New year new me Because the old me wasn’t good enough, or so many of us think. So what do we do every single year to shame ourselves into doing better?  Christmas is the time for jolly and all that, bringing us closer to people we want to see and some we are happy to see at that time only. We eat we drink we laugh then we feel bad about ourselves, as the nights grow colder we don’t want o go out we want to stay in and reach for more handfuls of nuts or crisps or sweets or cake or biscuits to make ourselves feel better.   Now I am not trying to shame you about your easting, but rather ..read more

Negative beliefs have so much power over what you do and don't do. So many times I have tried to overcome a negative belief only to be held accountable for what I am attaching meaning to.  To break free from this, we gotta understand the link, where is it coming from, what triggers it and what are we avoiding what is the pleasure we gain fro not dealing with his belief  Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website ..read more

Creating habits can be a very difficult task.  often we make the new habits way too complicated and it takes too much work to even conceptualize them.  S.H.R.E.D. stands for Sleep, Hydration, Relaxation, Exercise, and Diet.  When we shred all the old stuff we can make room for the new stuff.  Ehttps://disreeshaw.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disreeshawofficial/ For information on online courses please register at the website ..read more

Ever made that promise to yourself at the start of every year?  No sugar no dairy no carbs, I must lose weight this year.  I must get my summer body.  But only to fail come the following month of February, by March you don't even bother getting your gym kit out but April who is  gym is there guy down the road called Jim. Why do you do this, because of the stories you ar telling yourself, the ideas about yourself that keep rushing through your mind, and the self-loathing that you embark on yourself on a daily basis?   it's really quite simple, just stop it, stop being ..read more

Our inner saboteur seeks to tell us how we are not able to achieve so don’t try.  Those of us who experienced bullying in one way or another take on the belief that we will be bullied and nothing can stop that unless we follow a set of rules and assumptions that we created in order to keep ourselves safe from the world.  For example, your inner saboteur may state “nobody likes me” this becomes engrained and therefore evidence when placed in social situations we may shut down not respond find it difficult to interact therefore appearing standoffish or distant which may lead to others ..read more

The simple straight-up answer, many aren’t raised with the tools and skills to do so. Men are taught to be strong, run lift bring home the bacon, build do more. We don’t account for the natural human emotion that runs through us all as human beings even being a factor for men.     It’s a toxic environment when we send the message that big boys don’t cry and men mustn’t cry. We proportion emotions into roles, women are trained to communicate and affect their emotions be it negatively or positively. But men are told to go play football, run it out take a cold shower.   When we are ..read more

Anger isn’t bad   Society sends a message that anger is bad, that if you get angry then you will suffer because of it.  Quotes about not being angry and choosing to be happy flood memes and social media, people try so hard not to be angry and believe that striving for ultimate happiness is the answer to life, just be happy, just smile and it will never happen.  What utter nonsense, yes nonsense,  We are emotional creatures, this is what makes us human, what separates us from the animals, the fact that we have emotions and the ability to communicate them,  www.disreesha ..read more

The need for something in order to feel good satisfied on a high or even to feel in control  Addiction takes the form of many different possibilities, it can be substance misuse, drugs alcohol, exercise, food, gambling, sex, or behaviours such as OCD tendencies  Getting over an addiction is not merely to stop taking the substance or stop the act as that merely controls the situation. A time and the addiction can and often do show up in another area of our lives.  Understanding why the need for the addiction is there in the first place, the root of the issue where it all started ..read more

The superpower to all emotional and mental challenges, the hook. Unhooking your thought allows you to get back into now and take charge of your present moment which is right now.  Unhooking is the ability to recognise that your thoughts are just thoughts not facts not a reality just thoughts. For more please visit  www.disreeshaw.com ..read more

For AL;l the perfectionist put there, here is the podcast that could help you with those debilitating acts of perfection, procrastination and self flagellation.  All in one tidy podcast, ok nooo it is not going to be so easy, but this is the first step. The support podcasts to this podcast are , Why So Perfect, What is Compassion and What does your Self talk ay about you . If you want to contact me you can go via my website,  www.disreeshaw.com or find me on instragram DisreeShawOfficial  ..read more