Parental criticism, especially consistent or harsh criticism during one’s childhood, can have a big impact on a person’s self-worth even through the later stages of their life. It is useful to note that parental criticism can take several different forms.
Healing Inner Child Wounds Through Self-Parenting
Becoming your own parent may seem like a strange concept at first, but it may be of great help when it comes to emotional healing. Although we have gotten older and may therefore consider ourselves as adults, within many of
8 Ways You Can Teach Your Kids Discipline
Do you feel your kids are misbehaving and you struggle to deal with it? Do you feel they lack discipline and wonder how to teach them?
The first step is understanding the developmental phase they are in: teaching discipline to
Part 3: Stroke Rehabilitation in Old Age
As discussed in the second part of this three-series blog, a stroke comes with a whole host of physical, psychological, cognitive, and social symptoms. However, many individuals recover their functioning through rehabilitation, which may allow them to regain independence.
Therapies
How to Manage Your Money and Achieve Your Financial Goals
We probably all encounter phases during our lives in which we struggle with our personal finances – and stressing about money impacts our mood and mental health.
The idea behind healthy money management is simple: Save money for your future
Parental Absence: Consequences in Adult Life
Ideally, children grow up in a loving and caring environment surrounded by both their parents. For many different reasons, this, however, is not always the case. Some of us have grown up with one parent or even both parents being
Back-to-school anxiety? Read this.
As the summer holidays quickly fly by, getting back into the school routine may lead to feelings of anxiety for parents and caregivers. Typically developing children as well as children with different abilities, may also experience fear and anxiety until
Panic disorder
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. These episodes occur ‘out of the blue’
Ditch the Weights: Calisthenics and Creative Movement.
There is a profound connection between our physical and mental well-being that needs to be recognized by anyone wishing to pursue a healthy lifestyle. One harmonious combination of strengthening the body and the mind is calisthenics and creative movement. The
Thoughts on boundaries
One of the most frequent things clients talk about, in my experience, are their relationships – with families, partners, employers, friends, themselves… And when they do talk about this, one word that keeps coming up in conversation is the word