A while ago I took on a challenge I saw on Facebook. Every day I had to list three things I was grateful for. If I did this for 21 days I would rewire my brain for happiness. It seemed like a bargain. Very little effort – I mean, how hard could it be? And …
A question I ask clients when they come for their first hypnotherapy session is “Have you ever been hypnotised before?”. If, as is usual, they haven’t, I go on to explore their ideas of what it might feel like. Because many people have a very inaccurate perception of what hypnosis feels like. A lot of …
Are you scared of cats? A surprising number of people are. When my brother was a child he was scratched badly by a cat after he pulled its tail. You might think it served him right, and maybe it did. He didn’t suffer any lasting harm and grew up to be quite happy around cats, …
It’s all very well for me to keep telling you how I can help you overcome your fear, but what if you’re scared to come and see me? You really want help but you don’t know what to expect. Just reaching out and asking for help can seem like the scariest thing in the …
It’s the time when we think about making New Year’s resolutions. I don’t know about you but over the years I’ve vowed to :- cut down on alcohol stop eating junk food reduce my sugar intake exercise more take up yoga learn to play the piano stop procrastinating. And that’s just the things I …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – unless you’re scared of Santa Claus! And that particular fear isn’t as rare as you might think. Because while adults are all aware that the man with the bag is a kindly benevolent old soul, to a surprising number of children he’s distinctly scary. And that’s …
Are you getting enough? I mean sleep of course! We’re told throughout our lives that everything seems better after a good night’s rest. That might not be entirely true, but everything certainly seems worse when you’re exhausted. So it really is important to make sure you get enough sleep. But how much is enough? …
We all have that perfect Christmas image, don’t we? It’s probably something like this. The Dream Gran and Grandad snoozing in front of the fire, stomachs replete with an excellent lunch. Mum and Dad sitting hand-in-hand watching a blockbuster movie on the TV. Kids happily playing with their Christmas toys. And the dog looking photogenically …
Do you think your fear is weird? Are you worried that I might not take you seriously because the thing you’re scared of is just too strange? Don’t be. People really can be scared of anything. I’m scared of peas! Watch this video to hear me talk about it. And there’s a whole world …
We all have our fears. For some it may be spiders, for others heights, and for yet others clowns can be terrifying. Most of the time we can keep our fears under control, but sometimes they turn into phobias. A phobia is much stronger than a fear – it can be totally paralysing. 10 …