By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan According to the World Health Organisation approximately 264 million people worldwide suffer from anxiety. This is higher in women than in men. It is therefore vital for the population to know how to handle anxiety. Here are some tips and tricks to manage your anxiety: Tip one: The most basic tip would be to make sure you get enough sleep, and that you try to have a good night’s sleep as well. Tip two: eating healthy really helps you to manage your anxiety so make sure you eat lots…
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By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach with Revive with Shan We all must navigate people we do not like, people who have hurt us in the past, people who do not like us, and people who are just difficult to deal with. This can be draining and leave us with anxiety as to how to respond to them, especially when we cannot avoid them in our workspace, social life, or if they are within our families and friendship circles. They can be colleagues, bosses, in-laws, co-parents, an ex, and the list goes on. How do you manage this? This…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan Conflict is inevitable. We experience conflict in most areas of our lives, be it our work, our romantic relationships, friendships, or with strangers. It is something that everyone must deal with. Conflict occurs largely due to a misunderstanding, hurt feelings, when someone has made a mistake, or when there is miscommunication. Some unhealthy conflict includes: Criticizing; stonewalling or silent treatment; bringing up issues that were resolved in the past; emotional blackmail; gaslighting (making them doubt themselves); and blaming. We can navigate most conflicts through conflict management, and hopefully resolve…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach with Revive with Shan The fast food industry is growing by 40% each year. Fast food, or junk food, includes sodas, bread, French fries, ice cream, and burgers. High intake of fried foods and artificially sweetened drinks are directly linked to an overweight body mass index and obesity in children. Fast foods contain high fructose corn syrup, trans fat or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, Azodicarbonamide, sodium nitrite, bisphenol, phthalates, and many other additives. These all have adverse side effects. Why fast foods are detrimental to health: Very high in calories so can lead to…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan In this article, I want to talk about shifting the focus from losing weight to living a healthy lifestyle. There is a substantial amount of focus on women’s bodies in particular and from both men and women. Men look at a woman’s body more than her face, while women compare their body to another woman’s body. Women are continuously objectified in daily life, on television, and on social media. We as a society are obsessed with the size and shape of women. It is then no surprise that women…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan Being single is often associated with misery. But what if being alone doesn’t have to be dull and depressing? Single people often get asked, “you don’t want to end up alone, do you?”, “how hasn’t anyone grabbed you up?” and “what’s wrong with you that you haven’t found anyone yet?” This then leads single people to start doubting themselves and thinking things like: Why am I not good enough? I need to be in a relationship. Being single is horrible. I’m never going to find anyone.I will be single forever. What is wrong…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan Boundaries are essential to set but can often be challenging to maintain. What is a boundary? A boundary is a limit or a space between you and another person. It is essential to set this to protect yourself and allow the other person to be aware of their limitations when engaging with you. When healthy boundaries are in place, this is good for your mental and emotional health, helps you to maintain autonomy, develop your identity, avoid burnout, and influence other people’s behaviour. When a person has poor boundaries,…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan I have had the displeasure of meeting my very own narcissist. They infiltrated my life to such an extent and wreaked havoc before I realized what was happening. I have been trying to separate from them for months, but for those who have had a narcissist enter their lives, it is safe to say that this is extremely difficult to achieve. A narcissist is someone with an exaggerated sense of self-importance, excessive need for admiration, lack of empathy, a loss of identity, difficulty with attachment and dependency, chronic feelings…
By SHANNON SKAE, health and life coach at Revive with Shan The stigmatisation of mental health continues, even though we have seen great strides in how we as a society discuss mental health issues, and there are more and more social media posts about mental health. Stigmatisation, in this instance, refers to cases where people are prejudicial towards someone due to the state of their mental health. This can occur in the workplace, home, friendship groups, and public settings. In 2019, stigma in the workplace was incredibly high concerning mental health. This meant that then, and still, now, many employees do…
By ROD AMNER and NYX MCLEAN It has been almost a year since we stepped into the role as editors of Grocott’s Mail, a terrifying and exciting moment in our lives. We remember quite clearly thinking about just how we would pull off the first edition of GMDirect and what it would look like, how we would survive, and whether people would read what had been published. Then the week appeared, and we found ourselves writing, editing, checking layout and publishing. We found our feet, and we just kept going. Grocott’s Mail is different from how many of us remember…