Mental health, emotional wellbeing & personal development
You would think it would be the easiest thing to simply be who you are, but it‘s more difficult than expected. With so many pressures from society and outward influence in every decision you make, it can take a strong person to fully be who…
In order to change your behaviour for the better, you need to establich what your existing pattern of behaviour is. Many of us engage in unhelpful behaviour but it has become such a habit that we don’t question it. We continue down the same destructive…
Becoming a mom for the first time is a big deal. Your body has spent 40 weeks or longer if you’ve spent time making lifestyle changes trying to conceive, changing, growing, and developing. You’ve both created and grown another person, while simultaneously sharing your body…
The phrase “learning to love yourself” gets bandied about quite a lot, but what does self-love mean? And how do you show yourself, love? What Self-Love Is And Is Not Let’s first begin with what self-love is NOT. Loving yourself isn’t a narcissistic…
Trying to navigate a path that you can follow happily through the craziness of life can be a challenge. Sometimes it seems that nothing is easy in this world, especially keeping your head up and feeling good about yourself. Yet, this is something that should…
One of the hardest things to do as an adult is to find the time to look after yourself. With busy schedules and various deadlines to meet, it’s important you’re focusing on a little self-care. From treating yourself to a shopping spree to booking a…
Do you feel “good enough”? This sentence “I am not good enough” is one that many of us tell ourselves on occasion. Sometimes we don’t even realise that we feel this way about ourselves..but consider the following: Do you change who you are for the…
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent – Eleanor Roosevelt I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in…
People pleasing People pleasing often comes from low self esteem. We don’t like ourselves enough and this increases our need for external validation. We end up running ourselves ragged in an attempt to feel better about ourselves. Not very clever is it? You will never…
Often, people believe self-care isn’t particularly important. They think it’s not something that needs to be done, especially when there is so much else to do and so many other people to care for in their lives. That’s why so many people neglect their own self-care. …
I’m a big contender in the self hatred stakes. So what do you do when you don’t like yourself? I think my feelings of self loathing originated in my childhood. My parents were very critical of me and there were rarely any kind words. This…
Do you often put others ahead of you and forget to look after yourself? I know I do this regularly. It may be partly because I grew up in a household where I didn’t matter much. Children were supposed to be seen and not heard.…