Why You Should Self-Reflect

Self-reflection is the process of looking inside of yourself and evaluating the things that you have done, and decisions that you’ve made and being able to think about what you might do differently next time or to even think about what you did well that you’re quite chuffed[…]

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How to get Motivated

If you are someone who has been struggling with getting your motivation levels to exactly where you’d like them to be then you are in the right place! A useful thing to know is that there is, within your brain, something called your ‘values’. Values are related to[…]

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Stick to Your Decisions

I’m going to be telling you about making decisions and why it’s important to stick with them. Something I will say ahead of getting into this is if the decision was one that was harmful but bad for you or maybe harmful for other people feel free to[…]

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Are You Telling the Truth?

When you are less mature in your thinking it is very easy to believe that life is one thing or the other, like people are either telling the truth or they’re lying and that’s just all there is to it! There are normally three versions of the truth,[…]

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How to Talk About Problems: Children and Young People

I’m going to be sharing with you how to talk about your problems and I will also be giving you some strategies to make you feel more comfortable about talking about your problems and getting it off your chest without feeling embarrassed about it. When it comes to[…]

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Being Unique

Why it is that sometimes we desire to be different from everybody else and sometimes that might feel a little bit uncomfortable? What you might not know is that this is a perfectly normal pattern that all human beings rotate throughout during their lives.  When we start out[…]

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Change Your Behaviour

I’m going to ask you to do the biggest psychological stretch that you’ve ever been asked to do because this month I’m focusing on behaviour. I know from my work with families and young people in Hertfordshire, that often when there are behavioural problems in a family the[…]

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Saying Sorry

How do you make good apologies? I know I have spoken to you before about certain words that you may want to use (and particular words that you may want to avoid) when you are negotiating with people. Apologizing is not that dissimilar to negotiation, except there needs[…]

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Growing Resilience

A lot of parents often bring their young people to see me at my therapy clinic in Hertfordshire when they are struggling with the problems and challenges that life often throws at us. They are in need of some resilience boosting. But what does that actually mean? Resilience[…]

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Stop Saving People

Today I want to speak to you about that habit that you might have of taking on other people’s nonsense. Sometimes you, young people, you are so caring and you are so good at problem-solving that you end up taking on other people’s stuff! You might have a[…]

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