It’s fairly common for us to want to have a sense of belonging. When we feel we belong, we are accepted as a member of the group.
A sense of belonging is a normal human need just as our need for food and shelter is. When you feel like you belong, it can help you to feel your life has value and as a result you cope with emotional challenges better.
Sometimes though, we can lose our sense of belonging.
Continue reading “Belonging Or Lost and Alone?”In my last article I commented that we could bring kindness back into our world and this article will explore how small acts of kindness can do just that!
Can you remember how you felt when having had a really hard day a stranger smiled at you? Or the time you helped your neighbour with something simple and how she still thanks you for it? Each of these small acts of kindness can make a huge impact on someone’s life.
Small actions often lead to giant ripples. One small action can completely change the life of someone who then performs a kindness for someone else. The cycle or ripples caused continue and grow long past the initial small act of kindness.
Continue reading “Small Acts = Big Impacts”Do we need to focus on letting go of the negativity which is so prevalent these days? I almost titled this post “Is Brexit Bad for You? because if you live in the UK it feels as if you cannot avoid the topic when you go online! There is no doubt (and I have read research around this) that Brexit or rather what my late Grandmother would have called the shenanigans is having an impact on the Mental Health of many in the UK.
Continue reading “Letting Go”Do you wonder if you are perhaps suffering from Compassion Fatigue? In today’s world we are bombarded by news 24/7 and events around the world come into our homes. It can at times feel overwhelming can’t it when so many things compete for our emotional reactions? I have heard people mention that they feel a sense of being overwhelmed and unable to feel the depth of compassion that they might have had when we knew less of the world around us.
Should we feel guilty about that? In my view the response is no – we are probably finding ourselves suffering a form of Compassion fatigue brought about because of the level of demand placed upon us by our consumption of news from around the world.
Continue reading “Are You Experiencing Compassion Fatigue?”Do you work to be your best? I was reading earlier and came across the following quote from Ralph Marston
“Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. “
Continue reading “Be Your Best”