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Forget Mental Health Awareness – Just Stop Being a Cunt
As much as I love a good meme or ‘Most people won’t share this’ post on social media; I’m not sure how helpful the whole mental health awareness thing is. It definitely has some positives, but the real message should … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, mental health, mental health awareness
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Guide to UK Trees
Nothing to do with MMA – sorry – however, I thought this would be very useful for educating the kids whilst going on one of our very common walks in the woods and countryside. It’s also interesting for me to … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why Wrexham is a Good Place to Live (or Work)
Completely off topic, more of a personal blog post… Wrexham is Beautiful – Really! A lot of people complain about Wrexham, but we’ve got a lot to be grateful for. If you don’t like living in this beautiful part … Continue reading
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Tagged countryside, history, North Wales, photography, snowdonia, tourism, travel, wales, wrexham
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Best Carl Jung Quotes
Carl Jung was an early advocate of analytical psychology and like Freud is well known for his work relating to theories of personality & the human subconscious. Whilst Freud’s work, was still rooted in 19th century theories regarding suppressed desires, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, carl jung, depression, freud, greeks, mental health, mma, Psychology, stoicism, wellbeing
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Intrinsic Goals vs Extrinsic Goals – How they can hinder success & happiness
Goals have been associated with sports psychology and general high-achievers for several decades. They’re also inherently tied to personal development and Positive psychology. The type of goal you set is in many ways, as important as the outcome. Coaches and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fitness, gym, mma, Psychology, stoic, stoicism, ufc
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We Are All One (Why Nobody Really Dies)
It was World Mental Health Day yesterday. I’m not a huge fan of ‘awareness’ days, I think they bring problems but not solutions. I think depression is a problem that has a number of causes… Lack of exercise Poor … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, mental health, mental health day, mma, physics, world mental health day
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Easy Ways to Increase Positive Energy
Not directly MMA related, but an optimistic mindset and enthusiasm will definitely help with the grind of training and pre-fight nerves. Positive Self Talk Have a mantra such as “Cool, calm & collected” Here‘s a list of other possible mantras … Continue reading
Experience with Psilocybin Mushrooms
Blog Post for Entertainment Purposes Only So I’ve had a range of amazing mental health issues since I can remember, mainly depression & anxiety related. I was a proper angry kid, weirdly MMA got me into yoga, which in turn … Continue reading
The Book of 5 Rings – Summary
Born in the 16th century, near the end of the Japanese civil war, Miyamoto Musashi was a nomadic samurai who fought in a small number of battles, but dozens of duels. He is known as Japan’s greatest swordsman. The book … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Books, martial arts, Miyamoto Musashi, mma, philosophy, the book of 5 rings
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Why is nobody talking about Post-Graduate Depression?
I’m a big fan of Stoic philosophy, so I’m not complaining as such, when I say that money is the main motivation and driving force behind a given university’s programme of degrees on offer. It’s just something you’ve got to … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, career, depression, mental health, mma, student, university
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