The Invisible Torment Pt 2 – My Story
I should have known my marriage wasn’t going to last when, on the night of our joint hen/stag do, he came home with a ‘love bite’ on his neck, and gave some excuse. I threatened to leave him then, but he persuaded me to stay. The first sign that things weren’t...
The Invisible Torment Pt 1 – Is it me?
We hear so much in the news about domestic abuse and I wanted to share with you my experience. I wanted to let people know that there is life after domestic abuse. To let you know that you can get out and be a different person. Whether it’s through your own courage or...
Happiness comes from within. ![]()
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I was working with a client recently and I had asked them to think of something that made them feel happy, full of love and joy. ![]()
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They couldn’t think of anything. ![]()
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They said that they don’t think they’d ever really experienced happiness. They had thought that they had found it on a few occasions but when we spoke it was more about being “happy when”. ![]()
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For example if you’re looking for a new relationship and you think you’ll be happy when you get it. You might, but you might not. You’ll only get it if you have happiness already within you. ![]()
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So you can be happy and have (fill in the blank). ![]()
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Don’t live a life of being happy when you get the new job, new partner, new car, new house. Live a life of being happy and having them. ![]()
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To find the happiness you want look inside. If you can’t think of a memory, a place, a person or thing that makes you feel happy I’m sure you can imagine what happiness would look like. Maybe it’s a colour that when you think about it, it gives you those warm fuzzy feelings or it may be you’ve watched a movie and saw the stars having those feel good moments, just visualise and imagine that was you and see how that would feel. ![]()
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There are ways to help you find some happiness inside. ![]()
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What makes you get those warm fuzzy feelings? For me it’s remembering my grandson being born. ![]()
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Marina
Weekly Affirmations ![]()
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I’ve created a series of affirmations that you can say weekly to help shift your mindset. ![]()
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Anxiety usually creates a sense of rush, a feeling that everything must be solved immediately. ![]()
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If you are rushing around crazy today just take a few moments to yourself, take a few deep breaths and repeat this affirmation 3 times. ![]()
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Today, I choose steadiness over urgency.![]()
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If anxiety rises later then use this one. ![]()
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I am safe right now. ![]()
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You don’t have to race through today to get through. Slow and steady is safe. ![]()
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Follow for weekly affirmations to help reduce anxiety. ![]()
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Marina