I write from time to time about the different things people struggle with.
This topic is such a movable feast in terms of definition and quantifiable meaning. I read a funny caption on Facebook today; “I wish I had friendships with girlfriends like I do when we are all drunk and in the girls bathrooms”… For most people, friendship would be defined as ‘someone you hang out with or talk […]
friend, Friendship, setting boundaries, stressWe 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 […]
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 not […]
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, […]
Colouring is an activity that we tend to associate with children. As we grow older, we put aside our crayons and colored pencils in favor of more respectable writing utensils like pens and highlighters. However, it turns out coloring can be beneficial for adults, namely for its de-stressing power, writes The Huffington Post’s Elena Santos. I’m a […]
With the new year well under way, the anxiety of tasks that need to be started, worked on and completed become sometimes just too much. Feeling anxious about tasks is not healthy and whilst some may say that its a great motivator, in reality it causes unwanted stress on top of the work load. Stress […]