Mental Health

Entering a new year is always a time to think about resolving to make change in one's life. However, most New Year's Resolutions don't last very long! Recent surveys say that 80% of resolutions fail by the second week of February. Why is that? Are we such creatures of habit…

Are you feeling stuck? That's odd because stuck isn't a feeling, it's more of a state! However, feelings that occur around being stuck include apathy, depression, helpless, frustrated and so on. Apathy is a bad one because we don't care when we're apathetic. Problem being that we have to care…

What we believe directs how we live our lives. Our core beliefs function like a filtering system that looks for evidence. If the core beliefs are positive and effective, reflecting truth about ourselves, the evidence we look for is positive and supportive. They also help us filter the negative incidents…

Our world has become quite intolerant of process. We like quick fixes and things to be 'easy-peasy.' We stand by microwave ovens tapping our feet, wondering why it's taking so long. We've become a society of Instant Gratification Junkies. Instagram. Snapchat. Texts that travel from one device to the other…

What's wrong with being a perfectionist? I just like to push myself. I just have high expectations. Shouldn't we all aim for perfection? These are some fairly rational thoughts and arguments in defence of perfectionism. The problem with perfection as the expectation is 1. that it is not attainable 2.…