GetStronger

We can only do what’s best in the limited state of art and knowledge that we have at the moment in time, and for those clouded from GAD or OCD, this becomes starkly more challenging. I’ve been an unfortunate victim of misdiagnosis and been plied with immense cocktails of medications for more than 20 years…

Been silent for a bit up here, but it’s been chaotic in life- personal and work. That’s how reality is, and we just go to learn to roll with it. Sometimes we just don’t have the bandwidth to respond or check in, and that’s fine. It’s when we beat ourselves up for it, that it’s…

I’m learning to live with someone who seems more like a stranger with each passing day. “People change” , or so they say. How ironic, particularly when they say don’t marry someone whose flaws you can’t accept because people don’t change. Do change only happen for the worse then? Or have I drawn the short…

Well, I do have a sentimental side, which I try hard to suppress and in many a maladapted way of coping, I can become highly strung- either breaking down or taking the extreme and becoming intensely hostile. – TIP: acknowledge, accept, validate- i.e. there’s no need to feel ashamed or beat yourself up about it.…

Today, I would like to affirm that each and every one of us has the inner mettle to power through tough times. We may have been led to believe we are victims – whether of circumstances or at the mercy of others. Eg we may have faced multiple setbacks and each led us to question…

Being an advisor definitely doesn’t mean I don’t suffer from distress or that life doesn’t throw me curve balls; in fact, the reason for my mental toughness stems from the very fact that I have suffered way more setbacks than I can (or care to) keep track. It’s also a myth that we don’t heed…

When it gets overwhelming, our first fight or flight response, at least for me, is to flee! Or avoid. It’s common, and I tell my clients it’s normal. We don’t have to feel ashamed, but we can recognise that it need not be such. There are methods to break things down into manageable chunks, and…

Trigger Alert. Sensitive Material. Last night, I worked though some issues with my client who was clinically depressed and had multiple inclinations to give up. (S)he was going through a particularly challenging period in life that threatened to eclipse the good work and habits that s(he) once built up. We need to recognise and appreciate…

Ah, queries- why this plain site, are you not adept with tech, or the world of influencers? Trust you me, I’ve higher learning certifications on law and technology, which among others, power BI, website creations. This site is kept intentionally bare and low key. In this already cluttered world, fancy flashy images and sounds bombarding…

Yes, our feelings , energies, may, and can fluctuate. Sometimes, wildly within a day. Just like the stock market. Some individuals get more affected – the sensitive, irrational ones, the logical cool ones will proclaim. “Think positive, keep calm, deal with it, grow up, move on.” Etc These remarks, even if well- intentioned, may and…