It’s quite timely that I write about this topic. A new year of high school kids have graduated, some of them are starting tertiary education and some of them are off travelling the world. What happens to the Mums left behind when our our children spread their wings? This is an interesting topic and one that can […]
Alex's Thoughts
I write from time to time about the different things people struggle with.
Anxiety & depression with our young adults
I have seen such an increase of young adults suffering from anxiety and depression. Lately my clientele, presenting with signs of anxiety and depression, range from as young as 14 years old and up to 25 years. Their specific stories may be different but the common thread is that they are not coping with the pressure of life, study and […]
Anxiety, Depression, Kids anxiety, sadness, social pressure, stress with Teenagers, teenage anxiety, Teenage depression, Teenagers, tools to help with Anxiety & DepressionHow to take a holiday…….when you can’t take a holiday?
You think I’m joking here, but a holiday can almost be a state of mind. How often do we take a holiday only to find we come back needing another holiday? School and Uni holidays are nearly upon us and for many we are still committed to work or other activities that keep us from […]
anti stress, Anxiety, Depression, living in the moment, meditation, mindfulness, reinventing yourself, sadness, seperation anxiety, stress, stress relief, Taking a mind holiday, tools to help with Anxiety & Depression, urgent stress reliefWant to run away from your friends?
We have all felt at some stage in our lives that we want to run away from a friend or friendship group. It may have been a feeling of being left out of an event or conversation or that you are feeling overwhelmed by your own current situation which makes facing your usual group just […]
Anxiety, Depression, friend, Friendship, Kids anxiety, reinventing yourself, Relationships, sadness, seperation anxiety, stress, tools to help with Anxiety & Depression, toxic friendsOne way of training your kids to talk openly to you.
Obviously we all talk to each other as a family but as our children grow older and those wonderful hormones kick in, often talking at a deeper level becomes a lot harder. I had a client once who’s 12 year old boy didn’t come and tell him and his wife that some boys were […]
Anxiety, Communicate well, Depression, getting kids to talk, good communication with teenagers, Kids anxiety, Relationships, seperation anxiety, stress, stress with Teenagers, teenage anxiety, Teenage depression, Teenagers, tools to help with Anxiety & DepressionWhy do we get so effected by arguments?
I’ve recently been coming across many clients and friends who are currently having issues, arguments or misunderstandings with ‘significant others’ and feel so depleted of energy by it all. Why do we get so affected by these arguments? To argue takes us out of our natural or neutral state of being. We sometimes start the argument, […]