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Waking Moments
How do you feel when you first wake up? What are your first waking thoughts? Do you dread getting out of bed? Are your first thoughts...
jo-jones
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Fear Response (Fight/Flight/Freeze)
One of the first things I explain to people I support is how we actually create anger, anxiety, low mood (fight-flight-freeze), OCD etc...
jo-jones
Oct 15, 20232 min read


Lets talk Gaslighting....
I support a lot of people who don’t realise that they are in an abusive relationship. Abuse comes in many forms. Gaslighting is a form of...
jo-jones
Sep 26, 20233 min read


Essential Emotions
Hi everyone, I wanted to share with you all my journey with essential oils over the past 10 months. If you want to know more or feel this...
jo-jones
Jul 17, 20231 min read


Stress and the workplace
According to the Confederate of British Industry (CBI) mental health issues contribute approximately 30% of lost working hours per year...
jo-jones
Mar 1, 20235 min read


Life stages and our core beliefs
Genetics, environmental influences, parenting styles, friends, teachers, schools, and our culture are just some of the major factors that...
jo-jones
Dec 7, 20223 min read


STOP!
“If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.” ~Buddha Today’s BLOG is all about learning how...
Jo Jones
Oct 23, 20222 min read


Friendship is a two way street...
This is a sentence I hear myself saying quite a lot during therapy sessions. It is also something I have reflected on myself. Friendships...
jo-jones
Sep 21, 20222 min read


How to be your own therapist
I read loads of books about mental health and the best are books that I can read, provide an overview of and share with people. This book...
jo-jones
Aug 18, 20221 min read


Communication
Do you sometimes feel that whatever you say you never get it right? When we communicate with others, it helps to keep in mind not only...
jo-jones
Aug 1, 20222 min read


Feeling defensive?
This BLOG hasn't been written to negate any emotions you might be feeling if someone has hurt you or made you feel shame or anger, it has...
jo-jones
Jul 4, 20224 min read


Consistency Matters
Life is messy... we have great days, bad days, we have days when we love the world and then days when we just feel angry, we can be...
jo-jones
May 23, 20222 min read


Mental health matters...
I've been reading a few books about mental health lately; specifically around children's mental health. I often struggle with labels...
jo-jones
Apr 25, 20223 min read


How to deal with guilt
Some many people struggle with guilt. Guilt was something I had to deal with a number of years ago because it impacted me spending time...
Jo Jones
Mar 14, 20223 min read


jo-jones
Feb 16, 20220 min read


How to deal with hurt
For the purposes of this BLOG the definition of hurt is ‘to cause mental pain or to cause distress.’ So many people start their journey...
Jo Jones
Jan 31, 20222 min read


Self Sabotage - get out of your own way
We all do it from time to time; some of us do it all the time without knowing what we are doing to ourselves. What am I talking about?...
Jo Jones
Dec 12, 20213 min read


Supporting someone with mental health and how to look after yourself
Supporting someone who is suffering with poor mental health can be difficult. It isn’t nice seeing the people we care about struggling...
jo-jones
Nov 8, 20213 min read


Why do people leave therapy prematurely?
From time to time, people start their therapeutic journey and then stop! There are lots of reasons people do this. One of the reasons I...
jo-jones
Oct 19, 20213 min read


Mindfulness, Meditation and Self-Hypnosis
You all know now that I am a huge advocate of self-help and also ‘passing it on’. What I do at Your Wellbeing isn’t a magic art, for most...
jo-jones
Sep 27, 20213 min read
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