Maybe you feel deflated by all the unsuccessful dates you’ve been on or maybe you’ve had friendships end recently or maybe you just don’t feel fully supported by your partner…
According to new research, cohabiting couples are more likely to marry when they (a) earn incomes similar to their married peers and (b) when both partners in the relationship have…
This book on resilience, like many self-help books, can change your life. Resilient Me: How to worry less and achieve more has been created so that you can take yourself…
Research Finds Facial Colours, Not Just Expressions, Convey Emotions Humans are clearly wired to detect and decode non-verbal communication cues from others. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans also demonstrate…
Self-care is mental health care. Self-care is essential for good mental health, resilience, achievement and your happiness. In my new book, Resilient Me: How to worry less and achieve more,…
Self-preservation can make us do all sorts of things to make ourselves feel safe. For example, you can push unpleasant memories to the ‘back of your mind’, you can pick…
Joanne explains, ‘I think I’m a bit lazy because I haven’t achieved the last few goals I’ve set myself.’ Whenever I hear this line from clients, I know that chances…
When it comes to Christmas, on the one hand we can be excited about seeing our family and friends and on the other hand we can be nervous about seeing…
Close friendships help our mental well-being. We intuitively know this and love our friends for it. We experience this positive mental well-being effect whenever friends provide emotional support when the…
Stress can be a slippery slope towards all sorts of physical and mental health problems so prevention is important and you can start eliminating stress in small ways, day-to-day, to…