This is a photo from this morning - about 8:30am on Sunday January 12 2025. It was taken at Ayr beach in Scotland. As you can see the...

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This short blog spins on a simple question: who would you be if you stopped believing the stories your mind tells about you? It can be...

I read the title of this blog in an interview with a musician recently. The singer had suffered from depression and his wife had said...

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I talked in my last post about how to recognise Imposter syndrome - the idea that simply noticing it and recognising it as an emotion...

In a very complicated world, were work is a constant arena of conflict and uncertainty, were family life and social plans are always...

https://ckarchive.com/b/75u7h8hkegm87b6rgg7rlaw34m666cn This is a wonderful article from one of my favourite writers Oliver Burkeman. In...

It can be very hard to say "no" can't it? This can be to invitations, to work tasks we have no time or wish to do, to family - even to...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5549xyrydo This is an interesting piece about men's mental health and a film that's been made to...

"Life is not even close to being as logically consistent as our worries - it has many more unexpected ideas." So said the Austrian poet...

We are often told that, if we have a positive mindset and outlook, we can think our way out of low self esteem. Well perhaps...but I'm...

I feel like this ought to be on a punny T-shirt. In fact I decided I would write using the title before I knew what I might write...

It can seem like a natural reaction to avoid painful emotions. We will distract ourselves by watching TV or eating takeaways, playing...

If you keep an eye on the crazy world of US politics you might have come across this phrase recently. It refers to the Democratic party...

For many the thought of meditation practice is intimidating. What is it supposed to feel like? Am I doing it right? Will I feel Nirvana...

https://mytherapynyc.com/difference-between-acceptance-resignation/ I thought this might be interesting in explaining the difference... Ian

A man is working his field and a horse suddenly crashes to a halt near him with a rider barely holding on to it's neck. As quickly as...

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