Posted on 31st Dec 2020
by Naomi
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I can’t believe it’s the end of 2020 (finally!). This is a brief piece I wrote mostly to help myself as we say Goodbye and Good Riddance to 2020. But many of the challenges we’ve faced this year have been shared by all of… Continue Reading “Good Riddance to 2020”
Category: Mental Health PostsTags: 2020, 2021, change, coping, coronavirus, covid, hope, mental health, new year, reflection, self-care, wellbeing, wellness
Posted on 8th Apr 2020
by Naomi
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the lockdown and social distancing measures to be challenging in ways that I didn’t really expect. I anticipated the limitations on social life being a struggle. It’s natural when we aren’t able to see the people… Continue Reading “Coronatiredness”
Category: Mental Health PostsTags: adjusting, anxiety, bereavement, change, coronavirus, covid19, depression, grief, lockdown, loss, loss of role, managing expectations, meditation, self-care, self-help, self-isolating, slowing down, social distancing, uncertainty, wellbeing
Posted on 29th Mar 2020
by Naomi
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Times of significant change; like moving, shifting from study to work or vice versa, starting a family, or indeed the lockdown and social distancing measures we’re experiencing due to the coronavirus outbreak, mark periods in which our way of life, routines and patterns of… Continue Reading “Out with the old, in with the new: using the coronavirus lockdown to change your habits”
Category: Mental Health PostsTags: behaviour, change, cue, goal, habits, lockdown, mental health, pattern, routine, schedule, self help, self-care, smoking, social distancing, trigger
Posted on 22nd Feb 2020
by Naomi
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I meet many people who have lost hope – lost hope for themselves, for their lives, their families, their communities, for humanity itself. And I empathise. People are confronted with so much adversity and trauma, inequality and injustice. Not to forget the systematic breaking… Continue Reading “Staying hopeful when confronted with incessant negative news”
Category: Mental Health PostsTags: change, circle of concern, circle of control, circle of influence, hope, hopeful, hopelessness, proactive, self help, worry, worry tree