!!! Happy St Georges Day Every one !!!

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St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and part of the British flag. St George’s emblem was adopted by Richard The Lion Heart and brought to England in the 12th century.

The king’s soldiers wore it on their tunics to avoid confusion in battle.St George was a brave Roman soldier who protested against the Romans’ torture of Christians and died for his beliefs.

The popularity of St George in England stems from the time of the early Crusades when it is said that the Normans saw him in a vision and were victorious.

One of the best-known stories about Saint George is his fight with a dragon. But it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever actually visited England. Despite this, St George is known throughout the world as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England.

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Source: ProjectBritain.com

Let the celebrations begin… Have a good time…if you can’t have a good time then please don’t have a bad time…

Dawn Pugh Psychotherapist

In the words of Oprah Winfrey

“Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right”.

My chosen words:

‘Life is short,

break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly,

 love truly and

love like you have never been hurt.

Dance like there is no one watching.

                                                          Laugh uncontrollably  

                                          and never regret anything that made you smile.’

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

Regards

Dawn Pugh Psychotherapist

Emotional Freedom Technique is a simple acupressure technique for releasing negative feelings.

You feel negative feelings in the body, so you have to go to the body to work on them.

You can release a negative feeling right now with this video. If you feel like getting angry is a problem for you, this video can help you.

Anger Management with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Dawn Pugh

A round up of Anger Management details relating to training your children and the effects of anger management in the workplace.

How to Teach Anger Management to Your Child

Anger Management : How To Help A Child Having Anger Disorder; Overcoming Anger Through Anger Management Counseling; What Anger Management Classes Teach You; Your Anger Management Support Network Benefits; Why Use Anger Management?

Anger Management And The Workplace

Once you have determined that, make the decision to treat others the same way, making them feel worthwhile and respected. Related Entries. Therapy Options For Anger Management; The Emotional And Rewarding Role Of Caring For The Dying …

Information On Anger Management

The number of people in need of anger management information seems to be growing exponentially. You probably come across a few in traffic or retail stores on a daily basis. Health professionals, both in the field of mental and physical …

All for now, let me know what you think

Dawn Pugh

Apparently Britney could be toxic.

Now she is hankering after some white powder like substance. 

Unpredictable behavior / Erratic outbursts sounds rather like someone who is addicted to drugs, alcohol or at least a dependency on some kind of substance.

Yes, Britney Spears could be suffering a dangerous sugar addiction?

Apparently she is seen drinking two cases of coke daily, gulping one after another. Eating cakes and chocolate, sucking on lollipops like there is no tomorrow.

 A well known fact is that when people are trying to come clean off drugs and alcohol they crave sugary foods. They are trying to chase the high and it usually happens when they have been high for a few hours or even days especially after taking coke, speed, crack, or even ecstasy.

Is Britney substituting one addiction for another? says Connie Bennet (Sugar Shock)

A sugar fix is part if the problem and will send the person reeling  into severe highs and lows, often irrational and illogical thoughts accompany these urges, blood sugars plummeting to extreme depths. Creating a very unstable person.

I know lots of you wish Britney well and wish her luck in her trial against herself but I think she really needs to re-evaluate her present rehabilitation programme and find one that really will get her back on the right track.

Does this hit a raw nerve with any of you?   if so…. It’s not too late. There is professional help out there.

Dawn Pugh  

Monday nights TV Channel 4.  A true story  of a young female who suffered schizophrenia yet managed to study to become a doctor.

A disturbing drama which gave a very clear insight into this mental illness. As a junior doctor  she began to hear a voice telling her to kill herself and others, she turned to Rufus May, who had himself been diagnosed with schizophrenia . He now works in the NHS as a clinical psychologist, he empathised and with his own unique understanding of the illness. Helped her through without medication.

Ruth told her hospital she was suicidal and was immediately suspended. A disturbing argument that mental illness has such a stigma, that mental illness should  be concealed it at all costs.

Ruth conned her way through her first assessment.  I admired her nerve : “Shoulders back, good eye contact and, when they ask how you are, say ‘Fine, how are you?”

Ruth’s final assessment was successful…….

What if Ruth was your doctor? 

How would you feel?

Let me know your thoughts on this controversial issue

Dawn Pugh

We cannot stop automatic thoughts entering into our minds but we can choose how much time and energy we give to them. 

Imagine your negative thoughts are like a bus and your mind is the bus terminal.

In other words we choose if we get on the bus or not. 

If we do get on the bus we can take control and we can get off if we wish to.   We choose if we want to travel to the destination.Recognizing our thoughts are like trips. Some are good and some not so good.

We have the power to choose.