Loss Is A Key Element Of Depression
Life is such that we never get all that we want and this is probably just as well. When we taste some amount of success, we are usually rightly elated for a short time...
Making Sure Depression Does Not Define You
I once read a very interesting description of depression. It went something like: "I am depression. I am cold like the Arctic mist, I dampen your spirits and your soul. I fill your mind with gloom...
Depression Now The Most Common Illness In The UK Seen By GPs: More Resources Urgently Required.
In 2012, I took part in a radio show that looked at the Reality of Depression and how loved ones could help sufferers in times of need. We suggested in the show that depression would be the number one treated illness by 2020...
Dealing With Life’s Small (And Not So Small) Setbacks
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing...
Depression In The Workplace: Is Your Employer Stepping Up To The Plate?
Sometimes, I am asked by corporate clients to help new managers with the challenges of their new job. Usually, just the basic management tasks can be overwhelming without the added problem of dealing with people and especially ‘difficult’ people...
Partners And Spouses Can Truly Help The Therapeutic Process
Let's face it, therapy is hard work. Undertaking the process means facing things that have been sometimes locked away for years. Once you open that door, you are never sure who or what will come through it...
Thinking Wisely: Releasing The Inner Champion
My last two posts, I have looked at very dysfunctional voices in our heads and how easy it is to follow them. They offer quick-fix solutions that have no substance at all...
6 Ways To Get Over A Bad Break Up… 1 to 3
Anyone who has been through a break-up will testify to the feelings that surround it. Let’s face it, no-one likes being left and in reality, also ending a relationship is not easy. Invariably,...
Partner in a Life Transition? What You Should And Shouldn’t Be Doing.
Life never quite works out the way we expect. Someone once said to me that if you really knew what awaited us in the future, we would be totally shocked. Even though we, as humans, have the ability to predict the future...
Partner Doesn’t Accept Your Boundaries… Get Out!
People like me are always trying to make others see the value of setting healthy boundaries in the spirit of emotional honesty. That is expressing what you feel honestly and assertively when there is a feeling that a boundary needs to be set...
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