Mental Health

8Cs to Unlock Your True Self

8Cs to Unlock Your True Self IFS, or Internal Family Systems therapy, is a type of psychotherapy that was developed by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It is an integrative and holistic approach to therapy that focuses on understanding and working with the various parts or “subpersonalities” within an individual’s internal system. IFS…

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Understanding Our Stress Response

Understanding Stress From a Biological and Physiological Lens Since it’s April and it is stress awareness month, I am dedicating an article to promote awareness and understanding around stress and how we can navigate its impacts. In this article, I’ll share some of the most useful things I’ve learnt on the topic of stress. Knowing all…

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HOW TO SET HEALTHY BOUNDARIES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

How to set healthy boundaries in your relationships? Instead of viewing boundaries as a way to keep people out, it’s actually inviting quality people in. Jeannette Qhek · 24 January, 2022 | Category: Wellness, Personal Development Boundary setting is essential in all of our relationships- from work to romantic ones. We all need boundaries as…

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BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR GRATITUDE AND MINDFULNESS

How to cultivate more gratitude and mindfulness? From improving our mental health to boosting our relationships with others, practicing gratitude & mindfulness offers many benefits. Jeannette Qhek · 6 January 2023 | Category: Wellness, Personal Development Gratitude and mindfulness are two deeply undervalued trait in today’s technology-infused world. When we have any free time, we usually…

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WHY YOU’RE LIKELY TO FEEL LOW AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Why You’re Likely to Feel Low Around The Holiday Season The holiday season may be “the most wonderful time of the year,” but it’s the most dreaded for some. Jeannette Qhek · 14 December 2022 | Category: Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Development It’s December..and you probably know what that means. Yes, it means the holiday season’s…

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HOW TO WIN AT THE GAME OF “WHAT-IF”S?

How to Win at the Game of “What If”s? What if you could win this game by not even playing it in the first place? Jeannette Qhek · 23 November, 2022 | Category: Wellness, Personal Development All of us, to some extent, have experience worries in the form of what-ifs. What-if thoughts do serve a…

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THE TRUTH BEHIND SAFETY BEHAVIOURS

The Truth Behind Safety Behaviours Things that make you feel safe may not necessarily be beneficial for you in the long-term Jeannette Qhek · 11 November, 2022 | Category: Mental Health, Personal Development What are safety behaviours? When we feel threatened, our first instinct is of course to protect ourselves. For example, when we feel…

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UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF GRIEF AND LOSS

THE NATURE OF GRIEF AND LOSS Stages of grief, distinct grieving styles, and factors influencing grieving Jeannette Qhek · 4 October, 2022 | Category: Mental Health Recently, I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading on the topic of “grief & loss”. I thought of consolidating the findings, together with a few thoughts on this topic,…

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“SOCIAL ANXIETY” VS. “INTROVERSION”: HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE?

Social Anxiety vs. Introversion How to tell the difference between “Social Anxiety” and “Introversion”? Jeannette Qhek · 12 September, 2021 | Category: Wellness, Personal Development Social anxiety and Introversion are terms that are commonly talked about together. Although they may manifest in similar ways, the motivations behind both are completely different. Social anxiety is a…

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EXAMINING THE 4’F’s OF TRAUMA RESPONSE: FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE, FAWN

Examining The 4 ‘F’s of Trauma Response Do You “Fight”, “Flight”, “Freeze”, or “Fawn”? Jeannette Qhek · 8 March, 2022 | Category: Mental and Emotional Wellness Understanding the “Fight-or-Flight” Stress Response We are all familiar with the “fight-or-flight” stress response. This is an evolutionary and also in a way, involuntary part of human’s mechanism which…

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