Blog Entries - August 2008

Are We an Angry Nation?

editor@uticopa.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Over the past few months The Mental Health Foundation has been researching whether or not we are becoming a nation of angry people, and what support there is for those who feel that they cannot control this primal emotion.

Of the 2,000 people surveyed, almost a third said that they knew someone who struggled with anger, and in a similar Government survey more than three fifths said they felt people were getting angrier.

What is quite worrying is that there really is very l [...]

Are you talking to yourself?

editor@uticopa.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It is very normal to talk to yourself, whether out loud or quietly in your head. Vocalising our thoughts process helps us to walk ourselves through the challenges that life throws at us.

You all might be doing this to a certain extent already but did you know that by using a few positive affirmations can help you make talking to yourself more effective?

Anticipate and prepare for the difficult task at hand.

You can help yourself by using phrases such as: &lsqu [...]