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The Coping Triangle: A CBT Tool for High Achievers to Stay in Control Under Pressure
Epictetus posited ‘It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters’. Here is a tool to help you to respond in helpful ways to life’s challenges; ‘The Coping Triangle’.
A powerful CBT Technique - ‘The ABC Coping Sentence’ by Dr Claire Hayes
Would you like a simple tool to help you feel more in control and empowered on days when it feels like your mind is ruling your life?
Reflecting: Celebrating Achievements and Learning from Challenges
Reflecting on achievements and learnings can help you to stay on track with what’s most important to you.
Mindfulness: Cultivating Presence in the New Year
It’s still the dawn of a new year…. a great time to explore how mindfulness can infuse your year, and life, with an ongoing sense of presence and clarity.
Self-Care: Starting the Year with Healthful Intentions
Your invitation to take time to set the tone for the months ahead, with the power of self-care, to transform your wellbeing.
The Power of Self-Reflection, with a New Year here
I share some tips and ideas for effective self-reflection; drawn from my therapeutic philosophy, practices, and experience.
6 Qualities to Cultivate this Christmas Time
Your invitation to reflect, or consider, in the lead-up to the festive season is: How do I wish to be this Christmas? What qualities & attitudes am I aspiring for?
Mindful Approaches to Holidays: Nurturing Self-Care and Boundaries
Self-care and boundaries are game changers in moving through family celebrations, which can be fraught with complicated emotions.
Navigating Year-End Stress: Strategies for Corporate Workers
The pressure to meet year-end targets, finish projects, and manage personal and professional obligations can become overwhelming. Let’s chunk down 3 key tips for effectively managing end of year stress.
Navigating Grief During Holiday Times and Special Occasions
Grief can have a big impact on holiday times and special occasions, especially in the first year following your loss.
Disenfranchised Grief and Validating Unseen Loss
Disenfranchised grief is a term used to describe the unique pain that arises when society doesn’t acknowledge or validate a particular loss.
Nurturing Growth Amidst Grief: Understanding Lois Tonkin's Model
There is no one way to grieve. Tonkin’s model of grief helps us to understand how we can continue to grow around our grief.
Understanding the Evolving Stages of Grief and Healing
If you’re navigating grief, there are some evolving ideas around the stages of grief and how we heal, that you may find supportive.
Practical Steps from Two Models of Grief
Robert Neimeyer's meaning-making model of grief, and the Dual Process Model.
Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Grief
Exploring 4 Models: The Tasks of Morning, Growing around Grief, Making Meaning & The Stages of Grief