Working together to achieve acceptance and integration of the spiritual, emotional, physical, mental and social spheres, centred around Hope.
Understanding anxiety is the first step to knowing how to deal with it. Here is a great video series on “Anxiety Skills”, which also show you how to begin dealing with them.
Remember that dealing with the cause of your anxiety is important. If anxiety is something you struggle with, be sure you make use of this knowledge and grounding techniques while in counselling. Click here if you need to book an appointment .
To see the next video in this series, click here.
One of the ways that we can improve concentration and increase confidence
is by adopting a good posture. 1 An upright posture increases blood circulation and promotes comfortable breathing. Your brain can then function more effectively causing you to be more awake and feel more positive. When slouching over at your desk or while on your phone, you increase existing anxiety and decrease your ability to retrieve memories. 2
Learning to keep our head up and our back straight also enables us to take care of our body while sitting at our desks. At work, this means that you should try to set up your desk and chair in such a way so to help you sit comfortably.
Here is a short 4 minute video on how to optimise your desk space.
Spine-Health notes that good posture also avoids back pain. 3 This becomes even more important when sitting at a desk 8 hours a day, every day.
They encourage you to sit up straight with your ears, shoulders, and hips aligned. If you are sitting for a long time, you will benefit from shifting your weight around in your chair; “Shifting forward to the edge of the seat with a straight back can be alternated with sitting back against the support of the office chair to ease the work of back muscles.” 4
Finally, you got to keep moving! Sitting in the same position for too long makes your muscles tired and so you begin to lean or slouch. Set a reminder on your computer or phone to get up or lean back in your chair every 20 minutes (free desktop reminder here). These breaks can be short; even a 2 minute change of posture gives your muscles the opportunity to rest enabling you to be awesome at work and life once again.
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This course is about understanding where I end and the next person begins. Boundaries apply to your relationship with your family member, friend and partner.
We so often take responsibility for feelings, things, behaviour that was never ours to take ownership over in the first place. Moreover, they were never intended by God to be ours to carry. Ever felt guilty when you got caught in the wake of someone else’s anger…maybe you shouldn’t have said “hi” that morning…? Or have a relationship where you constantly feel like you’re going to be pushed too far again and you’ll end up just saying yes to keep the peace?
Other times we catch ourselves expecting the next person to be responsible for our behaviours, feelings and beliefs. Think of those relationships where you want the other to be the source of your joy or take the blame for messing up because they advised you to consider that course of action. As a rule, if we don’t have to take responsibility then we are happier for it.
The biblical principles of Boundaries can be applied to you whether you are a Christian or not. This course is presented in such a way that anyone can relate to what’s being taught.
These boundaries can be challenging to put into place, it takes time and practicing on ‘safe people’. If you feel you need more support, contact us.
Date: 08 June 2019
Venue: Crn 9th & 11th Roads, Erand, Midrand
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This is a video based course. It includes group discussion with a group leader, participation optional. You will receive notes, tea and biscuits, and a comfortable, exciting, learning experience.
My desire for this page is that your life will become richer because of your time spent here. I hope to blog at least once a month on topics pertaining to spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and social spheres of life. My belief is that life and joy is found with Jesus as the centre of all these spheres.
Whether you are a Christian or not, whether Jesus is at the centre of what defines you or not, I hope that you will still find encouragement from time spent here.