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About Control

About Control

by | July 19, 2024 | Behaviour, Emotions, Feelings

Our need to control ourselves and others is a learned response to fear. Emotions trigger chemical chain reactions in our bodies to prepare us for specific actions. When these actions work out, meaning they help us survive or improve our situation, our brain remembers...
Limiting Beliefs

Limiting Beliefs

by | July 5, 2024 | Behaviour, Emotions, Habit

Limiting beliefs are thoughts that hold us back. Every thought we think triggers an emotion. Over time, repetition turns the thought into a belief. You might also call it a truth or a fact, meaning an idea you do not question. The same thought triggers the same...
Emotions Create Reality

Emotions Create Reality

by | June 21, 2024 | Emotions

Our emotions influence how we see the world and other people, what we notice, remember and think. They create our reality by giving meaning to every event we experience. With extreme emotions, like fear, we are often aware of this effect. When I had anxiety, every...
About Crying

About Crying

by | June 7, 2024 | Behaviour, Emotional Hygiene

Crying is an expression of strong emotions. We can burst into tears when we feel hopeless or sad but also when we are overcome with joy. It lessens stress and pain. Shedding tears is also a very special skill because we are literally born with it. Unlike other...
Habits for Life

Habits for Life

by | May 24, 2024 | Behaviour, Habit

Habits, routines and automatic actions take up most of our time. They do not just shape our lives. They are our lives. First we learn these new habits, then we practise them until they become so automatic, sometimes we don’t even see them as habits anymore, like...