Gary Janit, Author at Prestwich Holistic Centre

7 March 20223 July 2022Healthy Living

Diet Mentality Doesn’t Work…But This Does!

Diet Mentality Doesn’t Work…But This Does! Where is your focus? Diet Mentality vs Health Mentality Unfortunately for many people who struggle with maintaining a healthy balanced weight, the focus is on dieting, losing weight & looking better. This can cause a lifetime of underlying dissatisfaction, anxiety, low mood and low self-esteem. Many people with this ‘Diet Mentality’, focus most of their attention on what they do not like about themselves, how much they weigh and view foods as either good or bad. They may also try and focus their goal on losing weight by dieting and trying Read More

6 March 202228 February 2022Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Management, Therapy

Don’t Give Up

Much can be learnt from Thomas Edison, whose birthday it is today… We learn about never giving up and that ‘failure’ is part of the normal journey towards success. Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was fired from his first two jobs for being “non-productive.” As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps!” Other famous people have also had difficult starts, overcome Read More

5 March 202210 July 2022Counselling, Couple Therapy

Valentine’s Day: A Happy or Sad Day? (Free Give-Away)

I hope Valentine’s Day is a happy day for you (& your partner or spouse if you are in a relationship)…but for many individuals and couples, it may not be. This is because…not everyone has a partner and even if you are in a relationship, it may not be as you wish it to be. A few thoughts: It is normal for relationships to go through stages. The ‘Honeymoon Phase’ rarely lasts more than six months to 3 years. After this most couples encounter the very painful ‘Power Struggle’ Phase where there may be more arguments, withdrawal, less fun and feeling less Read More

4 March 202210 July 2022Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Management

Do The Next Right Thing

We all go off track… I heard the following this week…” I worked so hard and was perfect on my eating plan and the scale is still up! This just isn’t worth it.” This is normal and part of every journey. A more helpful response is: “Even if I’ve adhered to my eating and exercise program, the scale won’t go down every week, let alone every day. Just keep doing what I’m doing- moving in the right direction towards good healthy choices as much as possible”. Especially regarding health, well-being and maintaining a healthy weight…it is Read More

3 March 202210 July 2022Mindfulness Meditation

Your Mind is Not Always Your Friend

We all struggle to some extent with our thinking minds. As a fellow human being, I also struggle with managing my thoughts. Perhaps you have noticed that your mind… thinks a lot about the future, with many ‘what if’s’ or worst-case scenario thoughts can be quite self-critical, noticing and commenting on any mistakes or errors may have many ‘shoulds’ and ‘musts’, putting pressure on oneself to do more and more dwells & ruminates on upsetting things from the past …and the list goes on and on… Ever noticed that your mind is not always your friend! The good news is that this is normal (surprisingly) and that Read More

2 March 202225 February 2022Healthy Living, Mindfulness Meditation

You Need To Do This Daily

So, what is this one thing you need to do daily to be able to stay on track and continuously move in the direction of health and well-being? It’s not what you think… It is BEING KIND TO YOURSELF! Not what you expected, right? Most of us are very hard on ourselves and tend to notice more about what we get wrong rather than what we get right. This brings us down and when feeling down, we will find it harder to do what is good, right & healthy. Give yourself a break! Regularly… How often? ALWAYS Give yourself credit Read More

1 March 202225 February 2022Counselling, Mindfulness Meditation

This is Real Listening!

It is real work to be a good listener. Most of us don’t know what true deep listening is about. It’s called Generative Listening. Just knowing what Generative Listening can give you a new perspective about what is possible in your life and relationships. There are Four Levels of Listening: Level 1: Habitual Listening where we are unable to hear anything that doesn’t agree with what we already think. We are trapped inside the world of our preconceived notions. Sometimes even on an unconscious level, we project the filter of our existing judgments. Level 2: Factual listening is based on observing the world around us. It is receiving information Read More

28 February 202225 February 2022Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Management

Make It Easy On Yourself And Defeat The Blues

It’s now the last week of February and I am hoping you don’t look and feel like the image above! Some people find this time of the year difficult in that some of the good New Years’ intentions are perhaps proving difficult to keep up. The following are a few tips to get back on track (or stay on track): 1. Go easy on yourself as it is normal to have ups and down’s on the journey forward. Being kind to oneself has been found to have tremendous benefits. 2. Give yourself credit for absolutely any achievements both big and small. 3. Beware of All-or-Nothing & Read More

27 February 202225 February 2022Counselling

Six & Nine are Equal!

This is one of my favourite activities I like to do with couples. I draw a large number ‘6’ (or ‘9’ depending on how you look at it!) on a piece of paper. I then hold it between the couple and ask them what they see…one says they see the number Six and the other sees a number Nine. ‘So who is right?’ I ask them. I tend to get smiles at this point and comments like, ‘very good’. Guess what…both can be right! That is the message…two people can both see the same thing but have a different perspective…and both be Read More

26 February 202210 July 2022Healthy Living

The word ‘Diet’ makes me sick

I really do hate dieting. Perhaps you also do? I really dislike the word ‘diet’ and I try not to use it as much as possible. Why? Because ‘diets’ have caused millions of good people like yourselves a lot of heartache & misery! You may be one of them? Are you? Diets tend not to work in the long term (as you may have personally discovered) and in actual fact can be blamed for weight gain, low self-esteem, sadness and many more negatives. How about the words, ‘Eating Plan for Life’…doesn’t that already sound better? Ahh, an eating Read More