The gap separating fact from fiction is becoming increasingly blurred as technology transitions. It's becoming harder to believe what we can hear and more difficult to accept what we can see. Face value is no longer what we expect it to be. Those with specific agendas make the most noise and demand the lion's share … Continue reading Look, Listen and Learn
Tag: mental-health
Enough To Be Tough
Wounds run deep. The hurt we have suffered can very much determine the direction we take. More significantly, though, the pain we carry impacts on the value we place on ourselves. While the way the world around us sees and assesses us has its impact both emotionally and psychologically, the most harmful critic all too … Continue reading Enough To Be Tough
Pieces Of Peace
We're taught the importance of acceptance and forgiveness...leaving the past in the past...the need to move forward...the simple mantra of getting on with getting on. And - at least at a surface level - we can appear to have all those things under control. The problem is that there is more to us than presentation … Continue reading Pieces Of Peace
What? Me? Where?
It's normal to occasionally feel that the space we are occupying at any given point in time is not the place we are meant to be. It's not unusual to experience what is know as imposter syndrome...to question ourselves and the life we are leading...to doubt our skills and abilities and the way we are … Continue reading What? Me? Where?
Anxiety Is For Keeps
We can either work to control our level of anxiety or step back and give it the power to take over our life. The one thing we are unable to do is to eliminate anxiety. We must accept the fact that there are things that will cause us to worry...and some of us worry more … Continue reading Anxiety Is For Keeps
Learn Before The Burn
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
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
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 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
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