Should Highly-Stressed Women Stop Exercising?
As a former health researcher I'm all too aware of public messages to "Exercise More!". But I'm also a once-highly-stressed woman who gave up running after 30 years when it…
Grant Stress: 7 Tips for Female Academics
Grant-writing pressure this year comes on top of many COVID impacts. You probably just want to relax after a strenuous year! So should you be writing grants at all, and…
Heading for Burnout? 28 Signs
These days stress levels in many workplaces seem to be sky high. Many women seem to be under increasing demands to do more in less time, and are likely heading…
An Alternative to Mindfulness and Positive Thinking
Buzzwords in the wellbeing world for several decades, Mindfulness and Positive Thinking may not be working for every woman. They have been appearing even more as mental health problems and…
Should Women and Girls Express Anger?
Anger in Women & Girls I wonder if you saw the recent comments by Donald Trump, that he thinks young Greta Thunberg needs Anger Management Therapy to deal with her…
5 Reasons Why Christmas Is Stressful
How are you feeling about Christmas? Will all be Merry and Bright? Or are you stressing already in anticipation of a Less-Than-Happy- Christmas? Too much to do? Sometimes in the…
Is Perfectionism As Good As It Sounds?
Perfectionism - umm... Are you one of the many women in high-demand or thinking-focused jobs who tend towards perfectionism? Do you always feel you’re not good enough and you have…
Self-Care or Selfish? Struggling to Find Me-Time
Self-care or Selfish? Those who know me well could say that in the past I’ve been one of the worst culprits for putting everyone else’s needs before my own. I…