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Samuel Eddy, MSc Psychology, B Bus
Sam helps clients recovery from anxiety and related disorders including panic, OCD, GAD, and agoraphobia.

Based on his Anxiety Cure Videos series on YouTube, Sam offers individual coaching and group masterclasses. Open Change Workplace Wellbeing & Burnout Prevention Education. Samuel is a professional workplace Educator, Neuroplasticity Practioner and creator of the Stress Temperature workplace wellbeing model. He educates workplaces and coaches individuals to reduce stress, prevent burnout and boost wellbeing through his unique models, personal experience of burnout and the principles of Neuroplasticity. After an extensive corporate leadership career, Samuel completed a Master of Science, Psychology and is a certified Mental Health First Aider. Clients include ANZ, Westpac, RACGP, Asahi, KPMG, Deakin University, Mitchell Shire Council and Australian Nurse & Midwife Federation (ANMF)

27/02/2026

Bad sleep doesn't start at night. It starts in the morning.

When you rush through your day, skip your breaks, and never deal with the stress building up in your mind... your nervous system stays switched ON.

And then you wonder why you can't fall asleep. 😔

Here's what actually helps:

✅ Exercise... even a short walk burns off excess adrenaline

✅ 10 minutes of mindfulness... it genuinely resets your nervous system

These aren't just "wellness tips." They're the foundation of sleep success... and they work because they address the root cause, not just the symptoms.

Have you ever noticed that your busiest, most stressful days lead to your worst nights of sleep?

Watch the full series in our bio to learn how to sleep better from the moment you wake up.

23/02/2026

"If only I didn't have that one symptom… then I'd be okay."

We've all been there. Bargaining with anxiety. Thinking that one specific thing... the intrusive thoughts, the chest tightness, the dizziness... is the reason we can't fully recover.

But here's the truth nobody talks about:

If that symptom disappeared tomorrow, anxiety would hand you a new one.

Because it's not about the symptom. It's about the approach.

Real recovery means learning how to respond to all anxiety symptoms the same way... with calm, not fear. With curiosity, not avoidance.

Anxiety is ultimately a bluff. And the moment you stop negotiating with it symptom by symptom... that's when everything starts to shift.

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "if only THIS symptom would go away"? Drop it in the comments 👇

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio.

20/02/2026

What if your thoughts aren't actually the problem?

Claire Weekes had a radical insight: it's not the thought making you scared... it's the adrenaline.

Think about it. Someone without a sensitized nervous system can have the exact same thought... "what if something's wrong with my heart?" ... and feel absolutely nothing. No spiral. No panic.

The difference isn't the thought. It's the body's reaction to it.

So when anxiety hits, you don't need to argue with your thoughts or make them go away. You just need to let the adrenaline surge… and pass. Go loose. Don't get involved.

That's where real recovery begins.

Have you ever noticed the same thought hits different depending on how your body feels?
Watch the full anxiety recovery playlist... link in bio.

18/02/2026

Here's something your anxious brain needs to hear right now: Your anxiety attack will always end.
Not sometimes. Not maybe. Always.

Here's why: during an anxiety attack, your body releases a surge of adrenaline and cortisol. It feels overwhelming... your heart races, your mind spirals, and everything feels threatening.

But your body can't keep that up forever. It physically runs out of fuel.

You've survived every single anxiety attack you've ever had. That's a 100% track record.

The less you resist it, the faster it passes. Fighting it only adds more adrenaline to the fire. But when you allow it... when you stop wrestling with the feeling... it loses its grip.

Anxiety is a bluff. And now you know how to call it.

Have you ever felt that relief on the other side of an anxiety attack? Drop a 💙 below.

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio to learn how to navigate these moments step by step.

16/02/2026

Stop trying to think your way out of anxiety. It doesn't work. Here's why:

When you're in an anxious state, you've already lost perspective. Your mind is stuck in the trigger... the obsession, the fear, the "what if" scenarios. The more you try to rationalize or think through it, the more fuel you add to the fire.

