Adelaide Therapist & Communication Skills for Leaders
Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone.. How many times have you felt overwhelmed recently? Once or twice? Every week? Every day? Over the last year, most of us could admit to feeling this way and that’s understandable given the circumstances we’ve found ourselves in, but if that crushing feeling is becoming an all too familiar experience, […]
The Overwhelmed Woman Read Post »
Do you find yourself constantly worrying? Do you beat yourself up about something you’ve said to someone and worry you’ve somehow offended them? Are you always focussing on what you’ve done wrong, should have done better or never ‘get right’? Do you spend hours reading and re-reading texts, wondering what their ‘true’ meaning is? If
What is the Triple Bind and how is it tying our daughters’ hands? There’s a problem facing young women today and it’s creating a generation of us who are becoming crippled with anxiety and depression and resorting to an array of unhealthy coping mechanisms to get through each day. Psychologist Dr Stephen Hinshaw calls it
Self-care has become a byword for taking care of yourself, but when it comes to our emotions, they’re often left behind. Here’s how you can reconnect with your inner self through emotional self-care. Self-care has been defined as, “a multidimensional, multifaceted process of purposeful engagement in strategies that promote healthy functioning and enhance well-being.”1 In
What is Emotional Self-Care? Read Post »
When you run your own business, you’re constantly wrestling with some level of fear. The never-ending quest to gain and keep clients, increase profits, and grow your brand forces us to keep pushing day after day, even on the days when we really (and I mean really) don’t feel like it. As someone who makes
An Ice Way to Face Your Fears Read Post »
Have you ever laughed at a joke that wasn’t funny? Said yes to something you didn’t want to do? Smiled and even agreed when someone insulted you? Or truly believed other people’s feelings are more important than yours? These behaviours are just a few examples of people pleasing, a learnt behaviour that becomes an unconscious
Why people pleasing could be robbing you of your authenticity Read Post »
I had a client explain to me recently they were terrified of saying no to a family member’s requests to help with their ailing parent. It had become a daily part of their life to help with their mother’s appointments, finances and manage her mental and physical health. As you can imagine, it had become
The Power of Setting Boundaries Read Post »