As the Christmas break looms, you might already be feeling stressed: you have sooo much to do, but even more so how are you going to cope seeing your mother-in-law/aunt/father during this time? Last year you felt exhausted from the tension, but the good news is there are ways you can manage difficult personalities.
Many families are living the FIFO (fly in, fly out) life style these days, and it presents numerous challenges, often taking a toll on all family members. But there are some ways it can be made easier too.
Fernwood Robina recently invited me to talk to their members about mindset, and how it impacts health and fitness.
People often view anger quite negatively, sometimes due to how they were brought up themselves, for example you might remember being told “Don’t get angry” or “You need to go in your room until you calm down.” Despite this, anger is quite a normal emotion and really useful for us to understand ourselves better.
A lot of people are unaware that depression or anxiety can strike during pregnancy. Indeed, most of the focus seems to be on the mental health of mothers after they have had their baby, more commonly known as post natal or post partum depression.
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