“The past is not dead; it is living in us and will be alive in the future, which we are now helping to make.” – William Morris
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Five Steps to a Better Life
Clients often come to hypnotherapy or life coaching expecting us to delve into the past and drag up and rake over old memories to produce a multitude of emotions for the client to then deal with. This used to be the way that the likes of Freud conducted his hypnotherapy sessions. However there is a [...]
The Insider’s Guide to Living with Depression
I am a young woman who has suffered from clinical depression intermittently throughout my life. I have had counselling, psychotherapy, anti-depressants and cognitive behavioural therapy; whilst these treatments work and should always be carefully considered in a case of mental illness, I have learned to manage this condition in my own little ways. I can [...]
Inspirational Quotes
This week, I will present some inspirational quotes again, which will hopefully inspire you, dear reader, to reflect on your life and the relations you have with other people. Often we live one hectic day after the next and forget to sit down and contemplate about what we are doing. Personally, I find it very [...]
A Metaphor for Self-Esteem
Where does your self-image come from? If your opinion of yourself often comes from what people say to you and how they treat you, then perhaps you will find this idea helpful. Imagine yourself as a blank canvas. When you hear negative comments, if you take them to heart and start to believe them, you [...]
A Healthy New Year’s Resolution
A new year just started and again how many of us decided to loose weight on top of the list? Many of us are constantly thinking of trying to lose a little weight and shape up for the new season ahead. However dieting can be a daunting task and can turn out in a disaster [...]
Explore, Dream, Discover
Change is an evitable process we all have to go through. Sometimes we chose to make changes, starting new jobs, changing careers, new relationships, moving home. At other times in our life we have to adapt ourselves to a changing environment, for example, redundancies, divorces and illnesses. As humans are creatures of habit, we feel [...]
Can Hypnosis Help Me?
Thank you very much for your question. We often get asked if hypnosis can deal with this type of health issue so I thought it best to clarify what hypnosis can help with, what life coaching can help with, and when it’s time to seek a different therapist. Hypnotherapy is a form of therapy that [...]
How Do We Rid Ourselves of Negative Emotions?
Thank you for your question. There are many ways to rid ourselves of unwanted negative emotions but further to my response on energy therapies in one of my previous articles I thought it would be interesting to look at how we rid ourselves from negative emotions via energy psychology. There are other ways to deal [...]
Therapeutic Theatre
The relationship between the Call to Adventure and the journey towards self actualization is one of the most common themes of mythology and one of the richest in symbolic value. This call to adventure helps to establish the stakes of life’s personal and professional games and makes clear our goals as an active participant. A [...]
Lift Your Energy in the Morning
A very quick and easy way to energise yourself in the morning is to spend just 2 minutes giving yourself a mini head massage. You can even do this before you get out of bed! This will help you to wake up, feel alert, positive and ready to start your day with enthusiasm. It has [...]
Do You Live It?
As a trainer and therapist, I constantly find myself being sized up when meeting potential clients. Being asked what I eat, how often I train, and whether my life is in order are questions I am asked on a daily basis. The potential client looks me up and down as I answer and process the [...]
Banish Those Bad Habits Forever
Many of my clients come to me and ask how they can have more self control in breaking what they perceive as a bad habit. This could be in the form of smoking, eating too much, laziness including lack of exercise and even things such as personality disorders. We all know what it’s like to [...]
The Healthy Heart Academy
City Connect introduces Adam Shaw and the Healthy Heart Academy. Thank you for taking your time in getting to know me. Your time is precious and can never be replaced. I truly appreciate yours used to connect with me here. A different start in life. I grew up within the grounds of a Psychiatric Institution. [...]
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How to Avoid Blind Date Disasters
Adrian Fernand – Australia’s seriously stylish agony uncle and creator of idobelieveicamewithahat.com – answers your questions on life, the universe and everything. This week, Adrian has advice on how to [...]
Style
Choosing the Right Duvet for Summer
June has been colder than usual this year but as the weather hopefully warms up, it will be time to say goodbye to the heavier autumn/winter duvets we’ve been snuggling [...]
Relationships
Romance is Dead. Technology Killed It
As a child growing up in the nineties my concept of dating was peppered with long phone calls and confessions shyly blurted out after school. Then I got a mobile, along came Facebook and traditional [...]
