Do you ever say things to yourself like: ‘You stupid idiot- you should have known that would happen’ ‘Oh no, I can’t believe I’ve done it again. I am so useless’ ‘I should do more exercise’ or ‘I really should stop smoking’ Why is this voice so powerful and how does it have such a [...]
Hiding how you truly feel.. And attempting to make everyone happy.. Doesn’t “really” make you nice.. It just makes you a liar.
I love this video of Dr Bruce Lipton explaining how our thoughts can affect us physcially and how the nocebo affect works. The noecbo affect is the same as the placebo affect except that the thoughts are of a negative nature. What we don’t talk about is how a negative thought is as powerful as a [...]
I noticed this article saying that this year is a bumper year for spiders. (Warning: if you have a fear of spiders be warned there is quite a large picture of a spider at the top of that article! ) Bad news for flies and people with arachnaphobia. I used to have a phobia of [...]
How your response to your child’s behaviour has the potential to build or knock children’s self esteem and confidence.
‘We need to get out of the house in 5 minutes’ I remind my son hoping the warning will result in a stress free departure. The pace of life in Cornwall is far more stress free than the rat-race of London however it is not completely stress free! Like many little children his age getting [...]
I remember being a teenager lying on my back in silence for 10 minutes waiting to hear from God. Nothing. Every time I tried, nothing. At the time I really wanted to hear God so he could tell me what to do with my life! Nothing. I just didn’t get silent prayer. I just [...]
..all of a sudden it swept out of the darkness and jumped out towards me frightening the life out of me…until I realised it was a plastic bag in the breeze. My heightened stress and anxiety was over a plastic bag! Have you ever had an experience like that?! I saw something scary coming at [...]
We often tell stories to ourselves even without us knowing it. These can have a wide and deep impact on our emotions and behaviour. Just the other day I was trying to get our son dressed so we could get out of the door (as many 3 years old boys he could quite happily not [...]
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