Psychologists have researched the power of resilience, and discovered that people often respond differently to the same or similar negative events.

If you find you are constantly plagued with a negative or critical inner voice, the good news is, there are proactive steps you can take to challenge it.

Feeling happy is one of the very first emotional states we recognise as a child, and yet it is also a slippery and fleeting concept, which can be hard to define. In fact, there is a whole branch of academic study, known as positive psychology, devoted to the science of happiness.

We all have off-days, but sometimes we can go through prolonged stretches where life feels like an uphill task, and our enthusiasm for it becomes dimmer each day. However, life isn’t meant to be this way

The last few years have been extraordinarily stressful for all of us, there can certainly be no denying that! Living in a state of constant change since the pandemic hit has, of course, been very overwhelming - so it would be no surprise at all if you have been feeling stressed and anxious because of everything.

A negative thought spiral is an irrational negative prediction of the future that becomes the basis for other irrational negative thoughts and predictions.

Meditation has been talked about for quite a few years now, but why the hype? Having started to meditate in 2019, when experiencing panic attacks, I have seen a major shift that occurred in my inner being.

The whole purpose of coaching is to help people change. To understand what is no longer working, to get a clear understanding of where you would like to be and to find a path to get to your desired outcome.

The way lives are led these days can often feel nonstop. There’s always something clamouring for our attention, diverting us, bouncing us from one stimulus to the next without much of a break between them.

The amygdala, known for its almond shaped region in the brain, is crucial in regulating emotions and memories. The neurobiology of facial expressions of emotions is important when it comes to understanding the modulation of appropriate responses in social settings.

Humans have an inclination to focus on threats, and therefore have a tendency to fall into negative thinking patterns. Negative thinking has been associated with negative thoughts about the future, also known as worrying, or negative thoughts about the past- rumination.

Why is it that we keep having the same goals year after year? Why are we failing?

If you look at life at a neurological level, it is actually quite depressing to realise that all our experiences are only a range of different chemical reactions.