It seems to come around sooner and sooner each year! I’ve already seen several teenagers this month who are taking their mocks, some who are doing re-sits and some who are taking entrance exams. Most of them have a lot in common … they are...
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It’s not all about addiction! In fact some so-called ‘experts’ claim that nicotine isn’t really addictive and that it’s more about the habits and rituals around smoking that keeps us doing it. I believe these habits and rituals are an important...
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At this time of year it seems that everybody is making them! But the evidence suggests that a large majority of resolutions are not kept even when people have the best of intentions. And if they are feeling generally a bit down and dejected, and...
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If you know that your anger is causing you problems… and / or causing other people problems, then maybe Anger Awareness Week could be the trigger for you to do something about it! How about setting aside five minutes each day this week for...
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Losing control seems to be a common fear that people have about hypnosis. Why is that? Probably because of the shows on television or on stage where people are shown to be doing silly things seemingly under the control of the stage hypnotist...
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How can listening to a hypnosis CD or MP3 help? Very simply put, the hypnotic state encourages a state of intense focus and clarity on what you want to achieve. Some people experience this as a light day-dreamy state and sometimes with practice...
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At one end of the spectrum it can be just mildly socially uncomfortable If your social anxiety is mild, it might not actually stop you from going to a particular function if you realise that it is important and the benefits of going outweigh the...
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1. Managing and coping with situations Remember that almost everyone feels anxious at times so the best way to help them is to help them manage and cope with anxiety and not feel they have to eliminate it altogether So, don’t keep asking them if...
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A teenager was struggling to cope with his friends’ casual and changeable attitude towards arrangements. According to Luke’s parents the friends were just being fairly thoughtless teenagers but he was taking these incidents as personal slights...
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