Author: Leilani Mitchell
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Why do I have mixed feelings about coming out of lockdown?
I have had two competing responses to the idea of getting back to normality, since Boris Johnson announced the roadmap plans to ease lockdown. Part of me is desperate to have freedom and choice, to be able to see the people I love and to hug them again. More surprisingly perhaps, part of me doesn’t…
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New TA Webinars with translation in 5 languages – live!
At the Link Centre we are pleased to announce that we are running 2-hour online TA workshops (by-donation): Monday from 10am-12pm Tuesday from 6pm-8pm We’ve set up these accessible webinars as a way to support the community during the pandemic. They have been extremely popular and thousands of people around the world have attended. We…
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New challenges for small businesses due to the Coronavirus crisis
From one small business owner to another This morning I am feeling sad, my heart is heavy and tears are very near the surface for me. I am tired and feel depleted, this is quite unlike me. There are many challenges that we are going through at the moment and those running small businesses, like…
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Unconscious Bias
How do you react when you meet people? Do you make presumptions? Draw conclusions? Judge? Is your reaction affected by peoples age, skin colour, ethnicity, height, gender, the way they dress, etc? The answer is YES! Very much so. In fact research now shows that our reactions and therefore our behaviours and decisions are affected…
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Can empathy create a more peaceful world?
What do you think, feel and do when you consider the refugee situation at the moment? We will all have some awareness about the situation in the world at this time. The media choose to report on certain stories and in the UK our government has decided that bombing Syria will help. I have been…
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Make your brain bushier!
What are the priorities in your life? Wellbeing, Health, Wealth, Happiness, Family, Friends, Work, Hobbies? Do you prioritise the things that are important to you? Are they the things you spend most time and effort on? How has 2014 been for you? A good year? Mixed? Not so good? Was this a year that you…
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Are you getting your needs met in your relationship?
Humans being are social animals. We need other people to survive and to thrive. How many people and what sort of contact we need varies from person to person but we all have relational needs. In our culture we tend to set a value on some things above others and create social norms that are…
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Developing self-awareness
Human beings are weird! I should know, I am a Psychotherapist – amongst other things. Even within what we might call the ‘normal’ range of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, we are a little bit odd – all of us, and I include myself in that. We have weird and wonderful ways of behaving, thought processes, and…