Gael Lindenfield
Psychotherapist, Author & the UK's leading self-help expert
Sunday, April 24th, 2016
In my country this week we have been celebrating. It was our Queen’s 90th birthday, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare …… and, my own quite ordinary birthday! I love celebrations and I believe they are great confidence boosters. I am not someone who enjoys big crowd events, so I watched […]
Monday, February 22nd, 2016
February in the UK is a tough month for morale. The weather is often dark and dismal and the friendliness of Christmas has disappeared into the distance. Spring flowers, blossom and encouraging green shoots will soon help to lift most of us out of our blues. During this next month, however, people who are […]
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
When I got back at the beginning of last week from our stay in Hong Kong, I noticed that the beautiful magnolia tree that I see from our office window was almost ready to break into flower. Instead of being thrilled (as I usually am), I was dismayed. I said to my husband […]
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Apologies for not sending out any Confidence Challenges for the last couple of months. I have just been so busy. This week’s news about the terrorist attacks in Paris has sent shock waves through Europe and many other regions in the world. Wherever I have been, I have encountered people […]
Sunday, July 19th, 2015
My husband and I spent a lovely relaxing break yesterday in Richmond. It was a beautiful sunny day with a good breeze so an ideal climate for enjoying being outside. In the UK, when we have days like this, everyone seizes the opportunity to go out and about, so the riverside was teeming with […]
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
This June blog is very late and you may have noticed that I missed May too! There have been many reasons why recently I have not been able to write when I had expected to be able to do so. The main one was that our daughter decided to get married and only […]
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
I’m a worrier. This confession will come as no surprise to my family and close friends. Others, who know me less intimately, would probably never use this label to describe me. By and large, they would have only seen my ‘reformed worrier’ in action. She might not always be smiling, but she wouldn’t be […]
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Last week I heard a lovely Valentine story, which gave me the idea for this month’s Confidence Challenge. Just hearing it, I felt uplifted so I hope you will too. A few days ago, I rang an elderly friend of mine who has been very unwell for a number of weeks. She lives on […]
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
I have just returned from a lovely week in my home in southern Spain. This was one of my annual painting outings with a great friend. I set off barely able to use my voice and extremely anxious about all the pre-Christmas jobs I had failed to do in the previous week. (I […]
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
For me, this Christmas holiday will be special. It will be our first with our new little granddaughter. She won’t be big enough to know what is happening but she will pick up on the positive energy of people who love her and the happiness and excitement around her. She is lucky and so […]
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