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Anxiety and Cognitive Hypnotherapy

People often come to me for help and as they walk into my room they say the words, " I know I have to live with my Anxiety, but ....." It's a belief that many ...
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Moving Forward in Life

Moving from where you are now, taking a chance on moving forward to new adventures, new shores, can feel scary. Often the leap seems too vast, too difficult, something that other people do, not us. ...

Exam Failure

If you are reading this post then the chances are that you have experienced exam failure and your world has or might be about to collapse around your feet... The word 'failure' is a horrible ...
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12 Tips for Surviving Christmas.

12 Tips for Surviving Christmas Christmas has different meaning for each of us. For some it’s a time of joy, fun and general happy celebration. For others it can be stressful, anxiety-ridden and more of ...

How Does Anxiety Feel?

Who Suffers From Anxiety? The clients  who come to see me are normal people, just like anybody else. And yet so many of them are suffering from an invisible condition, a condition that they fight ...
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Perfection

Perfection Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. One person's perfection is another person's "I'm not good enough." Its all subjective and, ultimately, a movable feast. In my work as a therapist I am ...
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Support

I heard a ping tonight and a message of support came through on my phone. A friend had thought I seemed sad today and she had decided to contact me, just to see if I ...
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Confidence

Confidence is something that comes and goes in my life. In certain situations, with certain people I am like a blonde Dawn French - loud, funny and prone to the occasional dance on a table. ...
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Positivity.

Positivity is not something that everyone has. When faced with a challenge, or a dilemma, some people's first reaction is "I can't do that!" For example, when I wrote a post about Relaxation and how ...
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Relaxation.

Relaxation & Mental Health First Aid Relaxation, taking time to be kind to yourself, is a huge part of keeping mentally healthy. Not long ago I went on a Mental Health First Aid course. Its ...

Anxiety and How to Cope.

What is anxiety? When we say we are suffering from anxiety, what do we mean? How do we feel? For each of us the emotion will be different, but there are fundamental parts of the ...

Wherever you are…is the perfect place to begin.

Wherever you are is the perfect place to begin... I love that. I love the thought that you don't have to wait to be slimmer, older, more qualified...now is the time to take the first ...

Fellow Strugglers.

"We are all fellow strugglers..." said Trevor Silvester, on the first day of my Cognitive Hypnotherapy course at the Quest Institute. Its a phrase that has come to resonate with me over time. On that ...

Giving Time…

Busy, busy, busy... The world seems so busy these days... don't you think? We all rush from here to there, from there to here, working, striving, rushing...trying to reach that place where everything will be alright... ...

How and Why to Choose a Therapist.

Feeling Blue I felt rubbish at the weekend... You know those days when you just lose your mojo and end up moping about feeling sorry for yourself? Do you get those days? Well, I certainly ...

How to be Lucky.

Feeling Lucky I went for a run yesterday. I am not a natural runner, lacking somewhat in the lean, long legged department. However, I am determined. I am also lucky... Yesterday I was lucky because ...
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How to make your own “Confidence Button”.

How to set an anchor... or create a magic time portal to your emotions. Confidence is an elusive thing..... I was ironing a shirt a year or so ago. An unusual occurrence itself in my house. I hate ironing. The ...