If you have ever been in counselling or have studied even the most basic level of counselling, you may know about empathy, if you have no experience of empathy then you may use it in your day to day life without even realising it. So what is it? What is Empathy? There are countless versions of what empathy is, I [...]
A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. She replied, “The [...]
Yesterday I wrote about the importance and benefits of introducing mindfulness into our relationships and shared some tips for achieving a more satisfying relationship with ourselves and significant others. Today I want to continue with two more top tips that should help you kick start an existing or start afresh with a new relationship, but please remember that meaningfulness begins [...]
Mindfulness has been around for thousands of years, it is only relatively recently that it has been adopted by western psychotherapists, counsellor's and other mental health professionals for issues such as anxiety, depression and stress. Mindfulness skills are very helpful in our relationships because the foundations of a good relationship should be treating and caring for our partner, being mindful. If [...]
To give your children the best chance of happiness and success as children and later as adults I wrote yesterday about the importance of communication with them from birth, and teaching them how to express their feelings and emotions is critical to achieving emotionally intelligent children and future adults. The lessons you teach your child from birth will stay with [...]
How many times do you hear of happy contented babies and toddlers, often or not so often? Well in my work as an online counsellor and previously with the NSPCC working with children and families, it seemed to be an exception rather than the rule. It wasn't always difficult to see why, families and parenting is a minefield of emotions and feeling, [...]