Joan Schultz
The Surprising Impact of Journalling
Who knew? A study done at the University of University of California, Los Angeles using Functional Magnetic Brain Imaging (fMRI) to research “affect labelling” (putting feelings into words) had some surprising results. It was found that the process of writing...
Five Habits of ‘Anxiety Resilient’ People
Why are so many people struggling with anxiety? This was the question posed to me by a good friend over coffee this week, who was concerned about the levels of anxiety she was seeing in her workplace colleagues. With all...
Getting to Optimum Health
There are many books written about overcoming depression and anxiety, most of which are excellent companions to helping us move forward out of these difficult experiences in our lives. However, if we learn to practice proactive habits of self care...
The Problem with Pursuing Your Passion
Christine was a 24 year old university student graduating with a liberal arts degree from a nearby university. She was in a state of anxiety over the need to urgently make decisions regarding her future career. At times her anxiety...
5 Tips for Successful Self-Sabotage
We don’t intend to sabotage ourselves. But if we take the time to observe how we are living our life on a daily basis, we might catch glimpses of how we seem to thwart our own best interests by the...
Cultivating Our Best Relationships
How we communicate on a daily basis with the significant people in our lives is more predictive of a strong relationship than anything other single factor. We likely underestimate the potential our daily interactions hold for helping us create great...
A Lasting Relationship: Not for the Faint of Heart
"Life is difficult". This is the first sentence of Scott Peck's book "The Road less Travelled". He then goes on to say that life is a series of problems, and our natural tendency is to want to avoid problems rather...
The Law of Unintended Consequences
If we could look into the future, we might be surprised at the consequences our present actions would have on others. We may not intend the results that occur. Robert Merton, a well-known sociologist in the early 1900's, stated that...
