by Manch Joshi | Oct 24, 2024 | Psychoeducation
Welcome to ‘Insights’ an informative area, offering psychoeducational insights, in an accessible way. Hope you enjoy and find these posts of value.
by Manch Joshi | Oct 24, 2024 | Psychoeducation
Processing trauma can be daunting, whether you’re addressing it for the first time or revisiting past experiences that have been hidden away. To do this, it’s essential to establish a sense of safety by strengthening our parasympathetic (calming) nervous...
by Manch Joshi | Sep 20, 2024 | Psychoeducation
Well, intuitively yes but here’s the caveat – it is only helpful when we are ready. Doing it prematurely, and this may sound surprising, can be highly counterproductive and even harmful. When we remember traumatic events, we’re immediately bringing to mind...
by Manch Joshi | May 5, 2024 | Psychoeducation
Er? What’s all that about…sounds very fishy and illegal, and certainly not to be discussed here! It’s all related to narcissists…but not the obvious, grandstanding ones – they can be spotted a mile away. It’s the more insidious “covert” ones that are way more...
by Manch Joshi | May 21, 2023 | Psychoeducation
Begone, begone ye Midlife Crisis. Thanks again to the Bard for inspiration. Well, is it a fact, fiction or fantasy? It was first identified in 1965 by the psychologist Elliott Jacues who defined it as “a phase in a middle-aged person’s life (usually between the...
by Manch Joshi | Jan 29, 2023 | Psychoeducation
…though not as business folk would recognise it. We are talking here about the Late Life Predicament. The what? Well, it’s that point in life we all get to following on from education and perhaps a long and fruitful career. Some people may have also experienced...
by Manch Joshi | Oct 19, 2022 | Psychoeducation
The big A? Well, we are talking about anxiety. As one of our most primeval emotions, it’s based around fear and protecting ourselves from danger. Our ancestors found this rather helpful when faced with the actual danger of being attacked by a sabre-toothed tiger, or...
by Manch Joshi | Jun 28, 2022 | Psychoeducation
Is this a menopause which I see before me…? Thanks again for more inspiration, William. The menopause is increasingly well understood. It marks a transition in female lives and has profound physiological and psychological effects. Discussions about it are becoming...
by Manch Joshi | May 16, 2022 | Psychoeducation
They tried to make me go to therapy, and I said no, no, no. Thanks to Amy for that inspiration. All of us experience negative emotions from time to time. Past events and experiences which cannot be changed, shape us as individuals. They can also sow the seeds of...
by Manch Joshi | Feb 26, 2022 | Psychoeducation
The long and winding vagus, that leads to your brain. Thanks for the Fab Four for that one. The what? Er, possibly sounds a little offensive in this day and age. Well, this nerve in our bodies is rather important to our wellbeing both physically and psychologically....
