Writing about resilience yesterday really got me thinking about my coping mechanisms, the good the bad and everything in between.
It seems to me that resilience has a lot to do with how healthy you keep your mind and body and how willing you are to protect yourself from the negative effects of experiences and challenges.
There are so many things out there we should be doing that are good for us these days..
Are your children back to school this week after Easter Holidays?
There are so many different ways to journal so I wanted to share some of my favourites.
Have you been feeling a bit rubbish lately but you're not sure why?
How hard does life have to be before you decide to change it for the better?
I've been exploring brain science... I've gone down a rabbit hole and goodness knows how far it will take me...
There is value in disclosure. In other words you stand to benefit in some way as a result of talking to someone about your deepest thoughts and emotions. According to the book 'Opening up by Writing it Down' here are some scientifically proven reasons why.....
In order to gain the most amount of value for your mental health from your journaling sessions there is a scientifically proven way of doing it. Here are some answers to some common questions according to the writers of “Opening up by Writing it Down”.
I'm gonna tell you right off the bat, I don’t have a 'sciency' mind but I do have an interest in why we do the things that we do in a 'how-do-we-fix-this kind' of a way. I had read a lot in the past about related subjects but, this time, I was on a mission to prove my theory that writing and journaling can, and does, have a positive effect on our health. I went full on research mode and this blog post is a summary of what I found.
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