Gratitude

Overcoming Burnout: Simple Self-Help Strategies

by John Nolan
27th March 2025

Overcoming burnout requires a commitment to self-care and the implementation of simple, consistent strategies. Tools such as mindfulness and meditation can calm the mind, while self-compassion fosters a kinder inner dialogue. Gratitude shifts focus to the positive, and setting boundaries protects your energy. Prioritising self-care, practising breathing exercises, and ensuring adequate rest are fundamental for recovery. These tools generally require minimal effort to begin with, and while the exact timeline for noticing results varies, consistent practice over weeks can lead to significant improvements in managing burnout symptoms and enhancing overall well-being.

The Power of Gratitude: Cultivating Appreciation and its Benefits

by John Nolan
10th March 2025

Gratitude in self-help is about appreciating the positive aspects of life. Expressing gratitude can lead to increased happiness, improved well-being, and stronger relationships. Simple habits like daily reflection, keeping a gratitude log, expressing thanks, practising mindful appreciation, and ending the day with positive reflections can help cultivate a more grateful outlook and lead to expressing gratitude more often.

How to Overcome Burnout: Tools, Techniques, and Strategies

by John Nolan
24th February 202527th March 2025

Overcoming burnout requires a multifaceted approach that addresses both external stressors and internal beliefs. By assessing vulnerability, creating space, practising gratitude and self-compassion, challenging procrastination, cultivating self-care, a person can begin to heal from burnout and build resilience. An anxiety therapist can provide strategies, and a Havening practitioner can help reduce traumatic stress and promote self-soothing.

The role of neuropathically play in overcoming anxiety22nd April 2025
Neuroplasticity plays a fundamental role in overcoming anxiety. It refers to the brain’s remarkable ability to change its structure and function throughout life by forming new neural connections. This means that the neural pathways underlying anxious thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are not fixed and can be… Read More »The role of neuropathically play in overcoming anxiety
An outline of the brain’s dual pathways to generating anxiety.22nd April 2025
The brain has two main pathways that can lead to the generation of anxiety. These pathways, although distinct, can also work together. The cortex pathway begins with the sense organs and travels through the thalamus to the cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain. The… Read More »An outline of the brain’s dual pathways to generating anxiety.
How might avoidance perpetuate anxiety symptoms?21st April 2025
Avoidance can perpetuate anxiety symptoms in several ways. Firstly, avoidance is negatively reinforced because it leads to a temporary reduction in anxiety. When you avoid a situation, person, or thought that triggers anxiety, the immediate feeling of relief reinforces the avoidance behaviour, making it more likely… Read More »How might avoidance perpetuate anxiety symptoms?
Trauma’s Contribution To Depression And The Role Of Havening20th April 2025
For many individuals with long-term depression, unresolved trauma can play a significant role by creating entrenched negative patterns. Addressing these past traumas and reducing their emotional impact can free individuals to build new habits and ways of being that support a return to a normal life. The Havening technique is a powerful tool that uses touch and distraction to depotentiate the emotional content of traumatic memories at a neurological level, allowing these memories to be recalled without the same level of distress. This can be a crucial step in breaking free from the past and moving towards a more positive future.
The Benefits Of Depression Coaching20th April 2025
Depression coaching offers a solution-focused and action-oriented approach to overcoming low mood. By prioritising future goals, identifying existing strengths, and implementing practical techniques derived from methodologies like SFBT and NLP, it can help individuals to break free from negative thought patterns and build a more positive and fulfilling life. This approach directly addresses neurological changes associated with depression by stimulating the frontal lobe, rewiring negative pathways, increasing positive emotion, shifting focus towards solutions, and fostering a sense of control.