View fullsize The mind/body connection. It's can be a vicious or virtuous cycle. Try this. Stand up tall. Really tall. Hold your head up. Pull your shoulders back. Now say this "I'm really depressed". It doesn't work does it? If you're feeling frustra
View fullsize I feel great because my partner told me they loved me. I got a pay rise which made me happy. I won my competition so I'm on top of the world. Yeah, of course these things are going to give you a boost. They are "external" things though and
View fullsize Every day is filled with experiences that we can't control. Other people's behaviour, the weather, accidents, the list of tasks we need to tick off at work. And sometimes one of these experiences isn't great. That's life isn't it? We have experience
View fullsize Many people say "I'll do it when I'm feeling a bit more confident". Sometimes you need to simply dive in and start. And not long afterwards, your confidence will catch up. That's how confidence works. It needs a bit of evidence. It needs y
View fullsize FINAL DAY: Mental Health Made Simple Over the past few weeks I have shared some elements of The Thrive Programme. If you are one of the people who has been impatiently awaiting each new post; taking the time to digest the content and apply it to yo
View fullsize Day 13: Mental Health Made Simple A few days ago I talked about a STRESSOMETER and how when you learn to gauge your stress levels and actively manage your thinking, you can keep yourself calm and in control. But what if it all goes wrong, what do y
View fullsize Day 12: Mental Health Made Simple How well are you managing your stress levels? 🤯 Phobias, fears and anxieties are not happening ’to you’ - but rather being created by the way in which you respond to events and situations in life - tod
View fullsize Day 11: Mental Health Made Simple ‘Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me’. 🤬 Remember that? As you grow up, you realise that’s hardly true and that words can cut deeper than any knife. However, today, w
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View fullsize Day 9: Mental Health Made Simple Every emotion you experience is BRAND NEW - it’s your choice how you feel! This can be a hard fact to grasp because it flies in the face of: everything you’ve ever been told by a therapist, anything you&
View fullsize Day 8: Mental Health Made Simple What colour glasses are you wearing today? 🤓 Today’s post is all about attitude. Your attitude is the way you CHOOSE to see and process what is happening in your world. Jeff Keller said, ‘Everything ca
View fullsize Day 7: Mental Health Made Simple What external influences are currently playing havoc with your thinking? 💭 Social media, the news and friends/family are powerful influences. How many times a day ... ✴️ Are you being told frightening and shocking
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View fullsize Day 3: Mental Health Made Simple Let’s do some armchair travel today … We’re off to London to see the Shard. This 310m building is iconic. Rising above the London skyline, it is a feat of engineering & beauty. You can only
View fullsize Day 2: Mental Health Made Simple In 1977, two psychologists wanted to see if they could reverse the effects of institutionalisation on residents in a nursing home. Both groups were given a pot plant. The ‘responsibility’ group were taug
View fullsize Day 1: Mental Health Made Simple ALL of us are facing new challenges at the moment and mental health matters more than ever. Most people don't have a clue where to start: if you're reading this, you're ahead of the crowd! Here and on my Facebook pa
View fullsize Self isolation. The struggle is real. If this is the first time you’ve experienced a crisis, you might have no idea how to cope, or even doubt that coping is possible. With news reports full of scary stories and worrying statistics, perhaps yo
View fullsize The more we step outside our comfort zone into what feels uncomfortable ... even just a little ... the stronger and more powerful and confident we become. #thethriveprogramme

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