Yes it may have been a while since you last took a good look at yourself … but I wonder why that is? Looking at ourselves can be scary and there’s always the risk that we might end up feeling totally demoralised … however, when you take a good look at yourself it can […]
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Back to basics Would you buy a house if the foundations were not good? Or buy table with only two legs? No I’m sure you wouldn’t! However, when we fail to pay attention to our own basic needs we struggle and sometimes we fall down. Given the challenges and uncertainty that the world is facing […]
Confidence is a pattern but let me explain … as a young child I used to love playing with my best friend’s Kaleidoscope and was entranced by how the patterns changed just by me turning the end ever-so-slightly; diamond shapes would change colour or become different shapes entirely and it all seemed like magic to […]
So since I last wrote my blog quite a lot has changed. We have been faced with the realities of a pandemic which changed life for every one of us. Some of those changes have given many of us the chance to spend more time with our families, time to think about our lives and […]
Hi I hope you are staying well. As we now find ourselves with glimmers of forward movement in terms of being able to return to some forms of ‘normal’ life, I wonder what we can learn from these recent months of lockdown. I have recently been asking clients what they think they have learnt from […]
I guess we are all struggling with the development of the Covid-19 challenge. Some of us will find the loss of our normal routine hard to accept and adapt to. Some of us will struggle with the lack of certainty; many of us are facing financial uncertainty as well as anxiety over our own health […]
I’m sure like me you’ve had days when everything seemed to be stressful. I recently had one such day and within the course of 4 hours had gone from being a calm, rational person to a torrent of exasperation and frustration. A banking ‘glitch’ resulted in none of my standing orders being paid on time […]
Anxiety is no fun Nearly everyone has suffered from some form of anxiety can suffer from anxiety but it is no fun and can stop us enjoying life. Anxiety can bring with it a whole range of symptoms from the physical to the psychological; some of these symptoms are made worse if they are visible […]
Most of my clients come to see me for help with anxiety – because that’s what I specialise in. Sometimes they have experienced severe physical symptoms of anxiety which have become unbearable over time; blushing, sweating, IBS, insomnia, a racing heartbeat, lack of concentration etc can all be overwhelming. Often they have been avoiding certain […]