Is Being a People-Pleaser Damaging Your Mental Health?
“I can feel calm and happy in myself when I’m alone, but other people’s negativity can bring me down straight away.”
“I get so exhausted because I don’t know how to say NO to other people’s demands on my time and energy.”
“I’ve spent my life taking care of everyone else and now I’m realizing I need to take care of myself to be happy, but I feel guilty if I put myself first”
“I have a friend/boss/co-worker who is treating me in a way I don’t like, but I don’t know how to tell them”.… Keep reading...
Read More3 Big Mistakes Anxiety-Sufferers Make When Looking For A Solution
You’ve tried it all. Magnesium and ashwaghanda supplements from the local health food shop. Anti-anxiety meds prescribed by your sympathetic but brusque GP. Counselling and CBT with a skilled and compassionate psychologist. Maybe even CBD, kinesiology or hypnotherapy…and they’ve helped – some. But you STILL feel like your anxiety is slowly stealing away your quality of life and your ability to feel calm, content and in control…and you worry – am I going to be at the mercy of this forever?… Keep reading...
Read MoreBeat High-Functioning Anxiety: How to Stop Feeling Rushed, Busy & Overwhelmed
Do you ever wake up in the morning and a mental to-do list immediately crashes through your brain? And you get that rushed, overwhelmed feeling before you’ve even gotten out of bed? It’s almost like your alarm clock is a starting gun, and bang – you’re up and off the the races…racing against time to get everything done!
I certainly have, and it’s not a nice way to live…but thankfully I have a few tips to help get off the hamster wheel of feeling chronically stressed and frazzled.… Keep reading...
Read More3 Self-Care Practices I Have to Manage My Anxiety
You may not know this about me, but I used to suffer from anxiety bad.
Like end up in the emergency room, all day vomiting, bad. (Sorry if that’s TMI!)
And on my journey to “healing” my anxiety, I’ve come to believe that some of us are more highly sensitive, and thus naturally more prone to anxiety. We all have our weaknesses right? For some it might be back troubles, others migraines and for people like you and I, it’s a nervous system that can tip into anxiety more easily if it’s not well-regulated.… Keep reading...
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