Jun 30, 2019 | Depression, Emotions, mental health, self esteem
I’ve recently realised what kind of foundation I had developed prior to living with depression, it was a rocky one. I had low self esteem, I compared myself to others, I never felt as good as or good enough, I self punished and self judged, I criticised, I...
May 19, 2019 | coaching, Depression, Emotions, mental health, support
Mental health awareness week ended yesterday and I am still talking mental health. Mental health means so many different things to so many different people. To me now, the other side of depression, mental health is about improving and maintaining my mental health....
May 13, 2019 | Emotions, mental health, Motivation
It’s mental health awareness week, but what does that mean for you? Has it made you more aware of your own mental health or of people around you? The idea is on these special days and weeks that to raise awareness raising of that topic, but they leave me feeling...
May 7, 2019 | anxiety, Depression, Emotions, mental health
I just wanted to be left alone. To not have to make decisions or be responsible or do anything but I also wanted to do everything. When the weekends and school holidays rolled around, the dread of having to be responsible all day every day broke my heart. I...
Mar 3, 2019 | anxiety, coaching, Depression, Emotions, mental health
People learn to hide their emotions and learn quickly to find ways to cry alone, only showing emotion only when alone and to stop sharing. The message to ‘hold ourselves together’ and ‘be strong’ teaches us to stop showing ‘weakness’ such as emotions. So we stop...
Feb 20, 2019 | Emotions, leader, Motivation, support, teamwork
Imagine you are facing your biggest fear, your body and mind respond on their own, there’s irrational thinking, your body freezes and you no longer feel in any way able to control how you react, like there’s an invisible force controlling you. How does it feel? Now...
