Why Black Friday won’t make you happy
Wow, there is a lot of excitement in the air today on this, Black Friday, but here is why Black Friday won’t make you happy. A plethora of good and services Do you like choice? Or does it confuse and overwhelm you? I know for many of my clients they suffer from overwhelm and feel desperate […]
Continue readingListen for the silence of suicide – World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is suicide prevention day which is a good way to raise awareness because there is a silence to suicide. People that feel suicidal or deeply depressed often stay silent about how they are feeling Each year, over 800,000 people die by suicide and up to 25 times as many make a suicide attempt. Every single one […]
Continue readingHow NOT getting help for your depression is like burnt toast
What do I mean, depression is like burnt toast? I know you might be thinking… how is depression like burnt toast! Please let me explain…. Last year, I put some toast in the toaster and it blew my electrical fuse. A friend suggested I empty the crumb tray as that might have caused the problem. […]
Continue readingIs your life as flat as a pancake? (And what to do if it is)
Yesterday was shrove Tuesday here in the UK which inspired me to write a flat as a pancake post. You will probably live a long time. The UK comes 21st out of the 35 developed nations studied for female life expectancy, at 85.2 years, and 14th for men, at 82.5 years. So it’s probably a […]
Continue readingHow to calm your unsettled mind
Is your mind unsettled? Settled is a nice word. We settle babies when they are restless. We settle down into families, house, places, jobs, gym routines, diets. But being unsettled in not nice. Particularly if it’s your mind that feels unsettled because somehow your mind feels like it affects everything about you. If you have […]
Continue reading5 ways to feel better about yourself when you feel depressed
I use the word ‘depressed’ in a light sense here because it’s what people say when they don’t feel ok. But of course there are varying degrees of depression. Some people dip in and out of depression over the course of their lives and others maybe have it once or twice. If you never feel […]
Continue readingWhy every thought is a choice
Why every thought is a choice It’s 2017 and our lives are full of choice. Have you ever thought about how many choices you make in a day? Let’s take a look! Whether to get up or have another five minutes in bed What to wear What to have for breakfast Which route to take […]
Continue readingWhat to do if you hate your life and feel depressed
What to do if you hate your life and feel depressed There are many reasons that you feel like you may hate your life and in my experience as a Hypnotherapist with a specialism in helping people with depression, I see themes in the cause of people feeling like this. I have an established way of working with […]
Continue readingIf you want to feel like the luckiest person alive – try this
If you want to feel like the luckiest person alive – try this It’s easy to think other people are ‘lucky’. But lucky is often mixed with our own judgements and based on the things we think we want. Our view of lucky is often also based on seeing just one aspect of something. Here […]
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