Here's what actually helps:

Recognize it. "I'm just anxious. That's all this is."

Turn to your body. Let your nervous system slow down.
Wait. Only when you're calm can you think clearly about what (if anything) needs to be done.

Anxiety isn't a thinking problem. It's a nervous system problem. And you can't logic your way out of it.
Have you ever noticed that overthinking makes your anxiety worse? You're not alone.

Watch the full anxiety cure series in our bio to learn how to break the cycle.

09/02/2026

Ever wonder if what you're feeling is stress… or anxiety?

Here's the difference:

✅ Stress = pressure or tension that's proportional to what you're facing. A work deadline, a difficult conversation, financial pressure... these create stress that matches the situation.

❌ Anxiety = when that stress response becomes disproportionate. The event might be over (or not even real), but your body won't turn off. The worry cycle keeps spinning. Your thoughts are dominated by "what if."

The key sign you've crossed from stress into anxiety?

You can't seem to turn the worry cycle off.

Your physical symptoms persist. You keep reacting the same way... even when the situation has passed. The mechanism is the same, but anxiety has taken control.

You're not overreacting. Your nervous system is just stuck in protection mode.

Have you ever noticed when your stress crossed over into anxiety?

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio to understand how to break the cycle.

06/02/2026

Your anxiety isn't random. It's pressure that's been building for years.

Think of it like a pressure cooker: life keeps turning up the heat... relationships, experiences, trauma, daily stress... and your nervous system absorbs it all. The pressure builds slowly, quietly, often before you even realize something's wrong.

Then one day? It overflows.

That unpleasant, unnerving feeling isn't weakness. It's your system saying "this is too much."
Watch the full anxiety-cure playlist in our bio to better understand your nervous system.lly... without trying to fix it all at once.

This metaphor changed how I understand anxiety. Has anything in your life been slowly building pressure without you noticing?

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio to understand your nervous system better.

04/02/2026

Here's why your worried thoughts feel so urgent and real:

It's not the thought itself... it's your nervous system.

When your body is under pressure, flooded with adrenaline, and stuck in hypervigilance mode, every thought that enters your mind gets magnified. The physical tension convinces you that the thought must matter. That it must be true. That it must be dealt with NOW.

But ask yourself this:

If you didn't have any physical symptoms... no racing heart, no tight chest, no nervous energy... would you take that same thought so seriously?

Probably not.

The worry cycle keeps spinning because we get involved. We add second fears. We go down the thought rabbit hole. We treat every anxious thought like it's an urgent truth instead of recognizing it's being amplified by our activated state.

Breaking the cycle starts with this awareness: just because a thought shows up in your mind doesn't mean you have to take it seriously.

Have you noticed how different your thoughts feel when your body is calm vs. when you're stressed?
Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio to understand how your nervous system shapes your reality.

02/02/2026

“I just want to be my old self again.”

It’s one of the most common thoughts after anxiety.
But what if your old self was already carrying silent stress… you just didn’t see it yet?

Anxiety often isn’t the beginning of the struggle...
it’s the moment awareness finally turns on.

Instead of asking how to go back, a better question is:
Who can I become now with this awareness?

Healing isn’t about reversing time.
It’s about evolving into someone calmer, stronger, and more self-aware than before.

Have you ever realized your “old normal” wasn’t actually healthy?

30/01/2026

Here's what most people get wrong about trauma and anxiety:

It's not the traumatic event itself that causes ongoing anxiety.

It's what happens when that trauma isn't processed.

Trauma is an extreme form of stress... and when you experience it, your body generates intense energy and emotion. That's normal. That's your survival response doing its job.

But here's the problem:

If you're not able to process and release that energy in the moment... or after... it stays trapped in your body. And that unprocessed trauma becomes the fuel for chronic anxiety.

Your nervous system stays on high alert.

Your body thinks the threat is still there.

And you're left in a constant state of tension, even when you're safe.

The good news? You don't have to dwell on or relive the trauma to heal from it. You just need to understand its impact... so you can finally make sense of your current state and take steps to release what's been stuck.

