There’s a fine line between helping and enabling. Learning to discern the difference can have a huge impact upon the abilities and sensibilities of the “Helping vs Enabling”
Category: Stress Relief
Optimism – For the Health of It
Optimism is a good skill to cultivate, especially if you’re interested in doing what you can to improve your health in a number of areas. “Optimism – For the Health of It”
Cultivate Self-Care
“Self-Care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health and to prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept encompassing “Cultivate Self-Care”
The Language of Stress
When you are stressed, the language you use and how you use it, changes. Pay attention to the words, the structure, the intonation, the tonality “The Language of Stress”
The Observation Deck: How to Be in the Moment
Two upward glances, one last evening, and one very early this morning, almost brought me to tears. The sun was just setting as I pulled “The Observation Deck: How to Be in the Moment”
Awareness in Practice: Fixing
In Awareness in Practice – Part 1, I recounted how I recalibrated myself before settling in to have an enriching catch-up conversation with my friend. “Awareness in Practice: Fixing”
Awareness in Practice: Part 1
The beauty of the techniques I teach is that you can regularly practice them as you go about the business of your day. They are “Awareness in Practice: Part 1”
Nourishing Nature and a Fortifying Friendship
Nature and friendships – each are powerful in their own right, but when combined, it seems that they change into something resembling kryptonite. An email “Nourishing Nature and a Fortifying Friendship”
Health Advice
I think this health advice still stands, all these years later, don’t you?
Hanging On
On a recent dog walk, I came across a couple of trees that didn’t get the memo that autumn and winter had passed. For some “Hanging On”
Grief, Mortality and a Flare
Mid-January, we received the sad news that my aunt had passed away unexpectedly during the night. Her death has left a big hole in our “Grief, Mortality and a Flare”
Got “Bouncebackability”?
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from upsets, disappointments and the hard news of life. Stress erodes “bouncebackability” but it doesn’t have to be “Got “Bouncebackability”?”