To build habits that help you beat stress, you can use a variety of techniques that focus on understanding your stress triggers and creating new, healthier responses. Here’s how you can approach building those habits: 1. Understand Your Stress and Anxiety Habits Recognise that anxiety is a habit: Your anxious tendencies are often learned behaviours… Read More »How to build stress busting habits
We all know about habits however we tend to think of them in the bad things they do for us. Habits are just automated thinking. Things were done so often it becomes automatic or semiautomatic to do them. Habits can be good as well. Think of cleaning your teeth, it takes little thought to… Read More »Habits to Develop to Overcome Anxiety
I suspect there is not one single human being who doesn’t know that if they just dropped some habits, or adopted others, their life would improve. So why are people not doing this? Many years ago, not long after I started my private practice, I realised that helping clients to make lasting changes was not… Read More »Just 20 Seconds to Change a Habit
You’ve probably been tempted by books or programs offering to transform your life, e.g. “21 Days to a New You!” I confess I’m still tempted by them, but I now have enough wisdom to know that they are unlikely to work. Most importantly I know why they are unlikely to work. This helps me see… Read More »How to Make Lasting Changes In Your Life
You have probably never met a single person who wouldn’t want to change their habits, and build new, more positive automatic processes into their lives. When I work with clients, I may come up what I think would be the most brilliant strategies for them, but unless they become habits, they’re not going to get… Read More »How to Build New Positive Habits