Category / Self-Development
Self-development can mean many things. At work, you may be expected to pursue personal development in terms of your professional skills, or you may have desires for yourself such as learning new skills, pursuing personal goals, or developing your mind or body in order to restore and develop your embodiment and empowerment abilities.
Research has shown that high levels of stress and anxiety are not only bad for our health and well-being, but they can also prevent us from effectively pursuing and achieving our self-development goals.
With such a wealth of opportunities and ideas clamouring for attention, it can be hard to know where to start. But the development of the self can be as big or as small as you like. Learning to be mindful and stay present in the moment, taking each day as it comes helps you develop yourself to be more resilient.
It might mean taking a cooking class, joining a local yoga group, or following some mindfulness or meditation guidance on YouTube and possibly taking some life coaching therapy.
At HQ Therapy, all of our therapists, counsellors and practitioners are interested in supporting your self-growth. In this section, you will find writings from our therapists relating to self-development, with links to forms of support that you can access to help you.
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How Circe Health’s Healthcare Booking Platform Modernizes Online Access Through Digital Innovation
This week we’ve got a guest post for you from Nicky van Breugel, the founder of Circe Health. Circe [sur-see] is the UK’s first complementary healthcare booking platform designed to modernise access through digital innovation. It can be a challenge to navigate the Wild West of the holistic healthcare space, and Circe’s platform is designed…
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The Transformative Impact of Self-Love on Mental Well-Being
In pursuing mental well-being, self-love often emerges as a beacon of hope and a transformative tool. At its core, self-love is not just about feeling good about oneself; it’s a profound journey toward understanding, accepting, and valuing who we are at our deepest level. This journey influences how we interact with the world, our ability…
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Type 2 Diabetes Management: Strategies for Maintaining Healthy Blood Sugar Levels and Good Mental Health
Diabetes is a prevalent health concern affecting millions of individuals across the United States and 4.3 million people in the UK. Statistics indicate that about 38 million Americans, which is roughly 1 in 10 individuals, are living with diabetes. Among these cases, approximately 90-95% are classified as type 2 diabetes, making it the most common…
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The Wisdom of Women: How Men Can Learn Through Loss & Listening
Something occurred to me earlier today, and I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t acknowledge the fact that the wisdom of women has played a big part in this. I’ve had a strange week, I was dumped…kind of twice, I’ve been adjusting to the lifestyle of the unemployed after leaving my job which was…
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Therapist Ellie Harvey Talks About Group Therapy For Adults
My name is Ellie Harvey and I am a therapist and coach. As a practising psychotherapist, and someone who has experienced different kinds of therapy, I believe that while personal therapy is greatly beneficial, there are some unique and profound qualities that group therapy can bring to our personal development. I will be running a…
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Why Join A Men’s Therapy Group? Rob Francis Outlines The Reasons
If you’re a man and thinking of engaging in counselling or psychotherapy, a men’s therapy group can be an excellent place to start. Men join therapy groups for many reasons, to work on all kinds of experiences and themes, as they do in starting individual therapy. These can include things like the experiences that we…
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Leveraging The Connection Between Diet & Its Effect On Mental Health
It’s no secret that a healthy diet leads to a healthier body. A well-balanced diet and regular exercise help keep us fit and healthy. However, recent studies seek to establish a scientific link between mental health and diet. For example, the connection between struggling with anxiety and depression and having a poor appetite, as well…
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Searching for Fireflies & Sufism With Integrative Psychotherapist Salvo La Rosa
Welcome to the second instalment of our ‘On the Couch’ series, My name is Melanie Cox and we have the pleasure of talking to Salvo La Rosa, who is a qualified therapist specializing in integrative psychotherapy, with an added personal interest in Sufism. Salvo has recently hosted a workshop at the CCPE called ‘Searching for…
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How Do You Love Someone? Couples Counsellor & Psychotherapist Candy Newman Asks The Big Question
So how do you love someone? It seems like a very simple question, but when someone asks ‘how do you know you love someone?’, it evokes an answer that will be totally unique to your own self and the answer can be very complex. Everyone is different when it comes to addressing their role in…
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Know Thyself And Become Who You Are – True Wisdom Is Knowing What You Do Not Know.
Socrates said that “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom” (Latin translation – Nosce te ipsum ac fias qui es“; however, this is easier said than sensed. For nearly 2 years, many of us who were living through the Covid 19 pandemic in the land of lockdown had to retreat to our homes and,…
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The Weekend University: Making Psychology Accessible
It’s called The Weekend University (TWU), and its aim as an organisation is to make the most important ideas in making psychology accessible to a wider audience. We believe that a great deal of human suffering is unnecessary and caused because we don’t properly understand the human mind, and how it works. Therefore, by making…
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Healthy Eating Plans: New Year’s Resolution Food Tips You Can Stick To
When it comes to healthy eating plans there are few people more well placed than Rowena Humphreys to share knowledge on how to maintain a healthy diet. And not only eat well but still enjoy cooking and helping get more plants (vegetables, fruits, grains and beans) on your plate. Which in turn results in improving…
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Christmas Stress & Anxiety: How To Cope During The Festive Period
Christmas can be a time of magic and wonder for children, but for some of us, the festive period can also be a time of Christmas stress and anxiety. This was amplified in the past by the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures that were put in place, affecting all of us, along with the…
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Lonely At Christmas: Dealing With Anxiety & Isolation That Causes Christmas Depression
Many people are worried about feeling lonely at Christmas this time of year, even with the relaxation of lockdown measures, the Covid-19 pandemic is still very much present. Added to that, they are unaware of the anxiety and the onset of Christmas depression that can occur from isolation during the festive season. For most of…
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Transitioning Back To Normal: The Long Road Back From Lockdown To A Sense Of Normality
There have been many announcements in the press recently about ‘Getting Back To Normal‘ now that many of the Coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been lifted, but what is ‘Normal’? At this time of health alert and uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the land of lockdown, we have been witnesses to great changes. In the…
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Alice Paton’s TRE Exercises (Tension & Trauma Release): New relaxation techniques for anxiety & stress
London based Alice Paton has been a qualified Craniosacral Therapist since 2012, and has been involved with TRE Exercises since 2014. Alice has had a keen interest in yoga since my teens, and it was whilst on a yoga retreat that she learnt about Craniosacral Therapy. She recalls “It made me think about how our…
