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Sabotaging your Relationships with Supercarer?

The Tyranny of Supercarer
“If you don’t want to offend, don’t get up in the morning!”

We women are notoriously caught up in guilt around keeping our best interests at heart.

Are you easily swayed into taking care of other people at the expense of your own health and prosperity? Unable to say No to others demands however […]

By |April 10th, 2023|Assertiveness, Confidence, Self Esteem, Stress|0 Comments

Stressed, Overworked, Wired? Is Supercarer at work?

Are you a woman stressed from juggling too many projects or roles?

When you drop one of the balls does your self-esteem and confidence fall too?

Finding it difficult to say No?

Feeling eaten away by others demands?

You may be in the grips of Supercarer, or in a really bad case, what I call chronic carer syndrome.

We women […]

By |March 25th, 2023|Anxiety, Assertiveness, Confidence, Self Esteem|0 Comments

Anxiety and the Art of Indifference

3 minutes to Handle Doubts and Fears

 

 

 

 

 

Anxious thoughts and feelings are hard-wired into us to avoid danger. They are there to keep us safe.  But the trouble is these days we are rarely lunch for a lion and the threat is usually no more than a threat to the ego, not life and limb!  As […]

By |March 26th, 2020|Anxiety, Assertiveness, Confidence, Stress|0 Comments

Confident Puma Posture!

Posture makes all the difference to the way we feel in a situation. You may not realise you’re tense because you’re used to feeling uncomfortable.  But tension in your body is not only the result of stress & anxiety but causes it.  And other people pick up on it.

It’s a chicken and egg situation.  For […]

By |May 1st, 2019|Anxiety, Assertiveness, Confidence, Self Esteem, Stress|0 Comments

Pink Moods – Who Is Pulling Your Strings?

I am glad to be invited as guest writer for Pink Moods:
Empowering Support for Everyday Happiness.

Who Is Pulling Your Strings?

Avril Allen

Many women are talented carers and nurturers it is true. But not all of us. The rest of us feel we have been put in that role and are not particularly suited to it.

We may […]

By |August 8th, 2015|Assertiveness, Confidence, freedom of mind, Self Esteem|0 Comments