Red Nose Day is about bringing people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most. Sounds, and is, a great idea. Childhood should be the time of our lives when we are surrounded by love, empowerment and balance but in many families that is not […]
Everywhere we turn we are faced with signs asking us to Quit Smoking. There is a national campaign to provide smokers with all the evidence to persuade them that smoking is bad for their health and to cease in their own best interests and we have large scale offerings of how to do that. We […]
We all find big decisions concerning (they wouldn’t be big decisions if they weren’t) and gearing up as a young adult to get the best possible start to the rest of our lives sounds a pretty responsible thing to do. However, when the pressure we, and others, put on ourselves to ‘get it right first […]
Firstly, you are not alone. Secondly, if you have been battling with your anxiety alone for a while it’s time to get some help as you might have thought you had lost some battles to control it but you can win the war! There are all sorts of anxiety Social, Health, General, OCD, etc etc. […]
There are a number of reasons why we use food as a coping mechanism: To fit in and feel accepted An subconscious plea for others to see our internal pain without speaking the words An subconscious plan for us to be invisible so that we won’t be ‘seen’ and the hurt prolonged To feel we […]
I am still surprised how by just talking about a worry can make the World a nicer place for us to be. It also never ceases to frustrate me how we are still are so backward about coming forward if we have some emotional sadness that we haven’t overcome. If we have a physical ailment […]
Anger is a basic emotion that we are born with. It can be both a good and a bad thing. It can be indiscriminate fireworks or a cancerous bundle of resentment. Anger in its pure form can be something that can empower us to do something and make changes. However, depending on how much we […]
Most years we all make resolutions that most of us don’t keep. Many of us often say “this year things are going to change”. However things don’t change. We do. If relationships etc are not going so well sometimes it isn’t just about changing them it is also figuring out what is going on with […]
Christmas you either love it or hate it. Isn’t it strange that the Christmas (and other holidays too) are both enjoyed and feared in equal measure. It is a time for families & celebrations and togetherness & sharing. But for some those very thoughts make them fearful or sad. As the World has opened up […]
I first saw this movie when it came out in 1976. At that time it was sad but I hadn’t “lost” then so like a lot of what we see and hear it didn’t resonate. This version depicts a great love and a family torn apart by addiction and this certainly resonated as I know […]
Just One Small Step.
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