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People Pleasing

People pleasing is a trauma response, so at one point it kept you safe. Now, it might be getting in your way.

Vulnerability

Trauma

Confidence

Growth

Relationships

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What is mental health?

We all have it, but "mental health" is often conflated with "mental illness", and they're not the same thing.

Mental health

Support

Help seeking

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Wellbeing for primary carers

Taking care of yourself is not a luxury, it's a necessity.

Anxiety

Connection

Coping tools

Empathy

Growth

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Venting or Victim?

Productive venting can help us avoid feeling like a victim

Connection

Mental health

Tips

Help seeking

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The science of shame and its silent survival

The concept of "shame surviving in silence"

Shame

Silence

Isolation

Vulnerability

Research

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Post traumatic growth

Traumatic stress often leads to growth

Anxiety

Coping tools

Mental health

Self reflection

Support

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Thoughts and feelings as warning signs

Confidence

Help seeking

Mental health

Research

Self reflection

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Overcoming limiting beliefs / feeling like a burden

The fear is often around sucking up all the oxygen

Confidence

Connection

Help seeking

Limiting beliefs

Relationships

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Navigating the vulnerability hangover

We live in a culture where taking emotional risks

Vulnerability

Tips

Coping tools

Anxiety

Reassurance

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Opportunity overwhelm

If you're someone who loves the comfort of a cloudy day, this is for you.

Anxiety

Coping tools

Reassurance

Tips

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How to tell a partner you’re not ok

Telling your partner that you're not okay is an important step

Relationships

Connection

Intimacy

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Loneliness

Mind the gap: An approach to the “Loneliness Epidemic”

Connection

Coping tools

Isolation

Relationships

Tips

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I can't be the leader I'm meant to be without all the parts of who I am - quote by America Ferrera

Internal Family Systems

Internal Family Systems - How we can stand in our power with all of our parts

Confidence

Freedom

Growth

Self reflection

Shame

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When your coping tools are no longer fit for the job

Life throws numerous challenges our way, and in order to survive

Coping tools

Self reflection

Growth

Freedom

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How to know when you’re not ok

Firstly, it’s normal to experience the full spectrum of emotions from time to time.

Self reflection

Research

Warning signs

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How to ask for help when you’re usually the one giving it

Asking for help can be challenging at the best of times

Help seeking

Support

Limiting beliefs

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Helpful reminders when speaking up

We hope that serves as a reminder that it’s normal

Tips

Confidence

Reassurance

Speaking up

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Having it "all figured out"

How do we release some of that pressure?

Anxiety

Confidence

Coping tools

Empathy

Freedom

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Hedonic adaptation

Understand that just as the wonderful things lose their shine, so will the painful things lose their sting.

Coping tools

Growth

Mental health

Reassurance

Research

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Challenges of speaking up

When asking you to speak up, it seems essential that we address the very real challenges that most people face

Speaking up

Help seeking

Tips

Limiting beliefs

Self reflection

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Topics

People Pleasing

What is mental health?

Wellbeing for primary carers

Venting or Victim?

The science of shame and its silent survival

Post traumatic growth

Thoughts and feelings as warning signs

Overcoming limiting beliefs / feeling like a burden

Navigating the vulnerability hangover

Opportunity overwhelm

How to tell a partner you’re not ok

Loneliness

Internal Family Systems

When your coping tools are no longer fit for the job

How to know when you’re not ok

How to ask for help when you’re usually the one giving it

Helpful reminders when speaking up

Having it "all figured out"

Hedonic adaptation

Challenges of speaking up