What The Students Are Saying: Surviving AND Thriving in Self-Isolation
I’ve recently been privileged to speak to a small number of students in their period of self-isolation. These young people were requested to isolate as a result of their school’s association with COVID! When the isolation was first enforced I...
Corona Virus. A Resilient Response.
Corona Virus. A Resilient Response. There is no other time where resilience is more relevant than when a crisis hits us. Given the current global crisis we are facing, it is time to review what is resilience and how to...
How healthy food, vitamins and minerals can affect our mood?
Research has shown that eating a healthy diet can actually have an impact on reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety, and ultimately elevating our mood. Traditional Mediterranean diet has been proved to have a significantly effect on reducing the...
Which Burnout Are You?
I was interested to read recently that it may be too simplistic to assume that there’s only one form of burn out. The research into burnout continues to evolve and a recent study[1] has identified two categories: Burned out and...
Boundaries – Why are they important? Part 1
The definition of boundaries means anything that marks a border. It’s a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit of something or the limit of a subject, principle or relationship. Personal boundaries are guidelines, rules or limits...
Surviving and thriving in a high stress environment
When we’re experiencing stress, we often cite certain events or circumstances as the cause of our stress. This leads us to focus on trying to change the circumstances as the key way to alleviate stress. Making changes in our external...
Understanding your teenagers – help them manage school pressures.
I would like to share some of my views with parents about helping our adolescents deal with school pressures. You might have heard of this parable of the monkey and the fish. Once upon a time a monkey and a...
