In last month’s blog I shared some tips on how to adapt perfectionist tendencies so that they work for you rather than against you. I focused on thinking errors and what you can do to correct these and find perspective. In this month’s blog I focus on how you can practice overcoming behaviours common to… Read more »
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Perfectionism – making it work for you rather than against you
Photo by energepic.com from Pexels “Helen will never make anything of herself in this world unless she gives up her perfectionist tendencies” – so said my ‘understanding’ primary school teacher in my final year of primary school. Was she right? I don’t think so. That being said, I did need to learn to dampen down… Read more »
Seize the day! … One habit at a time
I don’t know if it is my age, the fact that my parents are reflecting back over their lives, or because I’ve just recently finished watching a documentary about the life of Robin Williams but I find myself compelled to ask ‘what more can I do to make my life extraordinary?’. This month’s blog explores… Read more »
Feel you have to keep proving yourself? There is another way.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” So said Maya Angelou, American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist. So why is it that many of us feel we have to keep proving ourselves and cannot believe that we are enough, particularly women it seems? Why instead is there… Read more »

