A coping mechanism, coping strategy, or coping behavior is the action someone engages in to cope with stress while protecting themselves from psychological harm. Coping styles can be healthy or unhealthy, some even destructive. Emotion-focused coping is typically healthier than problem-focused coping. Unhealthy coping mechanisms are counterproductive. Emotion-focused coping...
5 Common Illnesses Caused by Stress and What You Can Do to Avoid It
Stress doesn't just affect you emotionally, but it can also make you physically ill. When you are stressed, your body responds by constricting your blood vessels and releasing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. You breathe faster, and your pulse and blood pressure increases. In a life-threatening situation, this will...
Why Resilience Is One of the Most Vital Skills to Have in the Face of Challenge
Have you ever wondered, what is resilience and why is it important to possess such a skill? To be resilient means to have the ability to regulate emotions and be optimistic when facing disappointment, failure or hurt. To be able to bounce back when things don't go as planned. A...
How to Find Your Way to Self Mastery and Success
If your life brought you here, you are probably one of two people. You may be highly successful at what you doz but still want to improve and grow as a person. I can help you with that. Or, you are frustrated that you have not achieved your goals and...
Hypnotherapy: All Hypnosis is Self-Hypnosis
Hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy and is used to access and create change at an unconscious level in individuals. This change can be in the form of new responses, thoughts, attitudes, behaviours, beliefs or feelings. Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique in which clinicians make suggestions to individuals who have...
Stress Management Coaching: Why It Is Important
Stress can negatively affect you without you realising it. The effects of stress can be mental, emotional and physical. Many people suffer from the effects of stress in their daily lives without doing anything to cope with or change it. Roughly 2/3rd’s of Doctors visits are due to stress-related symptoms...
This Is Why You Should Make Mental Health Your Number One Priority
What are your goals for 2021? You might want to lose some weight, find a new job, or perhaps pay off some debt — all of which are great goals to have. But, you can't achieve any of this without a healthy mind. Your mental and emotional health controls the...
Interview on Afternoon Express | Episode 6
Warren speaks to Afternoon Express on how to stay motivated when training and dieting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=365f21aQpPE&rel=0