Rehydration sachets are useful on holidays abroad: they help replace fluids and salts lost through diarrhoea, vomiting and too much sun. Include them in your travel first aid kit.
Relationships benefit from honesty, inclusion, and compromise.
To heal yourself and to build up your self-esteem, take one step above being like those who’ve wronged you, by looking at yourself with compassion and understanding.
Low self-esteem can have many causes, none of which are your fault. A traumatic experience where you haven’t received the proper support, or you feel judged or blamed for the event, or you felt lonely and abandoned afterwards, can lower self-esteem.
A funeral can help you and your family members openly express your feelings for a lost pet. Ignore people who think it’s inappropriate to hold a funeral for a pet, and do what feels right for you.
When you’re grieving, don’t let anyone tell you how to feel. Your grief is your own, and no-one else can tell you when it’s time to “move on” or “get over it.” Let yourself feel whatever you feel without embarrassment or judgment.
Being listened to, and having connection with others, can be such powerful feelings that they can relieve even the deepest pain.
For every one negative “fact” you’ve decided about yourself, there are other tens of positive facts about you. Choose what to notice about yourself, and value the strengths that you have.
Low self-esteem can cause you to notice and accept as true only the negative facts about yourself.
“Cognitive empathy” is “perspective taking” – our ability to identify and understand other peoples’ emotions.