Toxic behaviour usually emanates from someone with deep wounding from their personal history. The person is not able to take responsibility for their feelings, attitude, their needs and their consequent emotional problems. Their interactions with others, particularly within organisations, is characterised at times by tense and hostile communication. You know you are around a person […]
We are living through an era of massive social change as technology continues to advance and we struggle to adjust ourselves with the pace of change. The so-called information age, or digital age, was supposed to make us all feel more connected. However, more and more of us are feeling lonelier and lonelier. The writer
The accomplished Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said “Life is not about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself”. I love this quote. As you face challenges in life it can be fruitful to ask yourself which qualities would you most like to acquire. Working in teams and reporting to more senior figures in a hierarchical
The term ‘half-nighter’ has been recently coined to describe supposed new behaviour that is essentially a one night stand, without staying the night. None of this is new, however, as people have been having casual sex and departing before the sleep bit for donkey years. What might be new is the increased prevalence of ‘half-nighters’ when
It can be very stressful dealing with toxic people whether in the workplace, family or in social circles. The key is to identify a toxic person before you trust them with too much of your personal material.Narcissism is different to toxic behaviour. Whilst all narcissists are toxic, not all toxic people are narcissists. See this blog
In terms of sexuality, what distinguishes us, as humans, from others in the animal kingdom is our capacity for an erotic life. Couples who maintain a happy long term sexual relationship tend to allow each other erotic privacy. Affairs can be an expression of a need for emotional intimacy or to form a connection. This
We do not arrive in adulthood with a perfectly formed state of emotional well-being. Often, we carry around baggage to varying degrees of weight from our past, whether that is from our childhood, early experiences at work or from our family dynamics. Past events can impact on how we interact in the present and can influence
The difference between effective levels of assertiveness and aggression is when there is an absence of respect for other people. Aggressive behaviour is when there is no respect for others. However, you can be assertive whilst at the same time respecting the sensitivities of others. That essentially is what it means to have healthy boundaries.
There are now a plethora of mobile apps for every condition known to man and you may be wondering whether they offer any benefit to diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of your depression. If you are worried about whether you have depression it is advisable to first pay a visit to your GP, who can
There are more and more people these days dabbling with online trading as a result of greater access to online trading platforms . This can often be as a sideline to the day job or as a new way of seeking to earn a living. Indeed, there are increasingly more and more people trading financial