19 Mar 2024 The Benefits of Social Connectedness
Humans are naturally social creatures. The need to connect with other human beings is programmed in our DNA. We are wired for social connection. Since prehistoric time, people have lived...
12 Mar 2024 Depression and Social Isolation
How Depression impacts Social Connection Depression often leads to social isolation as people who are feeling depressed tend to withdraw from interacting with others. This withdrawal can exacerbate feelings of...
08 Mar 2024 First Steps in Getting Through Loneliness
Begin by relating to yourself so that you can relate to others. Feeling good about yourself and knowing what makes you feel good, even when alone, is important. Improving your relationship...
05 Mar 2024 Understanding Loneliness
Loneliness is indeed a common and often challenging emotional state that many people experience, but it's not always easy to discuss openly. It encompasses a range of emotions, and it...
31 Jan 2024 Workplace Bullying
What is workplace bullying? If asked to think about what is bullying, what pops into your head? Commonly, people think that bullying is limited to physically aggressive behaviours enacted toward (and...
31 Jan 2024 10 Tips to Help Your Child Navigate Bullying and Friendship Challenges
What is Bullying? Bullying is when someone deliberately and repeatedly hurts another person emotionally and/or physically. Some examples of “overt bullying” include teasing, saying mean things, name calling, pushing, hitting and...
31 Jan 2024 Signs of Bullying
Have you ever felt like you were being unfairly singled out or that someone else was unfairly singled out or scrutinised? Interpersonal interaction can be a nightmare! We all want...
05 Jan 2024 How mindfulness helps in developing self-compassion
It’s hard to be compassionate towards ourselves. It is quite a contrast to the relative ease with which we can be compassionate to others. We find it easy to extend...
05 Jan 2024 Practicing Self Compassion
As has been discussed already this month by Psychologist Darren West here at Prosper Self Compassion is one of the greatest gifts that we can give to ourselves. We so...
22 Dec 2023 Our Inner Critic
Self-compassion and understanding our inner critic. When we criticize ourselves, we often make our distress worse by criticizing our self-criticism. However, this is a counterproductive as it only serves to make...