Open Skies Hypnotherapy

13/11/2025

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A little blog about the John Lewis Christmas Advert 🎁🎁

Like many others, I was looking forward to the John Lewis Christmas advert again this year. It has become as much of a tradition as turkey and tinsel, and the anticipation is akin to that feeling of barely contained excitement when Christmas Day has almost arrived. This year, once again, I cried as....

10/11/2025

Morning everyone!

Starting this month, I am going to be posting a monthly article aimed at children. This follows my recent work writing a column for a children's newspaper. Each month we will be focusing on a different topic.

For November the topic is life skills and the link to the article is here:

How can I get started with cleaning my room, helping at home or remembering to do my chores? What should I do if I feel overwhelmed by new responsibilities like looking after myself or my space? Growing up is not easy. As children, we are encouraged to think about what we would like to be […]

05/11/2025

Good morning everyone! I’m sorry I’ve been offline for a few days. I’ve been taking time to process all the lovely comments I’ve received about my children’s book.

That looks like it’s taking off and I’m super excited to get the message of You Are enough into schools and other settings where it is needed.

In the meantime, the cost of living continues to bite us all and so I’m offering, once again, my discounted therapy for a very limited time!!

I have some huge discounts available for block bookings so please drop a message if you would like to hear more 😊😊

30/10/2025

It's been a day! Just popping on to say thank you to everyone who came to my book launch at The Garage Norwich this afternoon! It was lovely to see you turn out to support me and my work and I hope everyone enjoyed the interview, which was conducted wonderfully by the amazing Rachel Hore. This book is my proudest and arguably my most important work to date. Please keep sharing it, keep recommending it, and above all keep its message close in your heart. We are all enough.

As a child I doubted myself, and as a writer I never thought I would be able to move in circles with eminent established authors - yet here I am! Sitting here today with Rachel made me feel so overwhelmed and grateful that finally I am being seen, my voice is being heard and people are connecting with my message.

Check out these wonderful reviews I also received a week ago at another event. My heart is so full right now. Thank you for everything x

23/10/2025

I am absolutely buzzing from delivering a presentation to a networking group this morning in this beautiful setting!

I spoke about my books, before moving on to the subject of people pleasing. It was an emotional presentation, which touched everyone in the room. After I had finished, they came to hug me and to cry. They came to tell me they could hear my passion and sincerity about what I do. And one lady came to tell me I’d made her understand some things she hadn’t understood before. She thanked me. It felt amazing.

Then another lady offered to help me get my children’s book, You Are Enough, into schools!!! I’m not going to lie, I jumped up and down. My inner child was excited as she always wanted to be a successful author.

Everyone loved my book and agreed it needs to be in schools and offered advice on how to make this happen.

I’m humbled, I’m grateful. I stand true to my core beliefs that drive me to deliver work like this. And every single day, I will continue to make a difference. No more words left, just pure gratitude.

23/10/2025

Morning! As I’ve had a few new followers to my page I thought I’d tell you something about me. I think it’s important that people get to know the person behind the page 😊

So, I’m Emma, I’m 46 and I do this job because I want to use my own past trauma to help others.

I was abandoned by my biological father at birth. I had a fractured relationship with my mother which turned into a non-existent relationship. I was bullied at school for 5 years. All of these things caused me significant mental and physical trauma and affected the decisions I made in adulthood.

I was in a coercive control marriage and found it hard to release myself from this. I went from job to job as I never felt I belonged. I was hot headed, impulsive and angry a lot of the time. I sabotaged things in my life that were good, because I didn’t think I deserved them.

I’m now a single mum to my 9 year old precious daughter. I home educate her because I don’t want her to suffer the same school trauma that I did.

I’ve found my voice after many years of thinking I didn’t deserve one. I write books, I speak at networking events. I treat clients in my therapy room. I take up the space that was always mine to step into. I just didn’t know how to before.

So I have a complicated background, but it made me the person and the therapist and the author that I now am.

I’m just like everyone else. And I’m not fully healed yet. I still don’t like certain things about myself. But I’m in such a better place than I was before I took this journey. And I know there is so much more good stuff to come out of this.

