In the last week I’ve spoken to and come across so many people who are really struggling with everything they are feeling and experiencing. I’ve had so many emails about trauma, anxiety and how it’s impacting you and your life. Often you might feel broken, unfixable, that nothing might work. In fact, most of my …
What if, what you’re feeling is a sane reaction to an insane situation? Read More »
When I first trained, I remember putting myself out there as a “positive” mindset coach. I completely cringe at the thought of this now because I’ve grown so much since then and realised how awful it is to ‘flip the script’. When I was pregnant 4 years ago, I remember being so anxious about …
I was working with a client today and what came up in her session was this feeling of being stuck. This comes up a lot with my clients – this feeling of being hopeless and stuck and being unable to see a solution. The more you stay stuck, the bigger and harder it becomes to …
“It’s all a bit full-on, isn’t it” – this came in today from my supervisor and it hit the nail on the head. Here are 5 strategies that might help you today – right now – or tomorrow – or the next day or next week…. whenever you feel like you can actually face it… …
5 strategies that will help you when everything is “a bit full on” Read More »
Today’s been tough. I can feel all sorts of catastrophic thinking today about various things. I understand why I feel that way. I honour all the feelings I have. My head, however, being full of thoughts isn’t helpful for me nor anyone else. It makes me cranky to be around, unable to be present …
I remember my first paying client so well. I’d just finished all my accreditation. It was May 2016. She came to me for anxiety. I was probably fairly naive in thinking I could help anyone with anxiety and brimming with that new practitioner eagerness to get out there and do the work. I’d been …
What I didn’t know about the link between trauma and anxiety Read More »
I am loving hiding right now in my study writing this email and actually wondering why I’m not seeking more sanctuary up here. This actually feels more like a holiday I think than packing to go camping. Honestly, summer 2021 was not as I intended. I was meant to be going to my …
It’s not the situation you’re in – it’s your perception of it Read More »
Have any of you seen Loki? As a mum to three pre-teens, Loki/any Marvel production is a must so it’s been the latest series we’ve watched together. A very quick and over simplified summary – basically events happens which creates new variants of Loki (a marvel character) on different timelines and they then create …
Think you cannot do something because “it’s just not who you are”? Think again. Read More »
On Friday my husband announced to all the kids – Mum’s right – we should all be journalling (he read a Harvard study). No shit batman. One of my favourite books is Atomic Habits by James Clear (he does a brilliant regular weekly email which you should sign up for to). His approach is …
I got a message this week; “having suffered with anxiety for years on and off and even taken meds, can I ever get rid of it?”. It’s stuck in my head a bit this message. I don’t like the message that you can get rid of anxiety or never having anxiety. Anxiety is present when …
