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...
Strategies that don’t work when you’re triggered and what to try instead
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...
7 Common Blocks that Keep You Stuck
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...
What worry and guilt really mean and an exercise to support yourself
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...
What fear of judgement actually is
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...
Are you decision fatigued?
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...
Feeling stuck? This can help
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...
5 strategies that will help you when everything is “a bit full on”
"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......
What helps me when I’m at a tipping point
I think right now everyone feels at tipping point and I get it. There is so much going on. You don’t need me to list it out.I am not immune to what’s going on right now.Here’s some things that are helping me:Allowing myself to feel all my feelings - feeling into them,...