by Kate | Oct 28, 2013 | Family Matters, Relationships
Editor’s note: In this busy world with all its pressures it is easy to lose sight of how we interact with our teens. Sadly, sitting still and focusing on what they have to say, just for the sake of being with them, can seem like one more stressor. This article was...
by Dr Aletta | Aug 26, 2013 | Anxiety, Self-Esteem
1. Knowledge is power. To tame anxiety the more you know about how your brain works the better. So here’s a little neuro-psychology lesson. What you need to know is that the older part of our brains, the inner bit in the middle, is called the limbic system....
by Dr Aletta | Oct 1, 2009 | Self-Esteem
I don’t know about you, but for the longest time, I was afraid of my inner bitch. In the old suppressed, sexist tradition of ‘you’re either a whore or a saint’, women are too often taught that we are either ‘nice’ or ‘bitches’ and...