A quick Mindfulness exercise with a respectful nod to Lao Tze, an old fool who taught me so much.

This is a short De-Fusion exercise to help you step back from the thoughts and feelings that suck the joy out of your life.

Noradrenaline, the main neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system, is a catecholamine that plays a major role in regulation of the ‘inner world’ of ...

It's Alcohol Awareness Week and I would like to say that reducing your drinking isn't so much about "being good" as it is about being good to yourself. I lov...

In an earlier blog, we explored how we can change the way we feel by activating the release of different chemicals in our bodies. Today we are going to look...

Different chemicals are released in our body when we feel different emotions. In order to start moving towards the person we want to be living the life we w...

Can you remember a time when you were going through a difficult emotion and you decided to use drugs or have a drink in order to feel better or stop feeling ...

Over the years we develop a preferred way of processing our feelings, sort of like a habit or bias. This feels comfortable to us because that is what we’re ...

When we are distressed, we experience very powerful and uncomfortable physical feelings. These physical sensations create an URGE to ACT. Emotion causes us ...

Emotions are normal and everyone experiences them; but, when we are distressed, it can feel as if our brain has been hijacked and the distress can be so inte...

In my last blog, I said we would look at when the Fear stuff just keeps coming. FEAR stuff can come in two’s, three’s, fours and fives… just like buses. Whe...

Sorry, not that one, no science fiction here. At Living Well, we only talk about stuff for which there is a strong evidence base, we don't play head games, w...

Emotion Regulation skills could be especially helpful to us over Christmas. We sometimes face difficult situations or memories, and perhaps this review of so...

Christmas can be an overwhelming and stressful time for many people. Between expectations, crowded shopping malls, and the pressure to please everyone at the...

STOPP! Stop, take a breath, don't react automatically Ask yourself:  What am I reacting to?  What is it that's really pushing my buttons here?  What is it...