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10th March 2020 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Co-dependency

Co-dependency means that you need and rely upon seeking approval from another person to validate yourself. You receive a compliment from someone you are close to, it feels good, and who doesn’t like feeling good? If you find this is a repeat...

18th February 2020 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Self-sabotage

I read an interesting story this morning about an eagle given an easy life by its owner; food all around it and it didn’t have to fly any more- fed, watered, cared for and no need to exercise- this eagle’s living the dream right?! A stranger...

28th January 2020 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Sleep

Sleep can cause mental health problems, and mental health problems can cause sleep disturbances; reading this highlights a vicious circle and that the need for us to self-care couldn’t be clearer. Benefits of quality sleep: Improved daily...

17th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Responsibility

Last week I spoke about the PROM model for action against anxiety; specifically looking at Purpose. I’m moving on to Responsibility today: the ability to respond, a choice of response, the duty to deal with something or take control, of being...

11th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Purpose

I’ve been reading more and more on anxiety as increasingly this is the main concern for most clients walking through the door at the moment. I blogged last week about the need for self-care at this time of year (and arguably all year round!) but...

4th December 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Self-care over Christmas

There will be plenty published about the joys of Christmas at this time of year and how family time becomes more important, giving is better than receiving and how being able to indulge in fine food and drink becomes an acceptable autopilot. It...

5th November 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Endings in therapy

You came to therapy to readjust, to tap into what was causing you problems and to tackle your thoughts, feelings and behaviours no doubt. It was likely both a traumatic and tremendous experience if you were lucky enough to form a bond with your...

29th October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Mental health and technology

So last week was about social media and its impact. Today I’d like to explore technology and how it’s impacting on mental health in general. Let’s take a look: What’s happening that’s good: There’s an argument to suggest that technology is vastly...

22nd October 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Turn off, tune out

Busy day at work, staring at a screen, headache, dehydrated, grumpy, tired and frustrated. We get home, have our evening meal and curl up to watch tv; only to reach for another screen and scroll until bedtime. Did that feel good? Did you even...

26th September 2019 Lindsay Cox-Prior

Boundaries- Do you have them?

The diagram is a great resource from Excellence Seminars, which I feel highlights what we get drawn into on a daily basis, but when we separate it out it’s easy to see how we can feel overloaded if we are engaging in other people’s behaviours by...

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