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Monday 18 July 2011
JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure | Video on TED.com
JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure | Video on TED.com
Fantastic speech from JK Rowling on the benefits of failure and imagination. It was a speech from the 2008 to Harvard graduates but the message applies to us all!
Friday 24 June 2011
I hope you dance | Mental Healthy
An incredible story. An inspirational journey and a heartfelt testimonial.
Want a More Fulfilling Career? Stop Saying You're Fine | Psychology Today
In the film, The Italian Job, FINE is referred to as 'Freaked Out Insecure Neurotic and Emotional'! I have always found this to be a very apt! Whenever I am merely fine, if I look underneath I am actually the opposite. The article below discusses facing the truth as a doorway to getting what we want and changing our situation. This is further elaborated in a new book, Stop Saying You're Fine' by Mel Robbins.
Friday 17 June 2011
40% of children whose mothers experience baby blues suffer depression themselves by 16 | Mail Online
40% of children whose mothers experience baby blues suffer depression themselves by 16 | Mail Online
It is reported that 1 in 10 mothers experience post natal depression. If you feel low after the birth of your baby please do seek support, you are not alone. Counselling can help and there is no shame in seeking help.
Avoid Destructive Mislabeling in the Classroom: Distinguish the Differences of ADHD, Anxiety, and Giftedness | Psychology Today
I feel very strongly about not labelling people, particularly children. Labels are so often seen as a way out, a way to explain away the issues. At best this can give the person carte blanche to stop developing personally and at worst can give them real issues of self-esteem which haunt them for life.
A label does not provide all the answers for any one person and does, in my opinion, more harm than good.
This article highlights some of the ways in which labelling is unhelpful and how the label is often incorrect anyway!
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