Often the issue is you don’t actually understand the insane conditions you’re under. It's normalised by society. In amongst the ‘what to expect when you’re expecting’…. You’re not given a book that says ‘what to expect when you’re parenting in insane conditions’. ...
It’s crazy season. Here’s a question.If you weren’t…. Stressed/anxious/overwhelmed (delete as appropriate)… what would you be?It’s very easy when you’re feeling a certain way for the brain to tag a feeling then embody that feeling.If you believe right now you should...
How many times have you read if you feel rage or upset - walk out the room, breathe and come back again? Has it worked for you? I’m sure 80-90% of the time it HASN’T worked. Because what’s happened in that situation is the thing that’s activating you - it’s still...
Hope you’re well and staying warm. I want to share some thoughts on what stops people from changing. We live in times where we have access to so much free or low cost information. You can literally teach yourself ANYTHING between youtube, podcasts, books, online...
I’ve lost count of the number of times over the years that I’ve had sessions with clients or people that I’ve spoken to who have expressed guilt or worry for something or other. Such as guilt or worry for: Not enjoying motherhood or working when your kids are in...
One of the things I teach in my anxiety programme, SOAR, is understanding anxiety and why you get anxious. Whilst understanding anxiety doesn’t necessarily stop it fully, being educated about anxiety can help to drastically reduce it. Ultimately the reason that you...
Before I went way on holiday for half term, I got a couple of requests for some exciting projects (details I’ll share soon).I realised a couple of things… the first was that I was close to reaching my capacity in terms of what I could manage (if you want free training...
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...
"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......