What is considered midlife? The average life expectancy is 86 to 89 so half way would be 44 ish. I certainly had a wobble at 45 and bought a fast car, but when I got to 50 I realised there was more time behind than in front.
Read the full blog post >When someone you know talks about having suicidal thoughts it can be a scary experience. Your first response might be to say something like, ‘Don’t be so silly’ or ‘Stop talking like that’. Some people may worry that talking about it will make things worse, but there is no evidence to suggest this is true.
Read the full blog post >Offering therapy and counselling in Norfolk and Hertfordshire, Emotionalskills has been helping individuals and couples ease and manage their anxiety, stress, depression, irritability and esteem issues, since 2013.
Read the full blog post >It is a natural human instinct or ‘drive’ to reproduce and have children. Child rearing is, in my opinion, the hardest and the best job in the world. It brings the greatest joy and the greatest challenges. Most parents have children with thoroughly inadequate preparation. Each individual is totally unique and your child is no different.
Read the full blog post >As a former taut and restricted, pretend alpha male, I think that some of us men might feel that we need to have a permanently tough exterior. Some of us have suppressed our feelings with great efficiency, especially those emotions that we might deem as softer or more compassionate.
Read the full blog post >In a strange way I'm glad that I had depression... at least I'm happier now than I was before my depression.
Read the full blog post >If you have a big nose or a small nose, long arms or short arms, freckles or no freckles, it’s what you’ve got and these things invariably cannot be altered. Often, there are situations and circumstances that cannot be changed, but how you react to those situations and circumstances might be within your control.
Read the full blog post >We are pleased to announce that we are expanding the team and will be joined by Debbie Hague, a qualified therapist, in Hertfordshire. She will be helping individuals and couples, ease and manage their anxiety, stress, depression, irritability and anger issues.
Despite digital dating of one format or another giving us a pretty comprehensive ‘pre meeting’ understanding of potential partners, I’m not sure we humans actually select romantic partners.
Over the years, as a therapist I’ve heard many clients say, “That’s the way I’m hardwired” or “You can’t change a leopards spots” or “This is just how I am”, and throughout those years I’ve seen many people move from being stuck to being something closer to their authentic self. That movement has made them less anxious, less stressed, less depressed and very often more purposeful and fulfilled.
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