Matt is an award winning journalist and a fully certified therapist helping bring the world's best mental health, to anyone and everyone.
Boundaries are everywhere. They turn up in our politics, in our sports, and of course, it's a top trending topic on social media. But they make us feel weird. We don’t like it when they’re imposed on us, we’re uncomfortable about having to impose them
That’s an odd opening question, isn’t it? But it turns out, belonging is one of those topics that touches all parts of our lives, but yet it’s a word that never really turns up in those conversations. I’m talking about things like loneliness, why everyone finds
According to my newsletter analytics, many of you lovely, caring, thoughtful readers are in or around the midpoint of life. That is, you’re probably somewhere between the ages of 40-60. I know I certainly am. As a result, you are a prime candidate for a mid-life crisis: that existential
Imposter Syndrome, it’s everywhere. It’s in our schools, our colleges, our workplaces, and even in our relationships. In a review of 62 studies on the subject, wherever we looked, between 56-82% of people say they had it or are currently experiencing it. And it’s not just us
We’re not very happy at work at the moment. Employers don’t trust employees, and job happiness is at an all-time low. Zoom out a little further and trust in institutions, and their leaders have stubbornly sat at historic lows. In summary, there is a growing gulf between those
Does it? Does having a pit full of cash make us sad? For many of us seeing this headline, it may sound completely counter-intuitive, considering the cost-of-living crisis that is currently hammering people’s lives. Why would having financial security be a bad thing? It isn’t, my pedigree chums.
In today’s polarised, angry, annoyed, frustrated world, there is one thing that unites us. And no, it’s not the sense of glee we see when bullies get their comeuppance, or when you find money in your jeans after not wearing them for a while - although they are
Happy New Year, Brinkers! How are those New Year’s Resolutions going? Still holding strong, or are you beginning to look at them like that guy who gets on the train and starts singing at the top of his voice like it’s completely normal? Yep, our 2023 selves have
It’s Christmas. That means digging out those traditions and rituals that for most of the year live in a bin bag in your attic. Rituals like fighting your way across the country to be with parents, or deliberately isolating ourselves to avoid the usual meltdown that happens around the
Anxiety is everywhere. According to pretty much every statistic measuring anxiety, there has been a steady increase in people feeling a sense of dread or fear about their lives. And it’s global. It’s believed around 4% of the global population currently experience an anxiety disorder - more than
Continuing on the themes I’ve been exploring over the last two weeks. If you’ve missed them you can find part 1 and part 2 here. What’s the theme? Oh, how we find meaning and make sense of this dysfunctional world of ours. Now traditionally, when the world
These are tough times. Come to think of it, I said the same thing three years ago during the depths of Covid, when I first started writing about mental health. And look at us now! We fell out of the pandemic frying pan and into the existential fire of war