by Jess | Apr 4, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self-Sabotage, Super-Helper
Are you a People-Pleaser? Watch out! If you’ve got strong people-pleaser tendencies, you are likely to accommodate other people’s needs readily. Maybe you suspect someone you know is a people-pleaser, so I will break this down a little further:...
by Jess | Mar 20, 2022 | Compassion, Super-Helper
International Day of Happiness It’s the UN’s International Day of Happiness today and their theme is ‘Choose to Help’ – how perfect for us! Firstly, Happiness Can I be totally honest? I loathe the idea of ‘pursuing’ of...
by Jess | Mar 13, 2022 | Compassion, Self-Sabotage, Super-Helper
Exhausted Helpers – This one’s for you Do you know what exhaustion feels like? Meet Kim, she’s a nurse, or in her words ‘just a nurse’. When she first qualified twenty-three years ago she had bags of energy, but these days she mostly...
by Jess | Feb 18, 2022 | Compassion, Super-Helper
Are you the ‘fixer’ in your family? Whilst there’s some form of tension in every family, there’s also usually one person who plays the role of the fixer, peacemaker or mediator. Is this you and how does that play out? If this is you, it’s likely that you...
by Jess | Mar 3, 2021 | Compassion, Super-Helper
Compassion Fatigue for the Masses Is anyone else tired of the news, feeling deflated or powerless to do anything about the state of world? There’s actually good reason for this – we can only cope with so much ‘trauma’ before our mind and body begin to shut down....
by Jess | May 5, 2020 | Compassion, Inner Critic, Super-Helper
In the UK in 2020, 750,000 people signed up to join the ‘volunteer army’ to support the NHS, and many more stepped up to support their neighbours and communities during the pandemic. Maybe you were one of them? As a psychologist and coach I’m...
