anxiety - https://thegifted.org.uk/tag/anxiety/ Enabling young women to develop enterprise skills & become more employable. Wed, 03 May 2023 12:04:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thegifted.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-The-Gifted-Charity-Favicon-32x32.png anxiety - https://thegifted.org.uk/tag/anxiety/ 32 32 What is anxiety and how can you overcome it? https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 12:03:28 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2533 During the month of May, the Mental Health Foundation are shining the light on anxiety through Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 (15th-21st May). But what is anxiety and how can you overcome it? What is anxiety? The NHS definition of anxiety is “a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/what-is-anxiety-and-how-can-you-overcome-it/feed/ 0 Tackle self-harm and suicide by raising self-esteem https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tackle-self-harm-and-suicide https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:49:04 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2402 Low self-esteem amongst young people can trigger a plethora of related issues, including self-harm and suicide. Whilst a study conducted on Pubertal maturation and adolescent self-esteem showed that self-esteem is not necessarily linked with age, it did reveal that females were more likely to suffer with low self-esteem than their male counterparts. Going through puberty […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/tackle-self-harm-and-suicide/feed/ 1 Break your worry habit https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=break-your-worry-habit https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2335 Want to break your worry habit? Is it even possible with everything that’s going on in the world? It might not feel it, but this is possible. I know because I was a chronic worrier, I was anxious all the time, so much so that my hair started to fall out. I’d worry about what […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/break-your-worry-habit/feed/ 0 Mindfulness in nature https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-in-nature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mindfulness-in-nature https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-in-nature/#respond Sat, 07 Jan 2023 16:47:49 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2229 Recently my friend told me she had been on a course located in a natural environment, she described what they did on it, and how much she enjoyed it. We both concluded that it was very mindful and that the natural environment facilitated the mindfulness aspects of the course. But what made this mindful and […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-in-nature/feed/ 0 Be present https://thegifted.org.uk/be-present/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-present https://thegifted.org.uk/be-present/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:11:28 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2155 What it means to be present There are lots of definitions of what it means to be present. On a very basic level, this can mean simply focusing on the task at hand and not being distracted. Not letting your mind wander and not wishing you were anywhere other than where you are at that […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/be-present/feed/ 0 How to worry less https://thegifted.org.uk/how-to-worry-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-worry-less https://thegifted.org.uk/how-to-worry-less/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:09:23 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2140  “Worry does not take away tomorrows troubles, but destroys todays peace”  Anon What it means to be worried We often talk about worry, but what does this really mean? Worry is a thought process that involves thinking about problems that might happen in a way that can leave us feeling anxious or very apprehensive. The […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/how-to-worry-less/feed/ 0 Mindfulness and Thoughts https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-and-thoughts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mindfulness-and-thoughts https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-and-thoughts/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:16:44 +0000 https://thegifted.org.uk/?p=2058 We are not our thoughts We have around 70,000 thoughts a day – our mind is cluttered with both positive, but more negative thoughts! What a relief to know we are not all these thoughts.  Imagine all these thoughts racing through our head every day and taking them on as if they were all true […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness-and-thoughts/feed/ 0 Mindfulness https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mindfulness https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness/#respond Sat, 03 Sep 2022 20:27:00 +0000 http://cimarron.temp.domains/~thegifted/?p=357 A study conducted in 2019 by Julia Basso C. showed decreased anxiety, depression and negativity after just 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation training. Mindfulness can help increase positive emotion, decrease unnecessary suffering, and create a life of personal growth and meaning. But what is mindfulness and how could it help you? Core principles There are seven […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/mindfulness/feed/ 0 Quietening the inner critic https://thegifted.org.uk/quietening-the-inner-critic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quietening-the-inner-critic https://thegifted.org.uk/quietening-the-inner-critic/#respond Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:35:00 +0000 http://cimarron.temp.domains/~thegifted/?p=1609 We all have an unhelpful voice inside our head which pipes up from time to time to tell us about all the things we are doing wrong or ways that we are not as good as someone else. This on its own may be of some comfort – just knowing that the person you look […]

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]]> https://thegifted.org.uk/quietening-the-inner-critic/feed/ 0 Self-esteem health check https://thegifted.org.uk/self-esteem-health-check/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-esteem-health-check https://thegifted.org.uk/self-esteem-health-check/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:49:00 +0000 http://cimarron.temp.domains/~thegifted/?p=1615 Self-esteem relates to how you value and perceive yourself in the world. It will generally relate to you as a whole person – your opinions and beliefs, what you do and how you feel about things. If you have healthy self-esteem, it allows you to be positive about yourself and life, and feel more able […]

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