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How We All Bully Ourselves

November 12, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle

Low self-esteem is made up of many factors, one of them is critical thinking – these are the negative thoughts we have about ourselves over and over again which fuel the rules we put in place for ourselves to live by which can have detrimental effects on ourselves and relationships. We’re often taught as children…

Tagged: anger, angry, self care, self-esteem, selfesteem, value, worth

Assertive Forgiveness

November 9, 2014
By Eleni
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Lifestyle

Following on from the previous pasts about what anger is, it’s OK to deal with anger in an assertive manner. The way we react during an angry moment is key to how we might be perceived by others. It’s OK to tackle things we don’t agree with and be assertive. Assertiveness can really boost our…

Tagged: anger, Counselling, forgiveness, love, relationship, responding

I am NOT ANGRY … I’m passive aggressive

November 5, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Which would you rather, passive aggression or letting rip? It can be hard to know which is the most detrimental to you and most infuriating to others. Passive aggression comes from our primal “flight” response. In essence we are angry but internationalise it, and demonstrate it through out body language and things we don’t do,…

Tagged: aggressive, anger, behaviours, Counselling, Listening, passive, Reflection, self aware, Skills

Diffusing the Drama

November 2, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle

Dealing with the embarrassment of being with an angry person can be very awkward. Here are some ways to minimise their anger. 1. Don’t fuel it with your anger – stay positive in what you say, let your own anger drift out of your mind and remember it’s harder to negotiate with an angry person…

Tagged: anger, angry, calm, chaos, conflict, drama, managment

Concealer for Internal Blemishes

October 29, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle

I spend a lot of my free time watching beauty Vlogs, ViviannaDoesMakeup, Lilly Pebbles, Fleur De Force are just a few that I daily log on to check out their opinions about beauty. I do wonder what the inordinate amount of money I spend on beauty is for, do I do this to make myself…

Tagged: Anxiety, beauty, Counselling, low self esteem, make up, self care, self worth, selfesteem

Tips for Counselling Based Interviews

October 26, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle

The anticipation before any interview can be stressful. Counselling interviews though are not like standard business interviews where your main goal is to sell yourself. Here are 5 ways to impress using your emotions 1. Get to know the ethos of the organisation – you can guarantee the interviewers love what they do, they believe…

Tagged: Counselling, interviews, jobs, recruitment, tips

“When Will I Get Better?”

October 22, 2014
By Eleni
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Counselling Skills, Lifestyle, Supervision

“Do you think I’ll get better?” “how many sessions will it take?” – Questions that surely are common to most therapists? I sometimes wonder why we place time limitations on healing, how do we know when we will get better or in fact what does getting better even really mean. We can place pressure on…

Tagged: altruistic, Counselling, efficient, fair, money, outcome, relationship, time, time limited, watch

The Virtual “other woman” in Your Relationship

October 12, 2014
By Eleni
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Lifestyle

The urge to online “stalk” is one hard to resist sometimes especially when it involves our partners. Where there may be some niggles of suspicion and lack of transparency in a relationship social media can accelerate controlling and delusional perceptions. Diligently examining every line of their profile, sorting through friends lists, hacking in to their…

Tagged: anger, Counselling, delusional, jealousy, Othello, psychology, rage, realtionship, self care, Shakespeare, social media, syndrome, trust

Desserts is Stressed Spelt Backwards

October 2, 2014
By Eleni
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Lifestyle

Sugar is the most successful food additive ever. It has no nutritional value and not needed for the human body to function. Sugar is made up of glucose and fructose and it is the fructose that makes it sweet and ultimately the molecule we look for. Sugar can be categorised as a carbohydrate however it…

Tagged: Stress, Sugar

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