One of the things that anxiety is incredibly good at is preventing us from taking action without a great deal of unproductive thought. When we are anxious our brains go into overdrive, looking at the situation from this angle and that one desperately trying to establish a way of removing the … [Read more...] about Taking Action Without Thinking
Self Acceptance
Who Do You Love?
It's Valentine's Day tomorrow and there will be celebration, disappointment, argument, joy, passive aggression, and goodness knows what else as couples wrestle with the need to meet their expectations of one another. The relationship that may be ignored in all of this is the one you have with the … [Read more...] about Who Do You Love?
Is Feedback The Breakfast Of Champions?
It was management expert Ken Blanchard who originally said, "Feedback is the breakfast of champions," but this week I've been thinking a lot about feedback and wondering whether such a general observation is actually very helpful. For a start, "breakfasts of champions" is a very wide genre … [Read more...] about Is Feedback The Breakfast Of Champions?
Self-Care & The Art Of Letting Go
I'm editing an interview we recorded recently for the podcast with the founder of an organisation that provides support for families and loved ones of addicts. Listening to it again I'm inspired by her positivity and refusal to bow down to even the most dispiriting experiences. My daughter … [Read more...] about Self-Care & The Art Of Letting Go
Confirmation Bias & Wind
It was "Blue Monday" this week, a day which is, apparently, the most depressing of the year falling just after January 13th which is supposedly the coldest day of the year, although anyone standing in the garden with me in their bathrobe at 2 am last Thursday morning when the dog needed the toilet … [Read more...] about Confirmation Bias & Wind