BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONE

Do you love the security of your own comfort zone? Start to discover that you could be even happier when you start to get ‘get comfortable feeling uncomfortable’.

Thriving Through Adversity

Christina grew up with a schizophrenic sister, who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital as a teenager. Then in her mid 20s she developed an auto-immune disease called lupus, which crippled her for a few years. She has had breast cancer twice, including a mastectomy. Amidst her health issues, her sister, father, mother and brother all died. 

Stage 4 cancer thriver

“Nick this is the worst news I could be giving you” said the doctor, “We’ve measured your prostate PSA level (prostate specific antigen). If it was normal we’d expect to see a score below 4. Your score is 625. You have highly aggressive stage 4 prostrate cancer and it has spread into every bone in your body. It’s out of control.”

Avoid Negative News

Watch, read, or listen to the news, and you’re likely to believe that the world is rapidly descending into disaster and chaos.

Research shows us that what we see on the news can significantly impact our mental health. While negative news may influence our thinking through multiple mechanisms, one important consideration is how it interfaces with our cognitive biases, keeping our focus on everything that’s going wrong while blinding us to all the good things around us.