Bad habits damaging your mental health
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Bad habits damaging your mental health

Here are the bad habits that you need to consider and overcome. There could be some that you might be doing every day; you may not even realise that they are taking a real toll – harbouring potential feelings of anxiety, low mood or depression.

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Everyday Confidence - our ‘courage’ technique
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Everyday Confidence - our ‘courage’ technique

Everyday Confidence came out a couple summers ago and went down a storm – landing on Tesco shelves throughout the country, plus achieving the number one spot on Amazon in Popular Psychology!

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The importance of saying ‘NO’
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The importance of saying ‘NO’

Often in life, we don’t say no when we really should have done. We either don’t know what we want, or we simply feel that we can’t speak up – usually through a lack of confidence, or an increase in anxiety.

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8 warning signs of a toxic person
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8 warning signs of a toxic person

Do you have toxic people present in your everyday life? If so, they could be negatively affecting your mood and detrimentally impacting your mental health – even more so than you might realise.

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Scared about having panic attacks in public?
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Scared about having panic attacks in public?

Do you dread going out in public, for fear you will have a panic attack? Having a plan for this – just in case it happens – can really help you feel prepared, and less full of dread.

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Motivate yourself to work out more
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Motivate yourself to work out more

First, you must know your objective. Think about it, if you don’t know why you are doing it, you are likely to give in. So know why you want to train.

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Lesser-known symptoms of anxiety
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Lesser-known symptoms of anxiety

Most of these lesser-known symptoms of anxiety that we are outlining in this blog today are the result of the famous ‘fight or flight’ response – a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

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Gaslighting - everything you need to know
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Gaslighting - everything you need to know

Gaslighting is a form of psychological or emotional abuse that involves manipulating another person into doubting or disbelieving their own experiences, feelings, perceptions of reality, or even their sanity.

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Binge eating disorder - the basics
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Binge eating disorder - the basics

Binge-eating disorder shouldn’t be paired or confused as being similar to bulimia; those with BED don’t try to undo the binge by throwing up, or over-exercising.

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What is CBT? Could it help you?
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What is CBT? Could it help you?

CBT is known as ‘cognitive behavioural therapy’. It is a talking therapy, which combines cognitive therapy (examining the way you think) and behavioural therapy (examining the things you do).

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Have respect for your emotions
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Have respect for your emotions

Our emotions are what make us human. They are also like a sixth sense, telling us when we need to take action, what decisions to make and what needs changing.

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How to overcome a fear of public speaking
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How to overcome a fear of public speaking

The fear of public speaking is actually considered the number one fear in the world. Glossophobia can also be referred to as stage fright, performance anxiety or social anxiety disorder.

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How to stop overthinking everything
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How to stop overthinking everything

Worrying and overthinking, to the excess, can take a toll on your wellbeing, and even increase your risk of certain mental health conditions.

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How to stop worrying and relieve anxiety
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How to stop worrying and relieve anxiety

Everyone worries at some time. Whether it is out of love for someone else, fear of being criticised and how people perceive you, or your health or health issue.

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How to stop panic attacks in five steps
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How to stop panic attacks in five steps

We want to share five really simple and effective steps on how you can manage, remove, reduce or stop your panic attacks entirely in their tracks.

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Nik - I wanted to be an astronaut!
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Nik - I wanted to be an astronaut!

I still chuckle inside when people say to me, “It’s OK for you, you can be so positive because you have got everything you need. You don’t know what it is like to have to struggle all your life. You’re lucky.” Yes, in many ways I have been very lucky.

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Lesser-known symptoms of depression
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Lesser-known symptoms of depression

Depression not only affects a person’s thoughts and feelings, but can also impact on their behaviour and cause them physical symptoms.

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