Welcome to The First Aid for Feelings blog, where you can find lots of helpful articles that will help you to develop the essential skills for self-care and health.
Be your own Valentine: how self-love improves your relationship with yourself and others
Be your own Valentine: how self-love improves your relationship with yourself and others Love it or hate it – February, particularly February 14th, is inextricably associated with love.
Everyday well-being and transformational shifts
Reading time: 6 minutes We live in a culture where we tend to talk about everyday well-being and transformational shifts in very heightened terms. We want to enjoy amazing well-being or experience extraordinary transformations. But is that thinking helpful? In this...
Aspirational living: set yourself up for success with self-care
With the deluge of quick fixes, hacks and promises of ‘this will get your goals’ sorted at this time of year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and disheartened. Maybe you want to up your game with your next aspiration or there’s something you’ve been wanting to achieve...
Aspirational living – Ready for the discomfort?
Tackle the discomfort inherent in aspirational living with curiosity, self care, and coaching to succeed with your new year’s resolution.
How to handle difficult family situations this Christmas
Take Christmas stress seriously this season Heard of the “Merry Christmas Coronary'' or the “Happy New Year Heart Attack” phenomenon? These terms were coined by Dr. Robert A Kloner, a cardiologist who discovered a 30% increase in 'cardiac deaths during the holiday...
Health literacy for self care and dealing with illness
Reading time: 7 minutes Rarely do we welcome being ill, yet it’s a fact of life that it happens. The UK average for people in work is that we are off sick for just under a week a year. Given how this is something we all experience, rarely do we think about how to do...
Why self care and better health is about more than the mind-body connection
Reading time: 7 minutes Understanding the mind-body connection can truly enhance your well-being. The role of the mind-body connection in self-care and good health is widely recognised. However, there is a third dimension that is often overlooked; social context. Such...
What is imposter syndrome and how to deal with it?
Reading time: 7 minutes Imposter syndrome is estimated to affect up to 82% of the population. So what is it and why can it affect your mental health in such an impactful way? What is imposter syndrome It was described by Langford and Clance in 1993 as ‘feelings of...
Negotiation skills – the Helpful way
Today’s blog is designed to help you approach any negotiation with a better chance of a helpful and constructive outcome.