Have you ever realized that past experiences were keeping you anxious in the present?

Watch the full video to understand the trauma-anxiety connection and how to move forward.

28/01/2026

Most people don't actually know what's causing their stress.

They feel overwhelmed, anxious, burnt out... but they can't pinpoint why.

Here's the truth: until you understand the patterns and triggers behind your stress, you're stuck reacting instead of recovering.

Stress isn't always about what's happening right now. Sometimes it's:

→ A thought about the future that hasn't happened yet
→ Replaying something from the past over and over
→ Your body's fight-or-flight response kicking in when there's no real danger

And here's what makes it worse: those physical symptoms (tight chest, racing heart, tension) actually fuel more anxious thinking... creating a cycle that's hard to break.

But once you understand how this mechanism works? You're no longer at the mercy of stress. You can identify it, accept it, and take real steps to manage it.

Have you ever realized a pattern in your life that was silently fueling your stress?

Watch the full video to learn the 3 essential steps to reduce stress at its root.

→ Your body's fight-or-flight response kicks in when there's no real danger

26/01/2026

Struggling to fall asleep at night? The problem might not be your bedtime routine.

It's what you did all day.

When we rush through mornings, skip breaks, avoid movement, and let stress pile up... our nervous system never gets a chance to settle. By nighttime, our body is still running on high alert.

Sleep success doesn't begin when you close your eyes. It starts the moment you wake up.
Two simple shifts that make a massive difference:

Exercise during the day to burn off excess adrenaline and disconnect from mental stress
10 minutes of mindfulness meditation to calm both mind and nervous system.

When you take care of your nervous system during the day, falling asleep at night becomes natural... not a struggle.

Have you noticed how your daytime habits affect your sleep?

Watch the full video and anxiety cure playlist in our bio to transform your sleep from the inside out.

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Docklands, VIC

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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0401260545

Website

https://openchange.com.au/anxiety-coaching/, https://openchange.com.au/anxiety-tool-shop/

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Open Change Life & Executive Coaching When employees are healthy and happy there are enormous benefits for them and the business they work for. Healthy employees are more productive, they are more engaged in the jobs, they take less sick days and they work more effectively with customers.

In simple terms, if you are happy and healthy at work, you will do a better job, keep customers satisfied and enjoy what you do!

Open Change Corporate Wellbeing Programs

Open Change offers employers and organisations a workplace wellbeing program that focuses on improving employees mental health and overall wellbeing. The program is delivered in three distinct parts to enable effective change:

Awareness

Understanding

Change

Session 1: Awareness

Learn to identify workplace stress and common triggers

Maintaining health and wellbeing in our busy world can be difficult with the increased demands in our work and personal lives. When stresses of life increase our physical and mental health can suffer reducing our sense of wellbeing.

In the awareness session, I discuss how stress impacts our mental and physical wellbeing. I cover common mental health issues including anxiety and depression and explore common workplace triggers for stress and how we can become more aware of them.

I also cover traditional and alternative paths to wellness including how GP’s, psychologists and other therapist help people improve their mental health to demonstrate what seeking this help means in practice.

Session 2: Understanding

Learn how stress can affect our health and wellbeing

Once we become aware of our own mental health levels and the levels of those around us, we are able to deepen our understanding of wellness and wellbeing.

Using examples from our own personal and professional lives, this session will increase understanding of how stress can affect both our mental and physical health. We will then discuss simple and practical tools and strategies that are easy to implement and will help employees make positive change.

Session 3: Change

Make the changes for genuine, long-term wellbeing

When we become aware of and understand the keys to improved mental health and wellbeing, change is possible but this doesn’t mean it is easy. Many of us fail to make the changes we want in our life, even with the best intention.

In this session, we use real-life examples to learn why change is hard, the reasons people often revert to old ways of being, and learn tools to help us keep moving forward during setbacks in order to stay on track to improved mental health and wellbeing.

Coaching

I also offer individual and group coaching to employees who would benefit from ongoing support as they move towards improved levels of mental health and wellbeing in their personal and professional lives.