Tips and coping strategies from week 3 of the Addiction Recovery workshop with therapist Nicki Line. Boundaries can be identified in each of the following areas: Physical : What are your boundaries around physical contact? Psychological: What are your boundaries around topics of conversation, personal information being shared, subject matter and things of that nature? Emotional: […]
Tips and coping strategies from week 2 of the Addiction Recovery workshop with therapist Nicki Line. Quarantine If you are having to stay home during this time, the isolation and idleness can be a trigger for mental health problems. Here are some ideas of emotion focused coping activities you can engage in during this time […]
Tips and coping strategies from week 1 of the Addiction Recovery workshop with therapist Nicki Line. Codependency: The Drama Triangle Victim; The stance of the victim is “poor me”. Victims see themselves as victimized or powerless. They can deny responsibility for their negative circumstances and deny possession of the power to change those circumstances. […]
Streamate and Pineapple Support to host a three day wellness event to help alleviate stress and anxiety caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The event held on 18-20th of May, offers anyone in the industry the opportunity to schedule a free, 30 minute, one-on-one guided meditation session with Pineapple Support therapist, Ingrid d’Aquin. During the consultations […]
Pineapple Support is launching an art competition with TeamSkeet to highlight how art and other mindful activities can help to reduce stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. The competition calls for anyone in the industry to create any form of art — featuring pineapples — before May 31. The winner will be chosen by […]
As the lockdown continues, our anxiety levels are starting to rise, and it is all too easy to ease those feelings by snacking on comfort foods, but emotional eating can be detrimental to both your physical and mental health. These uncertain times are scary and I am certainly not saying that now is a good […]
After 5 years of living in Spain, during lockdown I have decided it is about time I learned Spanish. So, Rosetta Stone has been downloaded and over the past 4.5 weeks I have managed to take three classes. Not impressive in the slightest, but I am not beating myself up about it. Why? Because 1) […]
As you would expect, the team here at Pineapple Support have been promoting ways to keep your mind healthy during Covid-19 isolation and lockdown. For example Maintaining a routine, keeping the mind active, continuing regular therapy. Maintaining some normalcy is incredibly important in caring for your mental health. And good mental health promotes good physical […]
In order to keep our minds healthy during isolation, it is important to keep them active. This doesn’t necessarily mean learning something new or doing math puzzles, unless that is what interests you. The important thing is to positively entertain your brain. For those under 40 and particularly those in the adult industry, mobile phones […]
You’re stuck at home, all your usual hangouts are closed, you can’t do the day to day activities you would usually be doing. It’s all too easy to say “fuck it” and stay in bed, sloth around the house eating random combinations of whatever is in the cupboard and watching crappy TV. Having a day […]