That’s me in a nutshell. If anything resonates with you and you’d like a chat, drop me a message and let’s continue our journey together. 😊😊

21/10/2025

Come and join me at The Garage in Norwich in the half -term holiday for an afternoon of connection.

We’ll be talking about my new children’s book, You Are Enough. I’ll be interviewed, then will take questions from the audience, while the children engage in some mindfulness activities.

You Are Enough is a gentle book with a powerful message. It shows readers that it's OK to feel, to question and most importantly to let go of what doesn't belong to them. Perfect for sparking open conversations between parents and children, You Are Enough reminds adults and kids alike that our worth is not defined by the messages of the past. We are all OK just as we are. We are all enough.

Please book here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/you-are-enough-book-launch-tickets-1661042606149?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sales must end this weekend!!

13/10/2025

I am going to be at The Garage Norwich on 30th October for the official launch of my children's book You Are Enough.

It's a story for all the kids who don't feel enough, perhaps because of the messages they internalise that were never meant for them. It's a story I am familiar with.

Although it is based on models of therapy that I learned during my training, it is also based on my own experiences and that makes it extremely relatable. It has resonated with so many people. Adults have read it and become very emotional because finally their inner child is being heard and seen. It's been described as "cathartic".

Parents have loved it so far and I have had some lovely feedback.

It will be a great launch event, with children's activities, a raffle, and a special guest interviewer! Please please share this and come along if you can.

12/10/2025

Good Morning everyone! I love these Autumn mornings. Here is your round up of upcoming events here at Open Skies!

29th October - Quiz night at The Railway Tavern Dereham, raising money to place self-harm distraction kits in our local schools. Do come and join me! Message me on 07904 839416 to book your team in!

30th October - official launch of my children's book You Are Enough at The Garage Norwich. Join me for Q&A session, children's activities and more!

30th November - a celebration of one year since the release of Critical Parenting Reframed. The book will be relaunched on 30th November with a brand new cover, so if you'd like to buy one with the current cover you don't have long left!

I am now available for school talks and workshops based around my book, so if any PTAs or teachers would like to chat with me about this, please do reach out.

Wishing you all a fabulous Sunday.

10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day.

It’s been hard to know what I wanted to say - what my message would be for this year.

My clients tell me I’m super positive and they don’t know anyone as positive as me. And I feel like a fraud.

Because it’s been a tough year. I lost my Nan, who I loved more than anyone in the world. We had a bond that transcended generations and she was my lighthouse to show me the way.

I thought I’d found a special relationship and then it didn’t work out.

My pets were poorly and I was worried sick about them.

I had to face some past trauma that made me unable to focus on the present and dragged me back to unhealthy ways of thinking.

I was involved in a Court hearing which fractured my relationship with my family, and left my inner child broken and wounded.

There were so many things that went wrong this year. And it set off my anxiety which had quietened down a lot in recent times. Suddenly I couldn’t leave the house. When I did find the strength to go out, I had panic attacks - in cars, on buses, in theatres. I felt my life spiralling out of my control. And I was scared.

So this World Mental Health Day isn’t me telling you it’s all going to be OK. I wouldn’t insult you by dismissing your feelings as “just a blip”. Because when you’re in the grip of anxiety and panic, you feel like you’re going to die.

My message this year is that I get it. I’ve lived it. And I can relate to you from my own experience.

Every client I have had has helped me heal, as much as I hope I have helped you.

Please reach out if you need a chat with someone who knows what it’s like to feel anxious, panic, and hopeless. I’ve been there, and I hear you. Let’s heal together.

10/10/2025

Morning!! It’s an early one today as I want to finish my A-Z of Wellness with a few posts throughout the day.

W is for Walking. Walking has some great benefits, such as:

Calming the mind
Thinking time
Focusing outward on your surroundings
Getting out of the house
Fresh air
Body movement and exercise

This is a beautiful time of year to walk, as Autumn colours are so pretty. What lovely walks do you have near you?