Cope One Hundred

A family member asked me to talk about how we manage ourselves over the festive season.

Giving advice can be much easier that taking our own advice at times. Leonie shares that she had not taken her own advice in the past, which lead to seek counselling. Following the counselling, Leonie has had some clarity and feels more able to take her own advice.

LB shares a story from a young lady who was very disappointed when she was not appointed to a role that she was doing. LB explains that not all disappointments should be viewed as a negative aspect of life. Looking at the situation from a positive perspective can help to manage the disappointments better.

Let us celebrate how far we have come and the strength it took to get us here. We are enough and should own our spaces.

It is wise to get a support network available for when we need them most. At times the people we would generally call on for support may be busy. It is good practice to have other systems in place to utilise if this occurs.

It is so sad to hear of individuals who are struggling to cope. Some people are finding it difficult to locate a listening ear. Please speak up and listen. It is good practise to help and seek help. Love starts with you.

We were designed to be free and pretending is a form of control. Using your voice appropriately can help you to find emotional peace. You cannot pour from an empty cup. Ask for help and nurture your well-being. Pretence can take a toll on our general health and well-being. Choose you first.

You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick. LB has been recovering and has tried different coping strategies to manage this. She shares a gripping highlight of her struggles and where she is with her recovery.

For everything there is a season and a time for every activity undertaken. A time to plant and a time to harvest. During the planting and harvesting stages, you may experience some difficult times. Keep growing, even if you cannot see your growth. Your growth will become visible at the right time. How you manage your emotions is vital to the outcome of your purpose.

How do you manage stress at work? It can be challenging but it is possible to destress and manage ourselves better in and out of work. Challenge yourself to do better for yourself. Remove yourselves from the identified stressors. Always choose YOU!

There are things that some people never speak about. There are things that if spoken about could save a lot of hurt and prevent ongoing trauma to others.

Caring for others is good, but do not forget to be kind to yourself and take carebof YOU. No one knows your needs more than you do.

LB shares her thought on Black History Month. She believes creating our own history and leaving a legacy is a good way of injecting a great history for the future generations.

Domestic abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling,  coersive, threatening degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or an ex partner, but also by  family member or  carer. In the vast majority of cases it is experienced by women and perpetrated by men. Men also experience domestic abuse. Domestic abuse can include, but is...

Leonie shares how she shows gratitude to the people who mistreat her and use the painful experience to her advantage and no longer expects to be rescued. She is her own rescue.

LB shares a story from a survivor of long term Mental Health struggles.

I was asked to share my coping strategies for the day to day adversity I face. Each situation is unique but having a foundation coping style can help to manage them appropriately. We cannot change people's perceptions of us but we can change how we react to their behaviours towards us.

Value yourself and put some respect on your name. Know youself and claim the respect you deserve.

A father related his on-going pain of not seeing his daughter after her mother took her away and he has no knowledge of the reason they left or their home address.

A very ambitious and talented overseas worker gladly took a seemingly grand opportunity to travel to the UK to make a better life for herself and her family. What she found was not what she was promised and far from what she expected. She managed her situation the best way she could but had to seek help to manage her own health and well-being.

The words you use can affect the receiver for life. Be very careful not to destroy others with your negative comments. Some people are more delicate than others and may never revover from the hurt from your spoken words.

Shared story of a mother who experinces domestic violence I as a teenager.

Compassion fatigue is a condition characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, often described as the negative cost of caring. It is sometimes referred to as secondary traumatic stress.

Using your voice help you to feel alive. Being alive does not mean that you are living. What does it truly mean to live? "Being in the moment, awake and alive and able to enjoy things now. Not worrying about the past or postponing happiness to a distant future." – Dr. Joos Meyer, a medical doctor at Fremantle Hospital in Western Australia. "We need to be introspective to live an examined life. We...

Welcome to season 4. Having realistic expectations can often limit our frustration and save us emotional trauma. Leonie updates us about herself and shares a story from one of the Cope One Hundred family member. Be realistic about your expectations from others to limit the frustrations for yourselves.