The potential for job burnout looms large. The problem is that employer and employee expectations do not always align. The more we do, the more we can be expected to do. Quite often, though, that expectation is self-imposed. We are guilty of putting pressure on ourselves. Spending time and effort looking over our shoulder in … Continue reading Learn Before The Burn
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The Will And The Way
Anxiety and stress are essential survival tools. It's important to recognise and realise that both are necessary individually and in combination to ensure we are able to regulate the way we function on a daily basis. It's also important to understand that too much stress or too much anxiety can be detrimental to both our … Continue reading The Will And The Way
The Tyranny Of Trauma
It's not only the things that happen to us and through us that can cause trauma but also the things that happen around us. What we experience can be as upsetting as what we witness. Trauma goes well beyond upset. It's sustained and exaggerated stress or distress. The incident or incidents that cause that stress … Continue reading The Tyranny Of Trauma
Persist Or Resist
Change can be difficult. The problem is that change is inevitable. Every experience whether psychological or physical alters our state of mind. The change can be imperceptible or it can be dramatic. The fact remains that the person we are today is different to the person we were yesterday. We can either accept that and … Continue reading Persist Or Resist
No Time Like The Present
We would all like to know what awaits. We would like to prepare ourselves for whatever it is that is coming. The problem is that we are encaptured by uncertainty and bedevilled by unpredictability and there is nothing we can do to remedy the situation. There are ways to increase the possibility that whatever is … Continue reading No Time Like The Present
Avoiding The Ill Wind
It's not unusual to experience episodes of being physically unwell. We all have our good days and we all have our bad days. And there are various degrees of illness just as there are varying degrees of wellness. Physical ill-health can result from many and varied factors and not every one of them is immediately … Continue reading Avoiding The Ill Wind
The Need For Now
It's not possible to avoid stress and anxiety but it is possible to reduce the impact of both, minimising the potential that they could develop into disorders. A degree of tension keeps us focused...too much can confuse and confound. It makes good sense to look ahead and brake before hitting the emotional or physical wall. … Continue reading The Need For Now
Balance Is No Act
There is much we will never understand. Some of the things we see and experience defy explanation. Answers may be sought but sometimes they are simply not able to be found. Quite simply, confusion is part of the human condition. The more we struggle attempting to make contact with emotions and situations that sit just … Continue reading Balance Is No Act
The Deep Well Of Being
Much attention today is paid to the issue of our state of mind. We are encouraged to talk about how we think, feel and act. Honesty is considered to be a necessary policy. In as much as it's true that we can run from the world but we are unable to hide from ourselves, it's … Continue reading The Deep Well Of Being
Minutes Can Be Ours
Dissatisfaction and uncertainty can lead to the desire for a reset fuelled by the belief that if things now were as they were then, life would be better. While commonplace, such a belief is seriously flawed. Scratching the surface of the "if onlys'' can uncover a bottomless pit of sadness and despair. Imagining how things … Continue reading Minutes Can Be Ours
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