Helping You Sparkle™ – Mental Health and Well-Being with Delphi Ellis
Mental Health Recovery and Maintenance through Compassionate Education in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
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Do you ever find it hard to say what you really think? It’s not always easy. And it’s definitely tiring. We worry about offending others. We think we’re taking up too much space. We apologise before we even start. How many of us have started a sentence with “Sorry, can I just ask something?” There are lots of reasons we …
Has someone been pushing your buttons lately? I ask, because we all have a tipping point. Even those of us who like to think of ourselves as generally calm and centred, can be pushed too far when tensions are frayed. Lockdown isn’t easy; daily doom cycles mean we’re feeling the overwhelm. So if someone poked …
How patient are you feeling right now? With everything that’s happening in the world, it makes sense if you’re feeling a little tense, with a wish that things would change. And soon. It’s not just COVID that we’re tired of hearing about; you probably heard there was an election happening in the U.S., as some …
Where have you been during COVID? I don’t mean physically; I mean the real you.The one that laughs when your toast lands butter side down because you know, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter.The one who smiles just because the sun is shining.The one who sparkles as you sing along with …
How are you holding up? It’s fair to say, there’s a level of unease in the world right now. If you’re fed up of hearing about the new global conversation in COVID-19, I promise this post isn’t actually about the virus, but it does help me to make an important point. Not everyone is concerned …
Have you been holding things in lately? Sometimes we stay quiet because it feels like the right thing to do.It might also be better, now and then, not to rock the boat.And occasionally, because life is just easier that way, you might decide to keep shtum. I totally get it. There’s even some science behind …
How do you cope with not knowing? In a digital age where we can have answers at our finger tips, there’s something unsettling about situations where we just. don’t. know. 21st century living has been described as VUCA:• Volatile• Uncertain• Complex• Ambiguous. One of the reasons, Margriet Sitskoorn explains, may be that on a daily basis, we …
What word sums up how you’re feeling today? It might be:Tired.Frustrated. Motivated. Or all / none of the above. The thing about feelings is they can change in an instant. For example, you arrive at work full of the joys of spring, only to find a snotty email from someone that sets the tone for …
If you had to take the temperature of your life right now, what would it be? Whether it feels nice and pleasant, or cloudy with a chance of meatballs, sometimes it’s good to stop and take a measure of your environment. When we are struggling with something difficult it might be because our confidence …
When will you show the world what you have to offer? The insights and offerings that the world needs to know right now – more than ever – and that only you can offer. Your passion for things that: • get your motor running • put fire in your belly • make you let out a little …