Perhaps not for the first time, there is a leadership crisis in the world today.  Global events have left companies across the globe reeling.  How can CEOs adapt to such a fast evolving and volatile world? At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month,...

I was invited recently to present to a global corporate board on the challenges facing its senior leaders. The date of the meeting marked eleven years since my departure as CEO from the company I co-founded several years earlier.  What begun in a London Starbucks...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Well, that’s what the song says which gave Andy Williams a smash hit in 1963. It seems we’ve been singing it ever since.  It’s become part of our holiday DNA.  Thou shalt have a merry Christmas and it will be the most...

We are at an existential crossroads, individually and collectively. What does it take to live a good life?

This week, the popular British actor Tom Holland announced he is taking a break from social media for the sake of his mental health. The Spider-Man actor described Instagram and Twitter as overstimulating and overwhelming. As a psychotherapist, I have witnessed...

Published in Monaco Life As we mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, I am reminded that men have a crucial role to play in creating a gender equal world.  I am one of them.  I want to speak up and I hope it will encourage other men to do the same. My Leadership...

Riviera Wellbeing has added two new therapists to its team.  Therapy is now available to individuals and couples in English, Italian and French speaking languages. "This is the next step in our evolution" said the founder of Riviera Wellbeing, Gavin Sharpe.  "Plans...

 The Wellbeing Window features at 09:00 on the first Wednesday of the month at 09:00 (CET) on The Full English Breakfast Show.

The world watched aghast this week as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson blundered a crucial speech to the CBI.  As if mixing up his papers in the glare of the world’s press was not enough, what appeared to happen next was excruciating to watch.  The...

Has the pandemic changed the way we cheat? Are we having more affairs?

Riviera Radio has entered into an exciting new collaboration with U.K. psychotherapist and founder of Riviera Wellbeing, Gavin Sharpe. As part of the new format, listeners will be invited to write to the Full English Breakfast Show in advance of its airing hear their questions answered live on air. The first show airs on March 3rd, 2021 and will follow on the first Wednesday of every month.

As a psychotherapist to clients in Monaco and around the world, here’s my take on the psychological impact of the pandemic and a handful of seasonal, survival tips. 

Most men would rather pluck out their eyebrows. Even the gays don’t like the idea. They are not very manly!

What can Covid-19 teach us about managing financial anxiety? How do you relate to money? Understanding that is the key to managing our financial stress.

A discussion about the perils of addiction. Can we be addicted to anything? How do we help an addicted loved one? How does addiction therapy work?

As a psychotherapist, I am awarded a privileged and unique insight into other people’s lives.  Please don’t be fooled that we are all conquering new heights while confined in our homes.  It’s just not the case.  In fact the popular mantra that the virus has been sent to us so that we can save ourselves and the planet has left many of us feeling inadequate. 

When we walked down the aisle full of hope and gushing with emotion delivering our forever vows, we probably didn’t include: “I promise to love you even when confined to a small space 24 hours a day in a lockdown caused by a global pandemic.” Full marks if you did...

As the coronavirus increases its grip on many of us and several cities and towns across the globe collapse into lockdown like a pack of dominos, many of us are waking up to a world of social distancing, quarantines and self-isolation. We have at least one major...

In November 2019, Gavin appeared as a guest on The Full English Breakfast Show on 106.5 Riviera Radio. In this interview, Gavin answers questions from listeners and talks about love, relationships, addictions… and Donald Trump!

It feels good making someone happy. But what happens when making others happy becomes a full-time job? What happens when the need for approval from others overtakes our own needs? The answer is that it becomes a disease.

UK psychotherapist Gavin Sharpe discusses the impact on children who discover pornography online and the effect on adolescent boys and girls respectively.

How was your childhood? As a psychotherapist, this is one of the first questions I ask every new client. You might be surprised by the answer. In this article Gavin Sharpe discusses the impact that our childhood has on our adult lives and how we often falsely recall our childhood memories.

In this podcast, Gavin Sharpe talks with entrepreneur Antonia Beau-Brown about relationships and life and how to get support in the Riviera.

Gavin appeared on Blog Talk Radio in the U.S. to discuss the role that denial plays in addiction, and specifically in sex addiction.

Harvey Weinstein’s wife, Georgina Chapman, has broken her silence with an interview in Vogue. She does not wish to be viewed as a victim. She has described herself as “naive” and “broken”. She never had any idea what was going on.

The #MeToo movement has a new advocate: Monica Lewinsky. In an interview with Vanity Fair this month, the former intern who had an affair with sitting President Bill Clinton has written about her PTSD, and the need for trauma therapy to enable victims of sexual harassment to survive and recover.

This week, Anne Robinson expressed “despair” with “modern women” who remain silent over incidents of sexual harassment. She deemed women today as “fragile.” It appears we just don’t make women the way we used to. Her solution is that women should not tolerate it.

As a psychotherapist, I treat clients suffering from sex addiction(yes, it is real) – and I’ve been approached a few times by people asking my opinion on Harvey Weinstein, who has of course claimed to be suffering from the same thing.