There are seven common roots of anxiety and panic, which we’ll discuss, but Julia’s story highlights a very important eighth that you probably haven’t heard of before. It might even help you make sense of your own anxiety and panic and get to the bottom of why it’s happening…
One of your greatest powers is the power of imagination.
If you deal with anxiety and panic it’s likely you have an active imagination, but more often than not you’re thinking about the worst-case scenario. So, we need to make sure your imagination starts working for you rather than against you…
Having an unsupportive learning environment either at home or at school or having a few bad learning experiences can cause you to feel stress in all learning environments.
This can lead you to becoming an anxious adult learner and limit your performance and opportunities.
Learn 3 tips to help you feel relaxed and speed-up the learning process…
As part of my Counselling Degree, I had to do two professional placements. For one of them, I worked five weeks full-time at a psychiatric hospital, helping facilitate group work for patients with mood disorders – anxiety, depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
One of the things that struck me was the unconscious bias of the patients and some of the staff…
One of the first things I like to help clients do is change their perception of anxiety and panic.
We so often perceive anxiety and panic to be a thorn in our side and the bane of our existence. But the harsh judgment we have of anxiety and panic actually keeps it in our lives longer…
Healthy boundaries allow you to feel physically, mentally and emotionally safe. They also help you to stay in your power and be authentic in difficult circumstances at work and at home.
Equally as important, developing healthy boundaries also helps you to contain yourself so that you don’t offend, encroach or hurt others by crossing their boundaries…
If you feel anxious much of the time, you actually develop strong neural pathways and reactive habits that get programmed into your whole system – to the point that your body is ‘anxious on autopilot.’ This creates mental, emotional and physical imbalances.
Anxiety treatment with a holistic counselling approach aims to address the problematic symptoms AND the root causes so you can feel whole and get your life back…
In general, anxiety is a negative mood state characterised by bodily symptoms of physical tension and apprehensive thoughts about the future. Anxiety is associated with an overactive imagination and fear based on an inability to predict or control upcoming events.
Learn to differentiate anxiety from other mental health issues, the symptoms of anxiety and the causes of anxiety…
People who are capable of empathising are more likely to build rapport, develop trust and form closer bonds and deeper connections with other people.
Empathetic individuals often consider the feelings of others before they act or speak. This makes them more socially adept and better able to help relieve the suffering of others. It also allows them to be more open and accepting of others…
Conflict resolution is undoubtedly one of the most important life skills we need.
However, we generally don’t look forward to it because much of the time conflict is handled in a way that causes disconnection, resentment and mistrust.
So how can we deal with conflict that brings connection and intimacy, respects vulnerability, builds rapport and trust, and supports open, honest and authentic communication?…
