Understandably we are all looking for ways that we can make change as quickly and effectively as possible. Unfortunately, that inner need to get “instant results” can often be the one thing that slows or even blocks us from achieving the best outcomes and experiences we are looking for. This is linked with our nervous […]
Category: worry
Why you can’t clear your old traumas and how you can!
So you would like to do some work on life traumas that have blighted your past, release them and get back to enjoying your life in the ways you would like to. But when you think about it you realize that you probably can’t remember all the traumas you have experienced. And then you realize […]
Want to be happy? You need to know about these brain chemicals
The 4 brain chemicals that will help you feel happy. To have a “feel good experience” we need to trigger our “feel good” brain chemicals. Being able to recognise them when triggered within our body helps us develop and strengthen them, encouraging the good feelings we would like to experience in our lives. The four […]
Are you filled with self-doubt about your own abilities?
Do you sometimes feel like a fraud? Do you “talk yourself down? Then you may be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. Google apparently has 5 million articles on this very subject but for me, the most important question when dealing with emotional and mental issues is how can we help resolve them whilst putting in place […]
Letting go of anger
Most of us have heard of Fight, Flight, or Freeze. This is our primal response that automatically kicks in whenever we sense danger. This part of our autonomic (automatic) nervous system will always strive to keep us safe if we feel threatened in any situation. It’s job is to keep us alive and to respond, […]
What is an ACE score and what it can tell you about your health and stress levels
A.C.E. stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences and is used as a guide to the chances of developing a chronic disease or mental disorder later in life. Growing up one may have experienced psychological or physical trauma in the family or elsewhere but there are also traumas such as hospital visits, accidents, operations, and losing a […]
Quickly quieten your mind and relax your body
There are many studies that scientifically show that repeating a single word to yourself helps quieten the mind and relax the body. Of course, this has been going on for thousands of years and the practice is called meditation. We often imagine that meditation is a difficult thing to do requiring hours and years of […]
Anger is stress for ourselves and everyone around us
Let’s make this simple. Anger is an unconscious sense of insecurity that we have probably learned from experiences when we were young and from life’s disappointments. There are 3 words I write on virtually all my client’s notes at the start of the first session. “Am I Safe?” In my experience, these three words cover […]
How you can Release Yourself from OCD
A large part of our lives is taken up with “keeping ourselves safe” which is a primal response. A primal response that is hardwired into our physiology and thinking from the times we lived in the jungle. We are still operating from our “jungle brain” and the primary job of this part of our nervous […]
Are you spiralling into a continuous state of stress and anxiety?
And what can you do about it? Our brains are still running on the primal circuits and neural pathways that belong to the jungle. But the jungle is not a very safe place. However we are still in a jungle but in a different jungle. A jungle that can feel just as scary as the […]
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