The majority of MoodSmith is dedicated to a particular type of thought: intrusive thoughts, but all types of thoughts have the potential to impact your mental health; as FamilyDoctor noted, good emotional health starts with understanding thoughts, feelings and behaviours. I want to spend some time talking about that today When I talk about mental … Read more

Is it a No-Brainer? Humans are thinking creatures. That is the most fundamental way to describe our species. However, in our daily lives, our thinking can become fragmented, disjointed, and chaotic. We live in a hectic, pressured world and are pulled from one task to another. We are constantly interrupted, whether we’re relaxing, working, studying, … Read more

As we saw in an earlier post, being centred means we have an anchor point in our lives. It exists inside the mental “safe room” (which can be as big as we want it to be) filled with all the good and all the positive things, feelings, people, and situations in our lives. When you’re … Read more

Let’s talk about hearing (and listening to) voices. The voices inside our heads tell us we aren’t good enough, don’t deserve success, love or acceptance, and don’t have what it takes. I think you get my point. You are good enough just as you are Most of us have an inner critic, and that’s an … Read more

You can change everything around by ‘reframing.’ Reframing our thinking is a technique to correct a few self-inflicted stress wounds by reducing or removing the stress before it can do much damage. Reframing is all about how you act when a stressful situation presents itself and your internal response set. It involves meeting challenges with … Read more

What is emotional well-being? Emotional well-being refers to the ability to recognise and handle all emotions in a way that does not negatively impact your life. Emotional well-being is recognising an emotion as it occurs, deciding if it is appropriate to the current situation, controlling what you feel and deciding what to do instead of … Read more