Stop Bullying

In order to stop people bullying, it is important to understand how people are motivated to change their behaviours. If you are being bullied then, at the moment, the bullies have some motivation to bully you. They gain something emotionally as a result of hurting you. Emotional needs are incredibly powerful. All of us meet our emotional needs in one way or another. Some people use very positive means to meet their need and some people can... Read More

When someone invades your personal space

How do you deal with someone who invades your personal space? I had an interesting incident this evening when someone invaded mine. I was getting a train home and it was really busy. A guy sat down beside me and started reading his newspaper. The problem was: every time he turned the page he tapped me on my chest with his elbow. It seemed to me that he had very little body awareness and didn’t realise he was causing a problem. After the 3rd... Read More

Exercises Designed to Enhance your Self Confidence

There are some exercises which can be extremely valuable to you when it comes to increasing your self-confidence, which is very important. This is because self-confidence is absolutely vital in giving you the faith in regards to what you can achieve in order to allow you to take maximum advantage of all the things that you are capable of. This is why it is important that as much as possible you should seek to enhance your self-confidence, and to help... Read More

When someone constantly makes fun of you

I was asked a great question on Facebook: “What is the best way to handle someone who is very good at taking the p and the other person is not. When I look at people I find it very difficult to pick out anything bad about them as I don’t think it’s in my nature to do so. Thank you.” Only fight battles you have already won The first thing I noticed, when reading your question , is that you seem to think the right thing to do is fight... Read More

How to help your child

It can be incredibly frustrating being a parent of a child who is being bullied. Most parents would do anything to protect their children from being deliberately harmed by others but often they can feel powerless to help. It can be especially frustrating when you know your child is being bullied but they won’t tell you about it. Or if they do, they will give a vague description of what is going on, likely missing out the very details you want... Read More

Bullying Advice for Parents

It can be incredibly frustrating being a parent of a child who is being bullied. Most parents would do anything to protect their children from being deliberately harmed by others but often they can feel powerless to help. It can be especially frustrating when you know your child is being bullied but they won’t tell you about it. Or if they do, they will give a vague description of what is going on, likely missing out the very details you want... Read More

6 Easy Steps To Better Self Confidence

1.  Focus on your attainment in life One of the best and easiest ways to improve your confidence is simply to think about all of the amazing things that you have achieved in your life. This will show you clearly what an amazing person you are and will have you feeling great about yourself in no time. 2.  Get a bit of exercise Making yourself feel better physically can help immeasurably when it comes to improving your confidence. It doesn’t have... Read More

Why your New Year’s Resolution Should Be to Build Confidence

When it comes to making a New Year’s resolution most people focus on resolving to do something which is going to help to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. So for example, one of the most popular and common New Year’s Resolutions for people to make is to get fit by joining a gym. This is certainly a good idea and if people are resolving to improve both their fitness and health then they should certainly be encouraged to do this. However,... Read More

Bullies

In order to change the behaviour of bullies it is important that we understand them. Most people find it difficult to comprehend bullying. How could people be so cruel? What would make someone want to hurt people? In this article, I would to offer you some insight into the mind of a bully so that you have a starting point for designing some ideas which can help to change the way they behave. Most bullies don’t know they are bullies. They don’t... Read More