Rachael Vaughan Psychotherapy

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• Expand your comfort zone: try something new

  The practice It's so easy to get into a rut: get up, go to work, come home, eat, zone out in front of a screen or party at the weekend, go to bed. Repeat. Then we wonder why life has lost its spark......

• Eat right

  The practice Have you thought about what you're eating as key to feeling better? No amount of psychotherapy, coaching, support or understanding will help you if the problem you're having is actually.....

• Build out a neural network that encourages your brain to focus on ease, not stress: Keep a journal

  This idea was generously lent to me by a client, who gave me permission to tell other people about it. The practice Every day, note down the things that were easy. For example: 'There was no queue at....

• Now's the time: what do you really want?

  I'm sure that, like me, you're wondering when we'll be allowed to resume normal life. But I'm also thinking it would be a shame to go back to business as usual, without taking this unprecedented...

• Tense up to relax

  The practice If trying to relax (or meditate) makes you more, rather than less, antsy, try this alternative, which will probably work much better for helping you calm down: mindfully and gently tense....

• Beat the third quarter blues

  Woah, seventh week of shelter in place. Are you feeling it? Long distance runners or hikers might recognise the slump at this point in the endurance exercise. It's called the "third quarter", and...