This article discusses managing overwhelm, and may not be right for everyone. Always check with your healthcare team if you’re concerned about your health. Being able to regulate our emotions in difficult moments can be key to managing overwhelm. One way of doing this is with the 5-4-3-2-1 activity. The activity can help you stayContinueContinue reading “Emotion Regulation with “5 4 3 2 1””
Category Archives: Emotional Health
Mental Health and Well-Being Training
Do you worry about saying the wrong thing to someone going through a difficult time? Are you a leader, manager, well-being champion, work in Occupational Health or HR and/or come into contact with those who may need help with their mental health or well-being? Would you like to give yourself or your workforce more confidenceContinueContinue reading “Mental Health and Well-Being Training”
5 Tips to Boost Your Mojo
In a world that feels like it’s moving faster than ever, it makes sense if you’re feeling over whelmed right now. Life events, like bereavement, or money worries can take their toll and before too long we might find we’ve lost some of our mojo – our energy, motivation or sense of purpose. There areContinueContinue reading “5 Tips to Boost Your Mojo”
Self-Care for Bad Days
We talk a lot about self care these days and it can help in terms of helping us manage things like our resilience to some extent. In Answers In The Dark, I include a section called the Self-Care Check In, which looks at how we might know when we’re not ok and what might help.ContinueContinue reading “Self-Care for Bad Days”
Sorry, not sorry – why we need to stop apologising when it’s not our fault
How often do you say sorry every day? It’s been reported that a survey of more than 1,000 British people found that that the ‘average’ person says “sorry” around eight times per day – and that one in eight people apologise up to 20 times a day – even when they’re not at fault. Why doContinueContinue reading “Sorry, not sorry – why we need to stop apologising when it’s not our fault”
Helping You Sparkle™ 