How To Manage Stress

How To Manage Stress

The last 16 months have impacted us in multiple ways. Stress may have crept in quietly and eroded away our resilience or crashed in at times unannounced and knocked us off-kilter. We all need a...

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How to survive the summer holidays

How to survive the summer holidays

Are you dreading the summer holidays?  Or excited for them to start? Or maybe you have mixed feelings about them. Here are some ideas to make the most of the break Don't over plan. Firstly,...

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How To manage uncertainty

How To manage uncertainty

It’s been difficult for many of us over the last year. So many changes here in the UK. At times it felt like change was the new normal, in fact, change was the constant. As restrictions are lifted...

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Difficult Mother’s Day Ahead?

Difficult Mother’s Day Ahead?

Mother's Day means different things for all of us.  It can conjure up wonderful images and memories of young children making cute cards, or posies of garden flowers or precovid family lunches...

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Are You Ready To Date Again?

Are You Ready To Date Again?

Fed up being single? Feeling lonely when you are single is common for many people. In fact, it’s normal at times. Do you find yourself alone and lacking compared to your doubled friends’ evenings...

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Christmas in the Time of Covid

Christmas in the Time of Covid

The festive season can be challenging for many people. However this year especially, it will be difficult for most of us one way or another. We will have to make do with phone and video calls to...

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Being Made Redundant

Being Made Redundant

Losing our job or business can be devastating.  I am reminded of a poignant part of the film The Full Monty when we see the redundant manager of the steel works, Gerald, getting ready for work...

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Loneliness

Loneliness

Time alone is necessary for our mental well being. When we spend time by ourselves we are able to rest from the stresses and strains of everyday life. We give ourselves the mental space to process...

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