Performance Anxiety Anxiety before a performance assessment can be hard to manage. Here are some tips that might help. Performance anxiety is not uncommon… and when you have to prepare for and perform as part of a VCE assessment it’s even harder! I’m sure there are music and drama teachers who assist their students to […]
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SELF-DOUBT & CONFIDENCE Who doesn’t struggle? Here is one approach to managing self-doubt and stepping up anyway… stepping up into confidence. It’s common to struggle with self doubt and a lack of confidence. We often have a tendency to focus on not being good enough. And we worry about having enough confidence to do what
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5 Things You Can Do to Manage Anxiety Today Breathe, breathe slowly Name your anxiety Evidence check Notice and let go of unhelpful thoughts Exercise 1. Breathe to Manage Anxiety When was the last time you stopped to pay attention to your breath? I was working with a client recently, who had had lots of
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There are times when anxiety becomes impossible to ignore. You might try to push it aside, focus on what you’re doing, or carry on as if it’s not there. But the more it is ignored, the more present it seems to become. It starts to take up space. This is where the metaphor of the
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Yes, this post is a little late. But if you are following Enhance Life Psychology on Instagram (see the link at the bottom of the page) you would have seen that I was very active on October 10. I posted a series of 10 tips on how to enhance your mental health and how you
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Kintsugi Kintsugi is the Japanese tradition of repairing broken pottery with gold. There are some lovely images that can be found of beautiful Japanese pottery that has been broken and repaired with gold. The tradition seems to have started in the fifteenth century when the Japanese emperor broke his favourite cup and wanted it repaired.
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This is a collection of videos from the Enhance Life Psychology Facebook and Instagram accounts. I thought I’d collect them here into one blog post for those who might have missed them on social media. A Little Gratitude… I spoke about gratitude and gave an example of how you could express gratitude by referring to
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More about exercise, reaching your potential and enhancing your life. But this time in an audio format. Last week I was interviewed by the lovely Ellen Jackson for her Potential Psychology Podcast. Ellen’s practice as a psychologist, working with businesses and delivering workshops as well as her podcast is all about helping people to reach
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How many times have you been told that you should exercise? How many times have you responded with “yeah, I know” and then struggled to actually do something consistently? Exercise is often discussed in terms of physical health. Improving fitness. Building strength. Managing weight. But many people also notice something else when they move regularly.
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I recorded this video live on Facebook last night. I’ve written and recorded other livestreams about anxiety, but this is slightly different, while still drawing on techniques I regularly use with clients. Anxiety is one of those things that we all experience at some point. How we manage that anxiety, fear, worry or stress depends
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