Toxic Behaviour is Infectious – Help Stamp It Out
We should discourage toxic behaviour at work (or in any group we are part of, for that matter), so that it can't spread.
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We should discourage toxic behaviour at work (or in any group we are part of, for that matter), so that it can't spread.
Despite a multitude of books on the subject trying to be happy doesn't work. Achieving happiness is like the Holy Grail of personal development.
Food intolerance is widespread and we are increasingly well informed about what we eat. We take great care to ensure we don’t ingest things that are toxic to our bodies. But we totally ignore the list of things that do us harm mentally. We happily and ignorantly indulge in daily habits that, to us a technical term “do our heads in." If we can spot the common allergens we can do something about them and make wiser choices.
When lost in a quandary or struggling in a crisis how do you respond? I don't mean the day-to-day stuff, I mean real, critical, mid-life, existential, where-to-from-here-I'm-in-a-total-panic-because-I-feel-lost sort of crisis.
Use stress buster infographic to remind yourself of the simple things you can do each day to keep your life on an even keel and build your resilience.
If you have ever given half a thought to getting professional help with something that is affecting your wellbeing, but decided against it, it may be time to do something different now. Remember that sometimes the best idea is the first idea, not the ones that come along later, especially if they keep you stuck where you are.
There's much more cake out there than we can ever eat, and the more there is, it seems the less time we have to enjoy it.
A core idea driving this blog is that we reclaim our psychological and spiritual wellbeing. To do this we normalise much of what has been seen as ‘mental health issues’, accepting that unhappiness and its derivatives are part of life, and relearn the tolerance and skills that will help us through them. This is a big subject, and one which affects us all. There is much we can do for ourselves.
The trouble with aspirations is that they can seem out of reach. But that's the way they should be isn't it? If they were attainable, we'd either have them, or we'd know that we've almost got them. They wouldn't be aspirations, they'd be something else. Aspirations can act like a guiding star, they tell us which way to go, where to direct our efforts. They are also abstract; things like happiness, wealth, wellbeing... and harmony. Aspirations shape our thought and actions, so they are about how we think and act,...
To nap or not to nap? Various opinions slug it out. In one corner there are those who recommend a siesta as being essential to health, clarity of mind, and productivity.