Tag: Mental Health
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Positive Thinking – I Wouldn’t Touch It With a Charge Pole
‘If you think positively, positive things will happen…’. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard that over the years. It is certainly what every coach or manager seems to dredge up in order to support whatever motivational strategy they were attempting to set in motion. Check out LinkedIn and see the all the career…
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Saved by the Bell
There’s something about our schooldays – and how we relate to them – that I’ll never truly understand. Particularly comprehensive schools, the like of which I frequented in the 1980s. When you were guests at these august institutions, the whole process felt torturous, and you couldn’t wait to leave. The desperation was palpable. Grey but…
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The Bitterest Pill…
Running a little low on painkillers the other day for the family medicine cupboard, I thought I’d procure a few packets of ibuprofen and paracetamol. As you can buy a packet of 16 for about £0.35, a couple of quid would see the Frances household ok. So, a visit to the shop and 6 packets…
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Imposturing
Imposter syndrome. Articles on it are seeping out of every social media orifice. impostor syndrome or im·post·er syn·drome [ im-pos-ter sin-drohm] noun anxiety or self-doubt that results from persistently undervaluing one’s competence and active role in achieving success, while falsely attributing one’s accomplishments to luck or other external forces. (Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impostor-syndrome) According to psychologists, sufferers are…
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