It is official: we have 6200 thoughts a day. A study from Queens University in Ontario measured how often we shifted from one thought to the next (through some very fancy scientific methods that we don’t need to go into here). They called each of these a thought worm. Unfortunately I’m quite visual and now Read More
Keep Calm and Stay Resilient
So last time we talked about what resilience is and the 1st step in starting to create more resilience during these challenging times. This time we’re going to talk about how to calm the bleep down and keep our cool even when there’s a lot of crap going on. First of all we need Read More
Keeping Resilient – Covid Style
Here we are knee deep in a pandemic. Who saw that coming? Of course, it has raised all sorts of mental health issues – from anxiety and depression to cabin fever and the negative effects of isolation. I will probably go into those and what to do about them at some stage, but for now Read More
Surviving Isolation – more resources & how to manage loneliness
First let me give some resources that might be helpful during this time and then I’ll chat about loneliness and my take on it. So….. Coursera is offering a range of courses for free. There’s this one: Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During Covid-19. There are 4 sections on depression, anxiety, not OD’ing on Read More
