We are a bit like bridges - if we are well-maintained, if we take action to repair any faults that occur, then we can endure many stressors of life. There is a finite amount of stress that we can cope with, and each person has their own individual maximum load before the cracks appear.

We spend a lot of time in our own heads and often it’s not a nice place to be, full of criticisms, put-downs, limiting beliefs, self-doubt often with content that we wouldn’t even contemplate saying to others yet somehow it is OK to say to ourselves.

Do you feel like you are a bit of a pushover, a doormat that everyone seems to walk all over, or even a yes person that is petrified of saying no? Then you may be struggling with knowing your boundaries and setting them with others. This article explains why we end up being like a doormat and feeling like we are being taken advantage of.

Have you ever noticed that you have felt completely drained after spending time with someone?

Noticing that your negative thoughts feelings and emotions are just temporary empowers you to free up your mind to focus on what improves your health and life. Using the power of noticing the ‘gone’ to label and acknowledge that those thoughts feelings and emotions have gone, is liberating!

All too often, we waste time and energy focusing on all the past events, that have usually gone wrong. Or we tie ourselves up in knots about the future that we cannot predict. “Yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.” - Lyndon B. Johnson.

We are architects of our own experiences, our own neurophysiology, (which is just a fancy name for mind and body, and you can add soul to this if you like) and we are not at the whim of our environment, other people’s behaviours, or any other external factor.

How do you recover from losing your mojo, your oomph, your motivation?

For many of us, when we experience pain in our bodies, it’s easy to assume there’s something wrong—either a mechanical issue, a medical condition, or an injury that needs treatment. And, for many, that assumption is accurate. In those cases, seeking out medical help as soon as possible is essential. It allows us to tap into the body’s natural healing abilities and get back to feeling like ourselves.

The lies that social anxiety tells you