Susan is a highly respected counselling psychologist with several books on managing stress, overcoming depression, and fostering healthy relationships in both personal and professional settings.   How Entrepreneurs Can Balance Stress for Peak Performance, Good Health & Business Success For entrepreneurs words like ‘balance’, ‘rest’ and ‘relaxation’ are like a foreign language. Their excitement, drive and optimism propels them to work longer hours and take fewer breaks which can affect their health, relationships and business success. While I can’t cover every aspect of stress management for entrepreneurs in this article, I hope the stories, research, recommendations and insights shared here will inspire you to make meaningful

This article is based on a telephone interview with Jane Foster of Colors Magazine on 11 January, 1999. This is an Italian Magazine where Jane was based in Bosnia. The article was never published as soon after this interview the Bosnian War broke out. I tried to contact Jane thereafter but was not able to do so. The main question she asked was: Why do we go on holiday to water? Water reminds us of our first home in our mother’s womb where we live in water from conception to birth. It is where we experience a sense of calm and safety. Also, most of our

As parents we face the awesome task of attempting to raise well-adjusted and happy children. As parents of twins, triplets, quads or more we face a doubly monumental task. Many of the issues experienced in bringing up twins are amplified. However, there are those issues particular to bringing up of twins. Particularly in the first year of your children’s birth the parents feels guilty that they are  unable to offer the twins the attention that they require. they simply runs short of time and energy due to the huge physical demands made by the twins on the parents. These parents need wherever possible to ask for support from

I want to share with you one of the most valuable assertive skills that I have learned for: Managing Stress, Managing Time and as an effective antidote to Depression. In an Ideal Situation we are all able to Say ‘No!’ when our Gut instinct is uncomfortable. It is here where we do not have to explain. We do not become defensive. We do not become aggressive and we do not withdraw. We are also ideally able to say ‘No!’ without feeling guilty. In real life we are so often faced with this situation at work and or at home. We all know the demands of;

The purpose of this article is so that we can put our heads together and practically and creatively: recognise the signs of SAD and offer a wide variety of tools to both balance and manage the symptoms thereof. Also, through education and empowerment, we can rewrite scripts that are currently maintaining the symptoms of SAD. If clients were able to describe their symptoms in a clear manner, we as therapists and those close could better understand whether the client is mainly stressed, depressed or anxious or is experiencing a combination of all of these.  Also, in an ideal world, we as therapists, doctors and those

Children of celebrity or generally pressuring parents frequently have difficulties in the development of their identities. This is because they are frequently under pressure to achieve the same or more than that of their parent. These children thus carry a set of expectations that elevate them to a level beyond that of children who do not have famous parents. Children, in general, are more likely to develop a healthy sense of identity if their parents are encouraging and nurturing and if these children have the intellectual and/or creative potential to achieve at a similar or higher level than that of their parents. When huge pressure

I would like to relate a story of depression with a happy ending. Once upon a time there was a young girl called Allison. She was able to tell those around her how she felt. She was open about her depression and how it felt for her. Because of this openness, she was able to get help and to manage her depression and therefore to live a happier life. In reality, depression is often an embarrassing secret with a stigma attached to it. The depressed person just does not feel well. They often have little energy; difficulties with eating and sleeping, irritability, anxiety and also

Gerald, sales director of an electronic company, and Cindy, his interior decorator wife, consulted with me for a last-ditch attempt to save their marriage. Cindy had recently found out that Gerald had been having a long-term affair with one of his area sales managers. The couple had two children. Gerald had promised Cindy that the affair was over and that he loved her and his kids and wanted desperately to work at salvaging their marriage. In an interview alone with Gerald, he told me that Cindy was far more attractive, with a better figure than his ex-lover. The latter, however, had been completely uninhibited when