Posted on September 7, 2018
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Before I talk about today’s topic, I just wanted to remind you that I have released my first PDF course which is aimed at helping you become more assertive and stop your people-pleasing habits. To view the contents of this course, please click the… Continue Reading “New beginnings & change”
Category: Adversity & support, Coaching tips, courage, grief, Life tips, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, change, failure, fear of the unknown, new beginnings, new home, new job, new relationship, uncontrollable
Posted on October 10, 2017
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Mental illness has always been a part of my life. Whether it is through my own personal journey, through my family’s or watching friends struggle. Although I haven’t been writing on here much, mental health will always remain a very important cause that I… Continue Reading “World Mental Health Day”
Category: Adversity & support, complex ptsd, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, Resilience, self care, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, avoidant personality disorder, be empathetic, borderline personality disorder, Depression, lets talk about mental health, mental health, Mental illness, personality disorders, psychosis, ptsd, recovery, schizophrenia, world mental health day
Posted on July 24, 2017
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Love Athina ♥
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Blogging, Coaching tips, Life (Personal Coaching), Life tips, Resilience, self careTags: anxiety, back-up plan, Blogging, Coaching tips, Life tips, no control over life, plan b
As much as I dislike watching the news and tend to limit what I take in, it is increasingly difficult to not be affected by the constant bombardment of war footage, terrorist attacks, murder and suffering. When you are a highly sensitive & empathetic… Continue Reading “The aftermath of a traumatic incident”
Category: Adversity & support, Blogging, Coaching tips, Compassion, complex ptsd, grief, Life tips, mental health, recovery, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, brutality, coping mechanisms, coping with trauma, disbelief, fear, life threatening, living with trauma, post traumatic stress, self care, stress, terrorism, terrorist attacks, the aftermath of trauma, threat to your life, trauma, trauma brain, trauma survivors, traumatic incident, violence, war, witnessing violence, worry
Posted on May 31, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Inspired by a comment made by a friend on her facebook page, I wanted to address the difficulty of finding a balance between self-soothing and running away from emotional pain. I also wanted to write about what it actually means to self-soothe. Self-soothing is… Continue Reading “Finding a balance between self-soothing and running away from emotional pain is tough..”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Coaching tips, Life tips, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awarenessTags: anxiety, avoidance, blocking emotions, coaching, emotional pain, fear, negative emotions, numbing, running away from problems, self care, self compassion, self-soothing
Posted on May 9, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Ending the stigma of mental health is still proving to be a challenge, although in the UK we are getting ever closer to our goal of a deeper understanding, tolerance & acceptance of the importance of talking about our mental health. As somebody who… Continue Reading “Mental Health Awareness week”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, Cluster C disorders, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Rejection, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, bipolar, Child abuse, cptsd, defence mechanisms, defence mechanisms used by narcissists, Depression, low self-esteem, mental health awareness, mental health week, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic family, narcissistic parents, narcissistic partner, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, ptsd, raising awareness on mental health, selfcare, the black dog
Posted on April 3, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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When you don’t get certain basic needs met in your childhood, there will come a time in your future where you will eventually become awakened to these unmet needs. Although this isn’t the same for everyone, there is usually one feeling which is most… Continue Reading “The loss of what should have been”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Depression, grief, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, childhood adversity, childhood trauma, cptsd, Depression, emotional orphans, emotional pain, grief, isolation, loss, one parent families, self care, self compassion, trauma, truth, unmet childhood needs
Posted on March 6, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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You might have heard of the term infantilization but you may not realise how incredibly abusive it is when a parent does this to their child. It is only natural for a growing child to start developing independent thoughts, actions and opinions. For a… Continue Reading “Infantilization”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Negativity, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Self-reflection & self-awareness, TRAUMA THERAPIES, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, awareness, Child abuse, Depression, engulfing mother, infantilization, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic abuse tactics, narcissistic mother, narcissistic parents, no contact, patreon, patreon funding, personality disorders, recovery, recovery from abuse, suffering, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on February 8, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder is a long-term condition that causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of situations and issues, rather than one specific event. People with GAD feel anxious most of the time and often struggle to remember the last time they… Continue Reading “GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, self care, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, ANXIETY DISORDERS, cptsd, Depression, GAD, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, ptsd, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder
