Articles on Self-Help

Do you worry about what other people think?
Do you find yourself changing your behaviors based on what other people might think? Do you rush off to put make-up on just because someone has phoned to say they're coming over? Do you decide to get the "good" cups out for an unexpected visitor or do you just use the regular ones in the cupboard? (Read more)

Cleaning up our act
Not too many of us made it through childhood and adolescence without being told on numerous occasions to clean up our room. Most of us hated it! But, in hindsight, when our mothers hounded us to "clean up our act" they were unknowingly giving us a gift... (Read more)

Liking What You See in the Mirror
We all need to work consistently on maintaining a positive image of ourselves. We need to train our brains just as much as our bodies... (Read more)

Have a Mentally Healthy New Year!
Another year has come, bringing new hope and endless possibilities. What will you achieve this year? New Year is the typical time of that solemn process of Making Resolutions. We decide to stop smoking, or lose weight, or do that course, or relate better to our teenage children... (Read more)

How Ann dealt with Julie (or How to Stop Being a Doormat)
Remember Ann? She got dumped by Julie just days before Julie had agreed to accompany Ann to the doctors. Ann had given her six weeks notice of the impending appointment yet Julie phoned to cancel three days before the Big Day... (Read more)

9-11 and Other Traumas
That morning in 2001 will go down in history as being a morning that truly changed the world. Despite the horror of the events of that day, it was also a day of world solidarity, as people of all races and creeds came together to stand in awe and disbelief at the magnitude of what had occurred. But this event was much more than the death of a relative handful of people and the destruction of mere bricks and mortar… (Read more)

New Year's Mental Health Resolutions
Whether you suffer from a pre-existing mental health condition or just plain-old garden variety stress, why not try a different type of New Year's resolution this year? The resolution to improve your mental health… (Read more)

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