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Help yourself out of spiralling anxious thoughts
Would you like to know how to help yourself from those spiralling anxious thoughts? If you imagine a funnel, that’s how the worrying...

Julia Martinez
Apr 4, 20202 min read
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100 Wishes!
What are you doing during isolation? Today I painted some bits of my kitchen, did maths, English and reading with my boys, worked, cooked...

Julia Martinez
Mar 31, 20201 min read
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Dealing with anxiety
My little boys were a bit anxious today about how our life has changed and what are we going to do on school holidays. We talked about...

Julia Martinez
Mar 26, 20201 min read
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Let's not panic!
I have been feeling a bit under the weather: sore throat, weak. Last night I woke up gasping for air. Probably I was having a nightmare,...

Julia Martinez
Mar 15, 20202 min read
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Happy International Women's Day!
Today I woke up, looked at my phone full of messages congratulating me with this day and I had a flashback. In Russia, it is a...

Julia Martinez
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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What pill do you take?
Morpheus: "This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your...

Julia Martinez
Mar 7, 20201 min read
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Emotional child-parent separation
Today I would like to raise such a problem as the inability of emotional separation from the parents. Sadly it is a common situation...

Julia Martinez
Feb 29, 20202 min read
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True myself
My whole life, I’ve been a good girl, tried to do the right thing. Please don’t take me wrong I did rebel many times! And if you ask my...

Julia Martinez
Feb 16, 20201 min read
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Weight loss
As promised, this post follows on my previous post about weight. Weight loss can be intentional, as when we diet, or unintentional as...

Julia Martinez
Feb 10, 20201 min read
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Weight gain
Today I would like to touch a subject of weight gain according to psychosomatics. If you look at your family tree, you could notice your...

Julia Martinez
Feb 2, 20202 min read
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Psychosomatic method
There is a lot of scientific evidence suggesting there is a clear connection between our mind and body, which can manifest in the form of...

Julia Martinez
Jan 30, 20202 min read
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One life, live it up
Today I woke up, made Russian version of pancakes for four children! While I was cooking and listening to music and a song came up. “One...

Julia Martinez
Jan 19, 20201 min read
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About therapy
About ten years ago, I had a crisis with settling in a new country, friendship, identity and my marriage had problems. I was anxious and...

Julia Martinez
Jan 11, 20202 min read
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Anxiety, part 2
Recently the term anxiety has become a synonym for anxiety disorder, a constant and unpleasant worry of dreadful unreal events in the...

Julia Martinez
Jan 9, 20201 min read
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Anxiety Part 1
has been part of life since the early days of humanity. Some even argue that animals, especially domestic animals, also experience...

Julia Martinez
Jan 5, 20201 min read
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas lovely crowd! This year has been a difficult one for me but super exciting. Something simple (maybe even cliche) that I...

Julia Martinez
Dec 30, 20191 min read
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Overheard conversation
Today I overheard a conversation of my two little men. They were talking about being in love! The older one was focusing more on facts...

Julia Martinez
Dec 20, 20191 min read
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How well do you know yourself?
I mean the "true you", not the image that your parents created, not the mask that you put on in front of your colleagues, not the role...

Julia Martinez
Dec 9, 20192 min read
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Highly sensitive people
I am reading a fantastic book "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elain N.Aron, PhD. One of the main characteristics of a highly sensitive...

Julia Martinez
Nov 27, 20191 min read
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Liberation
This weekend I experienced something completely new and daunting. In the study, we finished the Psychodynamic approach with practising...

Julia Martinez
Nov 17, 20192 min read
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