How to make your new habits sustainable
You have just started your new life. Healthy eating according to a strict schedule, exercise, and no sweets or snacks at the weekend. Instead, you’re sitting on the sofa with…
New habits? What you can expect when you change your lifestyle
Changes in lifestyle are much more foreseeable than you might think since all behavioural change goes through the same stages. Regardless of whether you are to start exercising, switch to…
Manage your IBS symptoms with FODMAPs
Noises, cramping and upset – our delicate stomachs are not always very obliging. Around 20% of the population is estimated to suffer from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) – maybe you’re…
A goal without a plan is only a dream
Setting goals for oneself is something of a hot topic, training goals, diet goals and personal development. I can only agree with my experience as a conversational therapist, PT, and area manager. It’s essential to have a clear plan…
Practical tips for reducing stress
Stress is the same thing as anxiety or fear – it’s a threat that signals fight or flight. Our survival system, built in from time immemorial, kicks in: a biological…
Cast off the mantle of victimhood and put on the winner’s jacket
The expression ‘mantle of victimhood’ refers to a person who sees themselves as a victim in a way that is over the top for the situation they are in. Someone…
How to stop black-and-white thinking
Many people have been there, and a number of them have got stuck and are unable to think in any other way. It’s always been a case of either all…
Personal development – the most important investment you can make
Important though it is to exercise your body, it is just as important to exercise your brain. As a CBT coach, I would suggest that the way to all change is…
Saying ‘no’ isn’t so bad
Like many others, you’ve probably been in that situation where you hear yourself say ‘yes’ when the inner you is screaming ‘no’. You regret it as soon as that little…