Posts Tagged ‘depression’
Finding a little joy
Finding a little joy here and there in life is a sure way to feel better. As a strategy for self care, positive mindset and increasing our enjoyment and satisfaction in our life, finding a little joy is as good as it gets. Let me tell you why. Finding a little joy It’s completely free…
Read MoreWhen building resilience, what helps the most?
We add to our resilience building tools here and focus on what we do want…because then we’ll get that, right? So when building resilience, what helps the most? We’ve already discussed the importance of knowing thyself in being able to bounce back from challenges. When we know ourselves, our choices become so much easier to…
Read MoreThe thing to avoid when building resilience
Last week we began our series about building resilience. Because God only knows, lots of us in Lockdown need to build our resilience just to keep going right now! If you’re not in Lockdown, maybe you just want to know how to get up quickly and with grace after falling down in life? (Which happens…
Read MoreBuilding Resilience
As promised good souls, today we start our series about building resilience. Because building resilience is key to realising happiness in our lives, whether we are experiencing a peak or a valley. Every strategy and technique I suggest has been tried and tested by me or Superman over the years and put to a high…
Read MoreElevate your mood using only your body weight
No. I am not looking for a lost contact lens! I am doing the last twenty of the two hundred push-ups I committed to do today. And although I feel tight in my upper body, my mood is noticeably elevated. You too could elevate your mood by only using your body weight! The Push-Up Challenge…
Read MoreYour relationship with yourself matters
Last week we talked about the most common regrets of the dying. All of these regrets are born from losing focus on our relationships; loosing focus on both our relationship with our Self and our relationships with others. Relationships matter. Your relationship with your Self matters. Your relationship with your Self is where we start…
Read MoreThe Royal Interview
The day after The Royal Interview aired this week, I was in my local cafe buying coffee beans when I witnessed something that had me feel sad and a little bit angry. An older man, perhaps in his seventies, picked up the newspaper with Meghan Markle on the front cover under the headline: I just…
Read MoreLow Self Worth
Every day we sit next to our work colleagues, chat with friends and catch up with family. We take turns in shouts for coffee and baking cakes for birthdays. We listen to their stories about kids soccer on the weekend and successful fishing trips and plans for Mum’s birthday. But are we really listening to…
Read MoreMelbourne Lockdown Take II
I took this photo of myself at Southbank in Brisbane this time last year, after flying up there from Melbourne to deliver a Wellness Presentation to Spinal Care Nurses at the Annual SINA Conference. Today I am giving the same ray of sunshine, that is my smile, warmth and care and my Professional Wellness and…
Read MoreThe Secret to Happiness – Part II
What is the secret to happiness? I believe the secret to happiness it is a little of column A and a little of column B, like most things really. And so what are the headings of these columns that when combined, add up to happiness for us? Values Part I of this series discussed our…
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