"I love Walking on Custard • A Guide for Anxious Humans"

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Skip to content about neil hughes help with anxiety all articles the book for anxious humansWalking on CustardA Guide for Anxious HumansYou are Original. Here’s Why. 10th May 202210th April 2022 Neil Hughes When I was nine, I wrote a story about my friends and me fighting giant spiders while we vanquished a great evil. The reviews were spectacular: five stars from both my parents! My literary career was off to a great start. But a single comment from one reader, a family friend, has stuck… Read More! Anxiety, Emotions, Happinesscreativity, guilt, originality, purpose, shameLeave a Comment on You are Original. Here’s Why.What an Artificial Intelligence Taught Me about Perfectionism 27th April 202210th April 2022 Neil Hughes Every now and then I get sick of the fact that all my goals are massive, overwhelming and scary. It’d be nice to just achieve something, for once. So I had an idea for a small, mini-project to help me recharge, and I thought it’d be fun to share the whole journey with you…. Read More! Anxiety, Brains, Emotions, Whimsyanxiety, artificial intelligence, fun, happiness, perfectionism, projectsLeave a Comment on What an Artificial Intelligence Taught Me about PerfectionismStop Trying So Hard 11th April 202210th April 2022 Neil Hughes Most of the time I feel I ought to be trying harder. Sometimes, this feeling is correct: there are days when I need to put down the distractions and just get on with it, whatever “it” happens to be. But often, I have the opposite problem. Read More! Anxiety, Experiments, Goalsanxiety, brains, effort, mental tools, overthinking, tryingLeave a Comment on Stop Trying So HardLet’s Become Specialists. In Failure. 23rd June 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes It seems hard to believe, but there was a brief time when I was genuinely worried that I’d failed too little. Read More! Anxiety, Happinessanxiety, difficulty, emotional pain, emotional processing, emotions, failure, managing difficultyLeave a Comment on Let’s Become Specialists. In Failure.Does Adversity Really Make Us Stronger? 8th June 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes For years, the universe has refused to respect my wishes. In particular, I often experience things which I didn’t want to happen. And it’s unclear who I’m supposed to complain to about this. Read More! Anxiety, Happinessadversity, anxiety, emotional management, emotional processing, emotions, handling difficulty, happiness, managing difficultyLeave a Comment on Does Adversity Really Make Us Stronger?What If I Don’t Know What I Love to Do? 25th May 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes Being skilled is a curse. I don’t mean to sound conceited. (How could I be? One of my very best features is my world-beating humility.) It’s just that…when you can do something, it’s easy to feel like you should. Read More! Goals, Happinessdesires, goals, life choices, making choices, passionsLeave a Comment on What If I Don’t Know What I Love to Do?How to Let Go of an Old Life, or Neil Hughes and the Fiery Death of the Phoenix 11th May 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes Readers of How To Be Everything—Emilie Wapnicks’s guidebook to life—will be familiar with the Phoenix Approach, which describes how people occasionally reinvent themselves like the legendary phoenix rising from its own ashes. This sounds exciting—and it is. But it turns out burning up and rebirthing out of the remains can hurt. Read More! Goals, Happiness, Posts from Elsewherebalance, emotional management, emotional processing, life, life choices, making choices, meaning, workLeave a Comment on How to Let Go of an Old Life, or Neil Hughes and the Fiery Death of the PhoenixIs It Best to Work a Little Bit Every Day, or in Bursts of Dedication? 29th April 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes When it comes to productivity, some say you should focus on one thing only, working on that sole project for many hours a day, for as long as it takes. Others believe in small daily progress over a longer period of time (maybe with more variety and additional projects that you shift between).… Read More! Toolsbalance, productivity, productivity tips, workLeave a Comment on Is It Best to Work a Little Bit Every Day, or in Bursts of Dedication?6 Experiments to Help You Recharge When You’re Feeling Drained and Weird 19th April 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes I feel… weird. After years of building my knowledge of “How To Self Care,” I’ve become well-versed in identifying my needs and fixing them. I know how to rest when I’m tired, or how to channel my energy when there’s an excess. Read More! Anxiety, Happiness, Toolscoping tools, coping with covid, energy, happiness, recharging, toolsLeave a Comment on 6 Experiments to Help You Recharge When You’re Feeling Drained and WeirdThe Case of The Missing Joy 6th April 20215th March 2021 Neil Hughes What emotion comes to your mind when you think of 2020-21? For me, right now, it’s joy. As in, “does anyone remember what joy feels like?” Read More! Happinessbrains, coping with covid, coping with lockdown, happiness, joyLeave a Comment on The Case of The Missing Joy12…14Next Copyright © All rights reserved. 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