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Why Mixed Emotions are OK

28th August 2023 News
Whatever you're feeling after an event, it's OK. And confusion about the swirling seemingly opposing emotions is OK, too. Mixed emotions are OK.
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How The Spoon Theory Can Help With Communication

13th February 2023 Depression Illness Mental Health
Spoon Theory is a concept created by a woman named Christine Miserandino in 2003. It is a simple but powerful way of describing the limited energy and resources ...

WordFest Live Rescheduled to December 16

7th November 2022 News WordFest Live
The entire WordFest team of organizers and volunteers is excited to be actively planning for the next WordFest live this year. We do regret to inform you that, ...
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Remote Work: the Surprising Effects on Wellbeing

2nd November 2022 Guest Post News
Working from home may have some drawbacks, but the benefits far outweigh any negativity. This post looks at finding the good in remote work.

10+ Practical Tips for Actually Getting Through Work-from-Home Stress

27th September 2022 Guest Post
Work from home stress can be super difficult to deal with, but here are practical tips from a qualified expert and the GoDaddy team.
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Hush the inner critic with a pile-on of love

10th February 2020 Anxiety Coaching Depression Honest Conversations Mental Health
Sometimes our inner critical voice can be louder than usual. Times when perhaps we’ve felt judgement, heard apparent poor opinion, or have a few hiccups in life. Those times when it feels like nothing is going right. That’s the time when our inner critic steps forward. Recently, having a tough ...

Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Get The Most Out Of Life

30th January 2020 Coaching Depression Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mental Health Mindfullness
“Getting the most out of life means choosing wisely and choosing well. …If you want to make good choices, you have to understand yourself and those around you.” Russ Roberts Are you living your best life? What does it mean to live your best life, all sarcasm aside. It means ...
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The joys of January?

20th January 2020 Anxiety Depression Mental Health Skills Health
Today in the UK, the third Monday of January is known as “Blue Monday” – apparently the most depressing day of the year. There is a calculation to work this out, but actually we all know that in the northern hemisphere this month is not the happiest for many of ...

Big Orange Heart Community Partnership Packages

14th January 2020 Fundraising News
A little over a year ago Big Orange Heart was first brought to the attention of various companies, within the WordPress space, when we started the journey of developing partnerships to create a sustainable future for the registered charity. We have had the privilege of being supported by some incredible ...

Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: I Know Who I Am

14th January 2020 Anxiety Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mental Health Mindfullness
“I know who I am, by the nobility of my friends, the gentleness of their faces, the glory of their spears and shields. I am related to saints and kings, a monarch at some faraway court and a scribe in some monastery read about my origin from ancient books.” Desanka ...
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Make your own kind of mindful

10th January 2020 Coaching Meditation Mental Health Mindfullness Skills Health
I have a confession. Previous to June 2019 I was somewhat dismissive of the whole idea of mindfulness. I felt it a fad for people that enjoyed colouring-in. Not that I’m against such things, after all I am level 1 Reiki (not attuned of late, sadly) and to some that ...

Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: Intentionally Cultivating Empathy

19th December 2019 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mindfullness
“Some people are naturally empathetic. They easily understand another’s point of view, and they immediately grok what another might be feeling in any scenario. If that is you, congrats; you’re ahead of the game. The rest of us have to work a little harder, and a little more intentionally, to ...
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Default Setting: Kindness

14th December 2019 Honest Conversations Mental Health
For some of us, kindness is automatic; we are just kind by nature (most of the time, anyway – there are moments… 😉 ). And it can be confusing at times when others are less than kind, whether to us directly or to others. But something we may then need ...

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