It might be a little known fact that I absolutely love to dance. Whether it's throwing some shapes, getting loose on the dance floor, raving away or just feeling myself, I just love to dance. My first memory of dancing was back when I was around 5/6 years old, I was at a birthday party … Continue reading Dance Therapy
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The Podcasts That Helped Me
Podcasts never really interested me up until around a few months ago. To me, if I was going to listen to something whilst cooking, cleaning, driving, working etc, it had to be music, but when I was going through a personally challenging time, a good friend of mine recommended a podcast to me. At first … Continue reading The Podcasts That Helped Me
Alone Time
Those that prefer or require solitude can usually get stigmatised as being lonely, depressed, strange, some people might even get offended by another persons need to be on their own, but alone time can be healthy however it can also be problematic. Problematic alone time occurs when someone isn't necessarily choosing to be alone for … Continue reading Alone Time
Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is basically your opinion about yourself. If you have a high self-esteem you will probably think very highly of yourself but if you have a low self-esteem you will probably be very critical and negative about yourself so ideally you want your self-esteem to sit somewhere nicely in the middle of the spectrum. What … Continue reading Self-Esteem
Finding My Listener
Mental health has reached a point now where it is getting recognised, understood and accepted which is bloody brilliant but there is still an issue regarding listening, it's a skill that we aren’t ever really taught how to use. I’m more of a listener than a talker, I’d rather let someone chat about whatever they … Continue reading Finding My Listener
Writing Therapy
I’ve always enjoyed writing, even in school I enjoyed my English classes, I wasn’t the best at it, but it was something I secretly enjoyed. Once I left school I didn’t really do any writing. I wrote assignments for college but that was more of a chore than anything else and I used to always … Continue reading Writing Therapy
Taking Care – Self-Compassion Part 3
There is no single behaviour that goes without being self-compassionate. Self-compassionate behaviours can fall into three different categories which are: - Taking care of ourselves - Taking care of others - Taking care of business. To be more self-compassionate you will probably need a mixture of all three categories. The most important thing to remember … Continue reading Taking Care – Self-Compassion Part 3
Positive Imagery – Self-Compassion Part 2
The task of writing down your evidence for and against your critical beliefs is a good starting point for self-compassion but it isn’t the easiest task to complete as you have to face your critics (meaning you) head on which can be daunting and needless to say, pretty fucking difficult. However, using imagery is a … Continue reading Positive Imagery – Self-Compassion Part 2
Letting Go
It’s something that is so beneficial for us but can be hard to do. It never seems as straight forward or as simple as just letting go as there are usually strong thoughts and/or feelings involved and the situations always seem complex but maybe we just overthink it? Up until I was around 22 years … Continue reading Letting Go
Self Care Days
I have been doing a lot more self-care recently with having more free time to do so. My self-care has been focusing mainly on making self-improvements. For the past few weeks I have been improving on what I already know or have and it has been interesting to see how it has helped considering what … Continue reading Self Care Days
The Life Of Emma 