Category Archives: Body / Health / Movement
Sugar is Your Friend, but Not Your Bestie!
Sugar isn’t very cool at the moment, but I assure you it’s a little misunderstood. Sugar can be a friend, but like friends, some better influence you than others. When you hear sugar-haters espousing the pitfalls of ‘sugar’ you have to ask ‘which sugar are you talking about?’. All sugars are simple carbohydrates, classed as…
The Circle of Concern and Influence
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Serenity Prayer Let’s face it, life can be challenging. We all have things in our life that challenge us – whether it is people, situations or the…
The Science of Self-Compassion
Before sharing some of the Science of Self-Compassion, let’s make sure we are on the same page about self-compassion. What is Self-Compassion? Christopher Germer in his book The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions refers to self-compassion as “… simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” In…
The Emotion Regulation Systems
In his book, the Compassionate Mind, Dr Paul Gilbert proposed we have three main types of emotion regulation systems that work together to regulate emotions. The systems are – the threat and self-protection system, the incentive and resource-seeking system, and the soothing-contentment system. Each of these three systems are designed to do different things,…
What is Fear Costing You?
I am human… I have fear and fear definitely stops me from taking action in my life. The fear is not as chronic as it used to be, however it is still there. The fear is made up of a variety of memories, experiences and situations from the past. I have been aware of the fear…
What is Stress Costing You?
Life can be stressful. Whether it’s our relationships, career, health, financial situation, environment or a critical incident – we all experience stress. Stress is subjective – so something that is stressful for me may not be stressful for someone else. There are many different kinds of stress and not all of them are bad. Stress can help us act quickly…
20 Quotes on Stress Management
Recently I wrote posts about a Stressful Life Style vs Low-Stress Life Style, Eustress vs Distress, the General Adaptation Syndrome and 6 Myths About Stress. Whilst I was writing these post, I was reminded about the video – Stress – Portrait of a Killer. It goes through some research about how stress can effect our lives. 20 Quotes on…
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