14 tips | Connect to Thrive Social relationships support good mental and physical health. These tips will help you to enjoy better interactions with the people you encounter, so you can feel the benefits of positive connection. 1 Think positive Worries about social situations can make you overthink your interactions. Don’t dwell on worries […]
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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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It is common to hear the idea of “being in the moment” spoken about as something we should be able to do easily. As though it is a calm place we can step into. In practice, it is rarely that simple. The present moment often includes distraction, self-consciousness, or a sense of pressure. Especially when
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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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Spending time in nature is often recommended as a way to support mental health. Within research on nature and mental health, environment is understood to influence attention, physiology, and behaviour, yet this is rarely explained in a way that reflects how psychological processes actually work. Understanding how these elements interact provides a more useful way
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Sometimes asking for help when we’re feeling depressed or anxious is just too hard. Sometimes we need others to come to us. There have been 2 high profile individuals die by suicide recently. It was news that shocked many because it was not publicly known that Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain were struggling to such
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