This is the epic of an awfully young hero Too young by some accounts While he was no captain Nero His heart was bigger by huge amounts Truth be told this young one Never dreamed a hero he would be He barely had any time for fun Survival came first you see His …
Continue reading It’s not what you think/Outside the box: The Epic of the young one
Picture this scenario, you have just woken up after a really long night’s sleep, what is the first thing you do? Well for most people it is stretching, sometimes it might be scrambling to get into the shower because you realised you overslept and now you’re late for work or school or a date or …
Continue reading Stress relief in the now – an instant stress relief series: Stretching
We’re going to get a little scientific here. Almost everyone here has probably heard of Stephen Hawking, but how many of you have heard of the concept of imaginary time? I certainly hadn’t, not until I saw this video of an interview with Stephen Hawking by John Oliver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY After hearing about it my …
Continue reading It’s not what you think/Outside the box: Imaginary Time
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOÒOOO...AAAAAHHHHHHHWOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAWWWOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO So what did you think of my Whale impression? Was it any good? No!? Well fine, see if I care. All jokes aside, let’s talk about whale songs and how they relieve stress. Despite what the name suggests, whale songs are not whales going around singing opera to each other. Like other mammals of …
Anyone who has personally faced stress; has been with someone who gets stressed or who somehow deals with stress regularly (like through volunteer work, psychotherapy, counselling, etc.) knows that stress manifests itself in many different ways in different people. Sometimes someone stressed will show just one habit of stress, but more often than not people …
How many of you out there have been really stressed out, told someone about it and then heard them say, “Get over it.” I have heard it or a variation of that phrase quite a few times in my life. When I’m really feeling down hearing those words makes me feel even worse, and when …
Continue reading Things that won’t change when you are stressed (people saying get over it)
This post is going to be me talking about a particular experience instead of my usual banter about de-stressing. Lately I have been feeling extremely stressed out, partly because of a culmination of many small things but mostly because of one ongoing big thing; for the sake of privacy I won’ t go into details …
Continue reading My experience with hypnotherapy (an ongoing process)
A good, deep, healthy and meaningful human connection can go a long way when it comes to alleviating stress, depression and anxiety. It doesn’t matter who it is with, as long as it is a healthy relationship and both parties benefit from the relationship in some way. This part is especially important to me because …
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