Silent treatment, also known as stonewalling, is a common behaviour in relationships where one partner withdraws from communication, refusing to engage or acknowledge the other. This can leave the affected partner feeling isolated, ignored, and powerless. To truly understand the dynamics of silent treatment, we must explore its relationship with influence and power in the…
In the realm of dating and relationships, the phenomenon of ghosting—a sudden disappearance without explanation—has become increasingly prevalent. Of course, we don’t agree with this approach at all. It isn’t kind and it can be utterly painful and bewildering to be ghosted, leaving you questioning your own worthiness, and if any part of the connection…
Anxiety is a word we hear often, but how often do we consider its true nature? It’s easy to think of anxiety as something negative, something that needs to be eliminated from our lives. But what if we told you that anxiety is a natural part of being human? It’s not a flaw or a…
Age 22, I am due to present my dissertation at University. I feel sick with anxiety. Thankfully, this is not an assessed part of the course and I am given an exemption. As a shy, socially anxious student, presentations had always been a nightmare for me, and it wasn’t until my postgraduate studies that I…
If there’s one thing worse than social anxiety itself, it’s social anxiety keeping you up at night! At least for me anyway. I’m the type of the girl who loves a good nights sleep, and needs at least 8 hours of winks to function well the following day. Without this, I’m as good as the…
So many of us feel socially anxious in life, fearing judgement of others and avoiding situations we feel afraid in. In fact, more than 1 in 10 of us experience social anxiety; it’s the third most common mental health challenge. Or it may not be that we’re so avoidant, but instead we feel so anxious…
Are you anxious about coming out of your lockdown cocoon and reconnecting as ‘normality’ returns? Worried your social skills will have taken a dive? Feeling like you’re the only one not looking forward to socialising again? The reality is that many people are experiencing anxiety about a post-pandemic return to ‘normal’. As much as we…
When it comes to working on overcoming social anxiety and growing our quiet confidence, it can be easy for us to think that the only things we need to be doing are working on changing our thoughts and to focus on situations that directly relate, on the surface, to what we’re working on. Which in…
When I look back over my life, I can see a consistent pattern of these 3 things showing up. For a long time, I just felt like this is the way I am, and always will be. Can you relate? 👇 Saying “Yes” when you want to say “No”. And saying “No” to something you do…
The Power of Nature If there was a free, natural medicine for stress and anxiety available to you close to home, would you use it? For a while now, we have all been told that nature can benefit our mental health. Perhaps it’s something we’ve never really looked into, but it is something we seem…
“You have to step out of your comfort zone! Just do it!”. My entire life I have been hearing this. And chances are, you have too. When I was 13, I attempted to just step out of my comfort zone (like they told me to). And I literally got stuck on top of a 12-foot…
Let me guess, hundreds of thoughts are popping up and racing through your mind every minute of every day. At times you wish your mind would shut up, slow down and be quiet for a moment, right? That is until, someone speaks to you. Just like that, your mind says “buh-bye, I’m outta here” and…