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Personal Stress Management Part 1
by Ed Rigby in Blog
One of the commonest problems people bring when they get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services is overwhelming stress. Stress is a part of normal life. No matter how we try to combat it, it will always be there, sometimes originating within us and sometimes starting from an external pressure. We can expect to experience […]
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Quick Tips to Boost Your Self-Esteem
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Low self-esteem is one of the most common issues brought by people who get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services. All of us have days when we feel bad about ourselves, but some of us feel bad about ourselves a lot of the time, which can encourage us to make ourselves as small and unobtrusive […]
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Personal Stress Management: Dealing with Stress in Your Own Way
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It is not always easy to identify the real causes when you are severely stressed, although the symptoms may be all too obvious. Many of us resort to medication or herbal remedies to get rid of these symptoms without recognising what gave rise to them in the first place. This might well make life easier […]
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How to come over as Self-Confident rather than Arrogant
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Sometimes people fear that by acknowledging their strengths they will come over as conceited. Occasionally people approach Birmingham Counselling Services because they are confused and wary about acknowledging their positive aspects. Some thoughts on this issue are contained in this article. If you have confidence in yourself you generally know when to trust your own […]
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Pamper Your Senses
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In the article “Listen to Your Body” you will find some examples of ways in which we can cause our bodies (us) to feel pain and how our bodies can often give us the first warning that something in our life is out of balance. It’s a good idea, therefore, to keep our bodies, […]
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Listen to your body
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When you are experiencing mental or emotional stress – from working too long and too hard, after an argument with someone you love, when deadlines are approaching, when your dog has gone missing – you might notice that suddenly you have a very painful headache, that your neck and shoulders ache, that you have […]
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Tips for managing stress
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Many people who get in touch with Birmingham Counselling Services do so because they are experiencing a lot of stress in their lives – at home, at work, in relationships, or because of an important event which is coming up. The word “stress” can frighten us as we constantly hear it in a negative context, […]
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When a Marriage or Partnership Breaks Down
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Relationship breakdown is a reason given by some of the enquirers at Birmingham Counselling Services. You went into this relationship with the intention and the hope that it would last for life. You assumed that your partner had done the same. And along the way, over the years, you have begun leading much more separate […]
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Take The Stress Test
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Nowadays most of us are familiar with the idea that life events cause stress and that stress can cause illness. The original work in this area was done in 1967 by two US psychiatrists, Drs Holmes and Rahe, whose research led to the establishment of a correlation between the experience of certain life events and […]
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Do You Have Low Self Esteem?
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Sometimes when an enquiry comes in to Birmingham Counselling Services, it has taken all the enquirer’s emotional strength to get in touch, because of their low self-esteem. They can hardly believe that anyone can care about them enough to want to give them any help. Self-esteem, how you feel about yourself and how you […]
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