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Discovering mindfulness has helped me transform my life in many ways and as someone with perfectionist tendencies myself, I was keen to explore and share how a more mindful approach can help those working in busy organisations to minimise its potential stressful effects and impacts on confidence. What is a perfectionist? Perfectionists set excessively high goals for themselves, and when they perceive they have failed to deliver, they engage in major self-criticism. Perfectionists can, also...

When I’m excessively tired or under extreme stress, I start to exhibit behaviours that some people who know me would say are completely out of character. While I usually take my time to make decisions, when stressed I leap into action, often making things much, much worse. My normal tolerance and aversion to conflict turns to negativity and criticism. At my worst, I become aggressive (in a snarky kind of way). But are these traits really out of character? Unfortunately not. Or, perhaps,...

Tinnitus is one of those symptoms that, unless you have it, you can never understand what it is like to hear that constant noise. Or, at least that is what has been said to me before. Imagine you have just watched a movie and a bomb explodes on the screen, and the sound of ringing fills the auditorium’s audio as an example of what the actor hears. That is when I first realised I had tinnitus. When the ringing in the movie stopped, the ringing in my ears did not. I remember, to begin with,...

It can be easy to fall into a career slump. Maybe you’re feeling lost, unsure what to do next with your career (or life), or perhaps you know what you want to do but you’re struggling to maintain the motivation to get things done. If you’re feeling stuck in a rut, there are many options you can try to restart your inspiration and discover new motivations to help propel you forward.

Our inspirations can come from all around us. You may feel particularly inspired after reading a good...

When you consider making significant changes in your life such as changing your job or leaving a relationship, you may well experience a level of anxiety.  Sometimes this feeling is strong enough to keep you in that bad relationship, that mediocre job, and it’s very important to understand what is happening in order to give yourself the best opportunity to overcome this potentially paralysing behaviour. Cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman and his partner...

Personal development is essential to manage stress. However, it is clear from statistics on stress and mental well-being, that the majority of you may be fearful of taking action or simply don’t know what you can do to help yourselves manage stress and therefore better your own development. Perhaps you have yet to identify that what you are experiencing is stress. How often have you said to yourself that you feel stressed? Or overwhelmed? Worse still, close to burning out? Dare I...

If you tend to bottle up your emotions then let me first say, you are not alone. It’s quite a cultural thing here in the UK, with many of us brought up by parents and grandparents who lived through a war. Back then, they had to make do and soldier on. We all grew up with this influence. Even today, we see the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ slogan everywhere. So when something unexpected and bad side-swipes us, a fairly common reflex is to tough it out, smile, perhaps even laugh it...

Taking good care of your mind, body and soul is so important for your own well-being and has a knock-on effect across all aspects of your life. It’s for every day, not just when you get sick or allow yourself an occasional treat. Self-care includes, but is not limited to learning how to eat healthily, reducing stress, exercising appropriately and regularly and taking time out for 'me time'. Self-care (also known as self-compassion or self-love) is great for your own well-being and...

Public and corporate awareness of the importance of mental health is increasing in the UK, with media outlets rightfully bringing greater attention to the topic. According to Mind, approximately one in four adults will experience a mental health issue each year and, staggeringly, one in six of us report experiencing a common mental health problem each week.

With anxiety and depression the most prevalent issues, this can have a huge effect on our working lives. In total, approximately 70...