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Are you stressing your kid? I hope so…

Are you stressing your kid? I really hope so! Stress breeds resilience, pride, tenacity and self-belief. All great attributes to have in a child. So, why do we shelter them from stress so much? Why do we wrap them is cotton wool and not let them play outside. Why do we do their assignments for…

Hey perfectionist! Your perfection is causing you toxic stress!

“So, who are the perfectionists in the room?” I asked this question to a group of data analysts and accountants at a Stress Teflon workshop we did with a multinational dairy company recently. Two-thirds of the hands shot up towards the sky. In the world of data analytics, attention to detail is a great attribute…

5 Tips to Avoid Stress in the Workplace

When you look at the big things that cause stress in our lives, they usually come down to these FOUR factors: Relationships Work Money Health When we look at work-related stress, it combines ALL of the them... Toxic stress at work will flow into our relationships, both inside and out of work. Work stresstors and…

Does TRUE “altruism” really exist?

What have you done for yourself lately? How do you cope with the stress of modern life? Have you: 1. Taken a few hours to sit back, put your feet up and dive into that new book you’ve been looking forward to reading? 2. Have you had a massage and been taken away from the…

How Stress Affects Your Body

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13 reasons why… we can all learn from 13 reasons why

As a father of a 15 year-old girl, watching 13 reasons why was an uncomfortable, stressful experience. The Netflix original show bravely uncovered topics that are difficult to discuss: sex, bullying, underage drinking, drugs and rape to name a few. It was hard to watch in parts, but I think it is a show that…

Clarity for people who suck at Meditation

Do you suck at meditation? It’s OK, so do I and so do most of us. The problem with meditation is that we are told to clear our mind completely to create an outer space type vacuum in our head that will make our mind completely silent. It’s impossible, and unless you want to shave…

Denial: Not just de river in Egypt

“I don’t know anyone who can get through the day without two or three juicy rationalisations. They’re more important than sex.” “Ah, come on, nothing’s more important than sex!” “Ever gone a week without a rationalisation?” - The Big Chill I love this scene from “The Big Chill”. Jeff Goldblum’s character is an arsehole. He…

Do Your Values And Actions Align?

There is nothing more debilitating than a bad back. Getting up off the chair becomes difficult, you end up walking around like an old man and even something as simple as a sneeze can send your back into a spasm. My lower back had been playing up for about two years. A day at work,…

8 Ways To Build Pride From Inside

Is it good being you? How would your life improve if your default mindset was, in fact…. “it’s good being ME”? How much of the toxic (sticky) stress in your life would disappear if you had a genuine “pride from inside”? I’m not talking about any bullshit, false, pump up your own tyres, pride. I’m…

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It’s great being you when stress doesn’t stick

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