I think we can all agree that this is a very strange and worrying time we are all going through. You may be surrounded by family and find yourself really busy trying t¢¢o work from home as well as educate and entertain your children. You may be living alone and seeing very few people. You may still be going out to work as a key worker who is helping to keep the world turning and make sure the rest of us are being fed and cared for. Perhaps you have had to separate from your f

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Make a list of all that negative clutter. What is worrying you? What is making you anxious? Split that list into two; things you can change and things you can't. If you have no control over it, there is no point in worrying. Read more about clearing your mind of worries in this blog post.

This is a short relaxation exercise that will take just a few minutes of your time. Remember while you do this that it is perfectly natural for your thoughts to wander. The important thing is not to get frustrated or angry at yourself or your thoughts. Just accept that your mind is doing its job, congratulate yourself for noticing and then bring your focus back to your body.

How many times have you imagined the very worst-case scenario, worrying yourself sick over something that ultimately never happened? Just think, you could have saved yourself all that misery! Have you ever worried so much over something that you completely talked yourself out of doing it? Do you ever regret that decision? Was it based on fact or was it just your over-active imagination replaying horror stories in your mind of what “might” happen? We have all done it, haven’t

There is an ancient Chinese parable about an old man who knew he would die soon. He wanted to know what heaven and hell were like. He visited a wise man in his village.