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Some children never seem to stop; the flight response

Behavioural patterns in children: the restless child
The second in our six-week series on behavioural patterns in children. This week, the child who can never sit still
Deirdre Ryan

Behavioural patterns in children: the fawning response

What you see online is just a fraction of that person’s life.

When you compare yourself to others, it’s rarely a fair fight

Why can’t we just rest?

Why does resting feel so hard?

Stop and think: are you feelings in the driving seat, or are you?

Our feelings have more power than we realise

You can't control what happens to you, but you can control what you do next, once it has.

The only choices you can control are your own

Let go what you can't control

You can’t control the weather - learning to let it go

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Black and white thinking; when there’s no middle ground

Sometimes a blue tick, is just a blue tick

Catastrophising: finding the difference between fact and fear

Confidence means that if you need to, you can perform.

The difference between confidence, and a sense of self-worth

Worry and anxiety are two different things

COMMENT: Worry or anxiety: how to know the difference
Worry and anxiety are two very different things, and the first step in identifying the action, is naming it.
Deirdre Ryan

Worry and anxiety are two different things

COMMENT: Worry or anxiety: how to know the difference

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