Are you looking forward to Christmas or does even the thought of it make you feel anxious and stressed? Christmas is meant to be a happy time, yet worries about money and getting ‘everything’ done or pressure to attend social events and heightened family expectations can all create a tremendous feeling of anxiety and stress. […]
Sometimes, no matter how much we want to stop a negative habit, willpower alone is not enough. We may be fully aware of the undesirable or harmful effects of our repetitive behaviour and tell ourselves that we really should ‘stop’, but before we know it we’ve done it again. The following case study shows how […]
As next month is ‘Stoptober’, the 28-day national stop smoking challenge, it seems a good time to write a blog on smoking and how hypnotherapy can help you to quit. If you have tried to give up smoking you probably know all the reasons that you should stop, but something just keeps making you continue. […]
More and more of my clients want to know how mindfulness can help to break the cycle of anxiety, stress and unhappiness. In recent years the media has been abuzz with talk about mindfulness and this month’s annual Mental Health Awareness Week is focusing entirely on the benefits of mindfulness. So what exactly is mindfulness […]
During the autumn masses of migrating birds begin their journey south, flying off to the warmer climes of Africa. Have you ever wondered how these birds find their way across thousands of miles, returning to the same destination year after year? Sometimes, due to strong winds or bad weather, the birds are blown off course […]