Positive Vibes Project Launch

Positive Vibes is a new mental health and wellbeing project in association with RRS Counselling Services and will be launched in September 2012.

Founder/Owner of RRS Counselling Services, Roxana Rudzik-Shaw, was recently short-listed as a ‘Professional Hero – Therapist’ by mental health organisation http://www.mentalhealthy.co.uk and national charities SANE, The Mental Health Foundation, The centre for Mental Health and Emergence, being recognised for her fantastic achievements within mental health since 2006.

The principal aims of Positive Vibes Project are to:

• raise awareness of common mental health and wellbeing issues, and in particular, learning new ways of coping, self-expression and how one may be able to overcome adversity
• share beliefs and insight to promote positive vibes (i.e. positive mental health, wellbeing and wellness) through creative forms of self-expression
• communicate through creativity, including music, photography, art, creative writing to name but a few examples
• personal development

Overall, we aspire to promote positive attitudes towards mental health and wellbeing, sharing and inspiring creativity, and helping you to be the best you can be.

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10 Tips to Boost your Self-Esteem

Boost your self-esteem with these top 10 tips.

Tip #1  Talk to somebody you trust (e.g. family, friends, neighbour, GP, tutor, priest, etc) & get feedback. Sometimes talking through your issues can help you to gain new insights about yourself and what’s really going on.

Tip #2  Surround yourself with positive people. Even positive music/comedy/actor types can be good role models

Tip #3  Eat healthily. (N.B. A little treat once in a while is OK, but don’t over-indulge in bad snacks)

Tip #4  Exercise is a proven way to boost the mood! (N.B. Hand over the Wii dance game, it’s zumba time)  😉

Tip #5  Listen to feel good music. (N.B. I like a few power ballads and a sing-a-long can be fun too when noone’s watching)

Tip #6  Journalling about your thoughts, feelings, experiences can help to get it ‘out there’

Tip #7  Own YOUR feelings. If you’re having a bad day, just say so rather than being snappy.

Tip #8  Distance yourself from really negative people, so you don’t get bogged down with their low mood.

Tip #9  Learn new techniques to boost your overall self-esteem (e.g. assertiveness, etc)

Tip #10  Laugh – find ways to make yourself have a giggle every day 😀

Thanks for taking the time to read my hints and tips to boosting your self-esteem. I hope that some of the above ideas are useful. If not, then maybe it’s worth looking up some professional support.

Best wishes,
Roxana Rudzik-Shaw (MSc (Dist), BSc (dual hons), MBACP, MBPsS, ACTO)
RRS Counselling Services
www.rrs.counselling.co.uk

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Self-Esteem

Low self-esteem is widespread within societies across the world.

 

What is self-esteem? What are the most common signs of low self-esteem? What are the consequences? And how can counselling help me?

If you would like to know some of the answers to these questions, then read on.

Definition of self-esteem:

Self-esteem is defined by the Oxford Dictionary of Psychology as “One’s attitude towards oneself or one’s opinion or evaluation of oneself, which may be positive (favourable or high), neutral, or negative (unfavourable or low)” (Colman, 2003).

Common signs of low self-esteem:

• Anxiety
• Self doubt
• Lack of confidence
• Negative thinking
• Negative self talk
• Blame yourself
• Fear others’ rejection
• Nervous around other people
• Over thinking / Ruminating
• Sleep disturbance
• Unassertive behaviour
• May overreact in some situations
• Unrealistic expectations
• Perfectionist / over-achiever
• Seek approval from others to be happy
• Depression

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Best wishes,
Roxana Rudzik-Shaw (MSc (Dist), BSc (dual hons), MBACP, MBPsS, ACTO)
RRS Counselling Services
www.rrs.counselling.co.uk

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