Anxiety, Depression & Mental Health Despite the stormy weather we had a good turnout for our “Let’s Get Talking” event on Tuesday 30th July 2019. Participants found the evening interesting and informative. The majority felt that the environment was relaxed, comfortable, compassionate and safe. We had a healthy discussion about a difficult topic, and everyone contributed. Thank you to all who made the effort to come out, it was truly wonderful and humbling. During the introductions it became clear that everyone in the room has had their own experiences with anxiety and depression. The evening therefore focused mainly on anxiety …
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Preparing for the High Seas of Life
A major part of being a parent is to teach our children to navigate through life and to learn basic essential values such as honesty, empathy, integrity, purity and many more. In order to do so we take opportunities to teach lessons, instil rules, talk about consequences and more often then we want to, we find ourselves having to execute those consequences. I applaud every parent who spends the time and energy getting their kids “sea-worthy”, because it is really hard work. I have some more thoughts though. What happens if they blatantly lie? What happens when they succumb to teenage peer …