9 January 2015
The Five Love Languages
What really makes you feel loved? Is it when your partner makes you a cup of tea? Or when they give you a hug? What makes you feel loved might be different to...
15 December 2014
Stress Management Strategies-Practical Suggestions
The first step in managing stress is identifying the cause. This may be a major life event that has recently occurred. A recent job change, marriage, increased workload or new baby...
4 December 2014
The Impact of Stress to our Bodies
Our response to stress is quite complex. It all starts when our brain notices or most times even imagines a threat. It could be your flight response like seeing something dangerous...
17 November 2014
WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF DISAPPOINTING OTHERS?
THE FEAR OF DISAPPOINTING OTHERS TENDS TO STEM FROM OUR LOW SELF ESTEEM. WE TRY AND PLEASE OTHERS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR APPROVAL AND LOVE. LOW SELF ESTEEM HAS AN IMPACT ON VARIOUS...
15 November 2014
Resolving Behavioural Difficulties in Children using Collaboration
Recently I went to a professional development workshop with Dr Ross Greene, who is a guru from the USA who specialises in working with kids with behavioural problems. He...
10 November 2014
It’s time we all understood what our schemas are!
Based on our earliest experiences with our primary caregivers, we tend to form fixed beliefs and expectations about how likable and deserving we are, how safe or dangerous the world...1 June 2014
Prioritising Your Tasks and Putting Stressors into Perspective
Whether you are a working parent, a University or school student, a single professional, unemployed, or a couple without children, everyone has to put their priorities in perspective....
25 May 2014
Knowing your common thinking errors
The Cognitive Model of depression states that it is not necessarily the situation that affects the way we feel and behave but our thoughts about it. Challenging our thoughts about...
30 April 2014
What Drives us? Your drive may be fueled by something unexpected by Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D.
Being successful provides rewards, and the stimulation intrinsic to being driven can result in the self-perpetuating nature of such behavior. However, financial, personal,...
30 April 2014
Five Ways Emotions Guide Teens to Academic Success PART II by Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D.
Emotions are indispensable tools in social interactions. The information they can provide when you are able to understand and interpret them is essential to social...