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I’m the no nonsense anxiety resolving therapist. I use hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and practical tips

12/11/2025

True story / top tip time (this is actually a kind of follow on from last week - using one of the tips and a couple of others. Maybe you can spot the additional ones?)

It's taken from my personal blog, which you're welcome to follow along too :)

10/11/2025

Finding yourself cleaning when you're stressed?

Your mind has discovered that creating order in one area can create calm in another.

Quite resourceful, really.

07/11/2025

Did you know this?

You have two brains—one in your head and a network of neurons in your gut.

Your ‘gut brain’ explains why stress can cause stomach issues and why you get genuine ‘gut feelings’ about people and situations.

Trust your instincts—they're neurologically real!

05/11/2025

True story / top tip time:

A few weeks ago, my eight year old niece stayed for the weekend. We came in from a walk and she noticed quite a large spider sitting in our porch, just above the front door. She asked me to put it outside because she didn’t like it.

It turned out she didn’t like it - or any other spiders - because they ‘looked at her funny’.

‘Well of course it’s looking at you funny’ I told her. ‘It’s trying to work out why you only have four legs!’

She got confused. ‘I have two legs though’ (Top tip: Confusion acts as a way to interrupt the spiral of - in this case - ‘scary spider’ thoughts)

‘That spider only has legs, and as far as he is concerned you have four of the things which he sees as legs. And he canNOT work out how you do all the things you manage, with only half of what he has…’

My niece started laughing. (Top tip: Extremes of emotion are great opportunities to make a suggestion that will stick, so I carried on:)

‘Spiders are actually rather lovely. He’s just sitting there looking after the house for us while we’re out and…ooh, what shall we call him?’

And so Henry was named. And each time we left the house over the weekend my niece said hi and asked Henry to look after everything while we were out. And Henry - lovely spider that he is - obliged, all the while, slightly confused by our four legs 😉

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(Note: This picture is how I imagine Henrys confused face looked if he had human form, because by the very nature of this page, people might be here who are phobic about spiders and I don’t want to cause them problems.

For them (you?) , reframing their view on spiders won’t work in the way it did for my niece, but a simple hypnotic process called ‘the Rewind’ will. Give me a shout if you have a Henry phobia and we can fix that in just one session 🙂)

03/11/2025

Finding yourself humming while doing mundane tasks?

Your brain has figured out how to make boring things more pleasant.

How could you ultilise this knowledge…?

31/10/2025

Here's a curious thing: your brain can't actually multitask.

What feels like doing several things at once is really rapid task-switching.

Each switch uses mental energy, which is why juggling multiple tasks can leave you feeling drained even when nothing was particularly difficult.

29/10/2025

She'd had the library book for weeks beyond its due date, kept meaning to return it but somehow never quite getting around to it. The fine was mounting, which made her feel guilty, which made her avoid the library, which made the fine mount higher. A proper vicious circle.

Finally, embarrassed but determined, she walked in with the book and her wallet ready.

The librarian scanned it and smiled. "Ah, this one. Did you enjoy it?"

"I... yes, actually. Sorry it's so late."

"These things happen. That'll be £3.20 for the fine."

She paid, expecting judgment, but the librarian just processed it cheerfully and handed her a receipt. "Anything else I can help you with today?"

That was it. No lecture, no shame, just a simple transaction.

She'd been carrying anxiety about this for weeks, building it up in her mind into something much bigger than it actually was.

Walking to the fiction section, she realised she'd been avoiding the library—which she loved—because of a problem that took thirty seconds and £3.20 to resolve.

Sometimes we avoid things not because they're actually difficult, but because we've built them up into something enormous in our minds. And isn't it curious how often the thing we're dreading turns out to be much simpler than our anxiety suggested?

I wonder how soon you'll discover which of your mountains are actually molehills? 😉

27/10/2025

Feeling restless but can't pinpoint why?

Your inner wisdom might be nudging you toward something new.

Sometimes restlessness is just readiness in disguise.

24/10/2025

Ever wonder why some habits stick effortlessly while others feel like constant battles?

Your brain creates neural pathways like well-worn paths through a field. The more you repeat something, the more automatic it becomes.

Consistency literally rewires your brain.

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