Monthly Archives: August 2017

Healthy selfishness

From an early age we are taught that selfishness is bad: As children we are rightly encouraged to share our toys with friends and siblings, not to be greedy and to be kind to those who are not as fortunate as ourselves. Parents, society and some religions condition us to see selfishness as a wholly […]

3 Ways To Tackle Negative Self-Talk

For many people negative self-talk is an established fact of life: thoughts like “I’m stupid”, “Nobody cares what I think” or “I’m so fat and ugly” become so repetitive and ingrained that we hardly realise we are thinking them. Overtime these unhelpful thoughts erode our sense of self-confidence until we are convinced that they are […]