The Good and The Human

I put up a pole this week asking which blog post I should write next (which I found really fun btw). The two options were: 5 ways to manage anxiety or 5 positives to having anxiety and as you can see by the title of this post - positivity wins! Before I get stuck in I wanted to announce that as I have hit my July target within a week I have decided that going forward I'm going to start uploading 2 blogs a week. One on a Wednesday and one on a Sunday. I’m so excited for this whole journey and being able to share my mind/thoughts with you all. I hope you'll come along this journey with me <3 So back to this post! This feels a little bit morbid because Anxiety is so not positive but roll with me, sometimes you've got to find a positive or it will consume you.  Little background info for you - I’ve had anxiety since I was a child. It’s been debilitating at times, prevented me from going for opportunities and really affected my studies (presentations are too much). I...

Welcome I think it would  be best to start off with a big warm welcome, I'm glad you've stumbled across/found this blog post and find it useful for you or someone you love in some way or another. I'd like to kick things off with explaining the reasoning behing the name of this blog and my personal philosophy surrounding it.  The Good and The Human is a modification on the well known saying "the good and the bad." At the moment  I am a trainee Counsellor and in just a few more practical hours, I will be a qualified Counsellor. During a group supervision/reflection session, I heard another counsellor use the phrase "the good and the bad" in the context of suggesting that the client needed to accept the good and bad parts of themselves. I remember feeling agitated by this and thinking 'well no, the client needs to accept/embrace the good and come to peace with the experiences they have had in their life that have created these com...