Tag: Stress

Getting through the tough, slow days

When you are finding yourself struggling to focus, less motivated, low in mood and just not at your best, how do you manage to get through your day? Is it a case of battling through or perhaps something to be tolerated as the day passes? What if you could find a better way?

Navigating uncertainty through mindset

We’re all adjusting to life being a little different at the moment whether as working parents who are trying to balance work with activities for their children, family mental health and being safe, or as carers of elderly relatives, or as employees getting used to connecting virtually to get things done, or as front-line workers… Read more »

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 »

Working long hours – making choices with consequences that suit you

Image VSRao from Pixabay Last week the BBC published a health news article based on some French research which found that people working long hours had a 29% greater risk of stroke, and those doing so for 10 years or more had a 45% greater risk. Long hours were defined as more than 10 hours… Read more »

Sleeping your way to productivity.. and good health

How much sleep do you get a night? Is it something you are aware of? It seems more and more of us are becoming aware of our sleep patterns as we recognise the impact of sleep on our daily lives. If this is not something you’ve thought much about and you want to give yourself… Read more »

The Pressure-Stress Balancing Act and how to manage it

Have you ever found yourself wondering how you suddenly became so stressed when only recently you were enjoying high performance? What causes stress and what small things can we do each and every day to keep our balance?