If you are the type of person that people always turn to for help, or you find yourself involved with helping other people, it may have crossed your mind at some point that it can be tiring and draining. In many instances, their emotions can even transfer and affect you due to your high level of empathy and sympathy.

You’ve likely heard people say they need to find themselves. Perhaps you’ve even said it yourself, but what does it really mean to find yourself?

The search for happiness is a universal search. It’s a search that everyone, everywhere is involved in somehow. No matter what stage of your life you are at now, being happy is likely high on your list even if you haven’t really given it much conscious thought. At the same time, you might be wondering if this is the right time for you to find your happiness.

You’ve probably heard this question asked many times before but there’s a good chance you haven’t actually been personally asked this question. It’s usually asked in general to anyone and everyone; but never asked to you, about you.

Trying to figure out if the decisions you are making in life can be quite difficult. For many of us, being able to see that far out into the future and predicting the results of our decisions is an impractical and often near-impossible thing to do. In many cases, especially when making important life decisions, it can feel impossible.

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When people spend so many years doing something so familiar and without much change, there can be a tendency to think that life has passed them by. They may even think it’s too late, and they are too old to start doing something new. Even highly successful people can fall into this mindset.

Counselling is a profession and field that suffers from quite a bit of misconceptions. Even with the advent of the internet and readily available information, the myths surrounding counselling are still there, perpetuated, and believed. What are some counselling myths and is there any truth to any of them?

It may seem obvious that we’re all worthy of being happy, but in reality, too many people don’t feel they are worthy of happiness. There are a lot of different reasons for why people don’t feel they are worthy of happiness.

You may have heard it said that you should invest in yourself. Typically, it is understood to mean spending time and money on yourself to upgrade your professional skills and to make yourself more adaptable for the working world. That wouldn’t be wrong, but what is sometimes overlooked is that it also means you need to invest in yourself for your own personal growth and your own happiness!

You may have heard people talk about becoming your best self, but it’s entirely understandable if you’re unclear about what that really means.
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