World Mental Health Day 2017 is drawing to a close and there have been many positive posts about breaking the stigma around mental health. But can we do more? Talking about the issues is a good thing, after all mental health is something that every single person has, just like […]
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What are Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem? Self-confidence can be defined as having belief or trust in yourself and your abilities. Self-esteem can be defined as the belief of your own worth or personal value. They can be linked to many different mental health problems, often being the bit “behind the scenes” that […]
So how does Anger fit into mental health, isn’t it a fairly normal reaction to things? Remember how, in yesterday’s post, I talked about the “fight, flight or freeze” response? Anger is part of the “fight” reaction. If you were confronted by that ancient sabre-tooth tiger, your response my have […]
Along with depression, anxiety is top of the list of mental health issues in England. According to the survey, run by the charity Mind, 5.9 in every 100 people suffered from anxiety and 7.8 in every 100 suffered from mixed anxiety and depression. What is Anxiety? Anxiety is related to […]
What is Depression? Did you know that approximately one in four people will experience a mental health problem within the next year? Depression is probably one of the first things people think of when you mention mental health. And there’s good reason for that. According to statistics published by the […]
This is the first of a set of themed blogs as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. What thoughts come into your mind when you think of the phrase “Mental Health”? I’d hazard a guess that, for most people, it’s something negative. And yet, if you think of the phrase […]
There are more and more articles coming out about how a “Growth Mindset” is key to improving, no matter what age you are. And rightly so, it’s the mindset I guide my clients towards to help them continue improving once they’ve left my care. If you’re yet to come across […]
As a Hypnotherapist, language is important to me. I need to use the right language for each client to achieve the best outcome for them. NLP teaches us the types of words to look out for from each individual and what similar words we can also use. For example, if […]
I’m going through a period of fairly intense (for me) personal realisation and change at the moment, mostly connected with things that have been brought up and changed as part of the course I’m on where we practise the techniques on each other. I’ll do another blog post detailing some […]
So the newest journey I’m on is a course in Cognitive Hypnotherapy with The Quest Institute. For those that don’t know what Cognitive Hypnotherapy is (it’s distinctly different from traditional hypnotherapy) there’s a short introduction on the page I’ve created here. I’ve attended weekend one of ten so far […]