’s time to dust yourself off and begin to think about 2014 and the NEW YOU you want to bring into being. It’s an opportunity to become clean, fresh, new and shiny bright. It’s […]
Flying Off the Handle, Ladies? We Have Just the Thing for You This Xmas…
Christmas cards sent? Check. All the presents bought? Check. School nativity attended? Check. Congratulations. Now you only have to wrap and deliver all your presents, do the food shopping, finish putting up the decorations and cook a perfect meal for 12 people on Christmas Day. Is it any wonder that occasionally things don’t go to plan and we […]
The Importance of Focusing on Yourself During a Breakup
Learning how to move on from a break up can be tough. If it wasn’t your choice, or perhaps it happened in a painful way, it’s tempting to dwell on your ex and what they are doing. But this is damaging. It stops your emotional healing and prevents you from moving on. Change can only […]
The Danger of Suppression: Don’t Bottle Up Your Emotions
Any serious scientist will be familiar with the assertion that stress causes a compromised immune system. A recent study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health has finally put this long-held knowledge into perspective, deciphering that those who bottle up their feelings have a cardiovascular disease risk of 140 percent and a risk of […]
