Articles on Self-Help
Do you worry about
what other people think?
Do you find yourself changing your behaviors based on what other people
might think? Do you rush off to put make-up on just because someone
has phoned to say they're coming over? Do you decide to get the "good"
cups out for an unexpected visitor or do you just use the regular ones
in the cupboard? (Read
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Anxious? Depressed?
Get That Right Brain Working!
While medication has its place in alleviating the symptoms of anxiety
and depression, there are many more practical ways in which you can
take control of your own thoughts and therefore much of the mood fluctuations
that you may experience... (Read
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Cleaning up our act
Not too many of us made it through childhood and adolescence without
being told on numerous occasions to clean up our room. Most of us hated
it! But, in hindsight, when our mothers hounded us to "clean up
our act" they were unknowingly giving us a gift... (Read
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Liking What You See
in the Mirror
We all need to work consistently on maintaining a positive image of
ourselves. We need to train our brains just as much as our bodies...
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Uplifting Quotes to Inspire
You
We all need some inspiration from time to time and who better to get
us thinking than the great thinkers of the world? Here are some thought-provoking
and life-enhancing thoughts for those who have given life some thought...
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Your Beliefs and How
They Can Make You Unhappy (1)
Ever wondered just why you don’t seem to enjoy life as much as
other people around you? Perhaps you think they have just got better
lives than you and therefore suffer less stress and worries. While we
each have differing degrees of stressors in our lives, it is not necessary
to become a victim of every negative event that happens to you... (Read
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Your Beliefs and How
They Can Make You Unhappy (2)
Ever wondered why some people are happier than others? Most of us tend
to put it down to the fact that these happy people have more money,
better jobs, better behaved children, no children, close family, etc,
etc... (Read More)
Something Positive
to Think About
With so much doom and gloom about, sometimes we have to make a concerted
effort to think of the positive things in our lives. Alternatively,
we can also find it useful to read another person’s take on life
that we have never thought if before... (Read
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More Positive Thoughts
to Ponder
Need a shot of positivism in your life? Thinking positive thoughts makes
you feel lighter and the world seems a happier place. Thinking negatively
is guaranteed to bring you down, both emotionally and physically. How
we feel is largely a perception of our environment, so why not think
positively and enjoy your day? (Read
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Have a Mentally Healthy
New Year!
Another year has come, bringing new hope and endless possibilities.
What will you achieve this year? New Year is the typical time of that
solemn process of Making Resolutions. We decide to stop smoking, or
lose weight, or do that course, or relate better to our teenage children...
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How Ann dealt with
Julie (or How to Stop Being a Doormat)
Remember Ann? She got dumped by Julie just days before Julie had agreed
to accompany Ann to the doctors. Ann had given her six weeks notice
of the impending appointment yet Julie phoned to cancel three days before
the Big Day... (Read
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9-11 and Other Traumas
That morning in 2001 will go down in history as being a morning that
truly changed the world. Despite the horror of the events of that day,
it was also a day of world solidarity, as people of all races and creeds
came together to stand in awe and disbelief at the magnitude of what
had occurred. But this event was much more than the death of a relative
handful of people and the destruction of mere bricks and mortar…
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New Year's Mental Health
Resolutions
Whether you suffer from a pre-existing mental health condition or just
plain-old garden variety stress, why not try a different type of New
Year's resolution this year? The resolution to improve your mental health…
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