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Time to Talk About Education and Mental Health
THE PROBLEM When your children start school or university and are warned about mental health issues, you assume that the warnings and reminders of support are for other people, those who already...
Empty nest and surviving it – for both parents and students!
My children are now 18 and 20 years old. Although the 20-year-old took two years out to work for a bit, both have now gone to university at the same time. One is at Loughborough and...
Facing empty nest
At this time of year many families are facing an issue they probably feel ill-equipped to handle - I know I do. Eventually all of us leave home but when older kids go to Uni it’s like a halfway...
Maternal Mental Health
Recently there has been a lot of attention in the media focused on women’s postnatal mental health. Good mental health is hard to establish and maintain today without children, let alone...
PRECIOUS FRIENDSHIPS
I haven’t written in the last few weeks because but life has been busy!. I finished my second book ‘Taking the Stress Out of Leadership!’, and except for having the cover designed, this will be sent...
Making mistakes
Recently, I was asked to comment on BBC radio Kent as I often am. The subject was making mistakes and the impact that can often have if you’re in the public eye. There had been an unfortunate...
Stop Thinking, Start Living: Book review
Last week I wrote a blog based on the key messages from this book because I felt it was a valuable insight in to how to avoid thinking too much. This week my associate Georgina, has written a...
Do you think too much?
I have recently been reading an excellent book. I stumbled across it because a client recommended it. It’s called ‘Stop Thinking, Start Living’, and it’s by Richard Carlson. It is in fact a few...
Handling Negative Emotions is a Life Skill
All of us in life at one time, if not regularly, experience negative and often intense emotions. Feelings of sadness, frustration, anger, and disappointment all serve a purpose, but often their...