by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog post
I’ve talked before about the importance of emotional agility and I wanted to come back to the topic to consider some specific examples in more detail. The first step in developing emotional agility is to notice when you’ve become entangled in knee-jerk ‘hook’ in which...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog post
In the approach to World Mental Health Day on October 10th, I thought a lot about my Aunty Ruth. It would have been her birthday. Both my aunt and my godmother, Ruth was a hugely influential figure in my life, I was extremely close to her. When she took her own life,...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog post
‘Mental resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats and sources of stress.’ American Psychological Association To put this another way, resilience is all about having the mental strength to deal with...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is no question that the pandemic and, more specifically, lockdown is going to have a long-term impact on mental health. Research by Mind illustrates the scale of the effects: 65% of adults over 25 and 75% of young people (aged 13–24) with an existing mental...
by lauretta@madaboutmylife.net | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog post
Like it or not, we all have our own mindsets. You may not be aware of yours, or how it impacts your day-to-day interactions and behaviour, but it’s there. It’s there in the shape of the way you think, formed by a combination of attitudes, values and beliefs. There are...
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