#depression – Appreciate each and every moment

It is tempting to live as though life will go on forever. Because of this, we forget to appreciate each and every moment.   More words of wisdom this morning from the Headspace app that I use for daily meditation. It is true … I wonder how often I live in the moment and appreciateContinueContinue reading “#depression – Appreciate each and every moment”

Inspiration – Elliot Hulse on Depression

Hello everyone and how are we all doing? I was pointed in the direction of Elliot Hulses’s YouTube channel and discovered this intriguing look at depression and why it may be seen to be a positive thing overall… See what you think https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgpvi83CXjY

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Two

Self-confidence Exercise Two By Ellen Prue Modelling self-confidence One of the quickest and most effective ways to understand how someone else goes about things is to ‘model’ them. This means copying their outward appearance and so getting an idea of how they feel on the inside. This is so effective that some sports clinics haveContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Two”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Five – Practising self-confidence

Self-confidence Exercise Five of Six By Ellen Prue Practising self-confidence Although this might seem like ‘revision’, it’s important that you give it some time. The stronger the roots of your self-confidence, the more likely it will stand up to the next storm! You heard about the three biggest myths of self-confidence. If you can’t rememberContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Five – Practising self-confidence”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Six – Putting it all together

Self-confidence Exercise Six of Six By Ellen Prue Putting it all together Now we’re going to do some work to consolidate all that you have learned over the previous exercises. To truly learn something in this field, conscious understanding is usually not enough. We need to experience a new skill or feeling in order toContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Six – Putting it all together”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Four – Self-confident fantasy

Self-confidence Exercise Four By Ellen Prue Self-confident fantasy Now you’ve read over your notes from the previous exercises, get yourself comfortable and ready to do this exercise. Exercise four Imagine you have been granted three wishes. One of your wishes is to have the self-confidence you want. You go to bed tonight and during theContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Four – Self-confident fantasy”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Three – Building unconscious patterns of self-confidence

Self-confidence Exercise Three By Ellen Prue Building unconscious patterns of self-confidence This exercise builds up an unconscious pattern for confidence. One of the biggest problems with self-confidence is that people spend their time trying to be less uncomfortable in a situation, or less nervous. Getting away from something is hard, and there’s no guarantee you’llContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Three – Building unconscious patterns of self-confidence”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Two – Modelling self-confidence

Self-confidence Exercise Two By Ellen Prue Modelling self-confidence One of the quickest and most effective ways to understand how someone else goes about things is to ‘model’ them. This means copying their outward appearance and so getting an idea of how they feel on the inside. This is so effective that some sports clinics haveContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise Two – Modelling self-confidence”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – An Introduction

Self-confidence an introduction By Ellen Prue Having poor self-confidence or low self-esteem can make many things really difficult. Conversely, when you have self confidence that is solid and reliable, most things become easy and fun as well! Good self-confidence allows you to achieve the real goals in your life whether they are to do withContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – An Introduction”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise One – What does self-confidence mean to you

Self-confidence Exercise One By Ellen Prue What does self-confidence mean to you The essential first step to building your self-confidence is to assess what ‘self-confidence’ means to you. Just saying ‘I want to be more confident’ is like saying ‘I just want to travel’! Where? How? When? So, an example might be: “When I amContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Self-Confidence – Exercise One – What does self-confidence mean to you”