Jul 15, 2019 | anxiety, children, coaching, Depression, mental health, resilient, sports, teamwork
I recently wrote a post saying that 1 in 10 children live with a diagnosable mental health condition in the UK. A government research paper published new figures in Feb 19 of 1 in 8 children, this epidemic is not showing signs of slowing down or stopping any time...
Jul 11, 2019 | anxiety, fear, mental health, resilient, support
I have had this ‘low key’ asthma all my life and have been lucky to go as long as four years without any asthma attacks at all. I do not have ‘bad’ asthma, like some suffer from. It doesn’t trouble me day-to-day. But I always carry a pump, my medication for my asthma,...
Jun 25, 2019 | anxiety, fear, friends
Going out with anxiety, is so difficult. When you first agree to going out with friends or confirm your attendance at an event, you are excited and look forward to it. But then as the days get closer, the dread sets in, the fear. The internal debate then the battle in...
Jun 17, 2019 | anxiety, Bullying, children, Depression, mental health, support, teamwork
I am very excited to be the lead panelist at the first ‘Climbing to the summit’ discussion around the mental health crisis affecting young people in Wales. We are opening up the floor for professionals, young people living with mental ill health, parents,...
Jun 9, 2019 | anxiety, choice, coaching, mental health
Anxiety is such a big thing to live with, something you can’t really describe to people in way they would understand. Clients often say it is all consuming, if you’re not anxious you are waiting for it to strike and when it does, it sends an energy through your...
May 28, 2019 | anxiety, Depression
When I look back to the years before my depression I realise now that I had built a rocky foundation of low self esteem. I practiced self punishing thoughts, I self sabotaged, I lacked a sense of who I was. I measured myself by unrealistic expectations in terms of...
