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22/11/2025

So many women in midlife tell me the same quiet truth:
“I don’t feel like myself anymore.”

And it doesn’t start with a breakdown.
It starts with a subtle shift inside — a heaviness she can’t name, a sense that her real self is slipping behind the roles she’s learned to hold.

From the outside, everything looks “fine.”
Inside, something tightens… something goes quiet.

Clinically, this isn’t weakness —
it’s nervous system fatigue,
emotional masking,
years of swallowed needs,
and what Gabor Maté calls
“the cost of self-abandonment.”

In CBT + ACT we see it as the moment a woman becomes fused with her coping self… and loses contact with her true self.

But here’s the real thing:

When a woman finally whispers,
“I don’t recognise myself anymore,”
that’s not collapse.
That’s honesty.
That’s awakening.
That’s the beginning of coming back to herself.

If this feels close to your own experience…
you’re not alone.
And you don’t have to find your way back alone either.
✨ Send me a message if you feel ready to reconnect with yourself again.
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21/11/2025

Mindful yoga isn’t just movement — it’s nervous-system work.

This morning I’m holding my turmeric–ginger anti-inflammatory drink…
but reducing inflammation isn’t only about what we consume.
It’s also about what we think, how we breathe, and how we move.

Every Friday at 10 a.m. I teach a mindful yoga class at the Brighton Buddhist Centre —
a space to slow down your internal pace, soften reactivity, and reconnect to the quiet underneath constant life movement.

When breath, awareness and presence align,
the vagus nerve activates,
the amygdala settles,
muscles stop bracing,
and the body remembers its natural neutral state.

This is where real healing begins —
in stillness, in awareness, and in the space between one breath and the next.

If you want yoga that doesn’t perform,
but truly transforms,
you’re welcome to join me this Friday at 10 a.m. 🤍

19/11/2025

High-functioning men rarely recognise burnout early… because it doesn’t look like falling apart.

It looks like efficiency under pressure.

Most of the men I work with say the same thing:

“I’m fine… but something feels off.”

These subtle shifts — tight chest, lighter sleep, shorter patience, racing thoughts — aren’t personality flaws.

They’re nervous system fatigue markers.

Men are conditioned to override discomfort.

To stay in performance mode.

To handle pressure alone.

But your biology keeps the score.

When emotional bandwidth collapses, your system does everything it can to keep you functional… until it can’t.

Therapy isn’t about talking endlessly —

it’s about recalibration,

down-regulation,

and unlearning the rules that keep you silent.

If this feels familiar, send me a message.

























You don’t need to carry the next chapter alone.

18/11/2025

There’s a point in midlife where coping stops feeling like living.

You’re functioning, you’re doing all the “right” things…
but emotionally, something feels dimmer.

In CBT, we often see this moment as the result of years of internal rules like:
“Stay strong.”
“Don’t make a fuss.”
“Keep the peace.”

These beliefs protect you —
but they also silence parts of you that once felt alive, creative, expressive.

Neuroscience tells us that when your emotional needs go unmet for long enough,
the brain shifts into protective mode.
Slowly, quietly, your nervous system begins to shut down anything that feels “non-essential.”
Joy. Playfulness. Desire. Aliveness.

But the truth is:
your system hasn’t forgotten you.
It still remembers who you were before responsibility became your personality.
And that part begins to knock again in midlife —
not to break your life apart,
but to show you what’s missing.

When clients come to CBT + somatic-based therapy with me,
this is often where our work begins:
with the signals the body whispers long before the mind understands.

• the shallow breath
• the shoulders that never soften
• the morning heaviness
• the sudden spark you feel in the sea, in music, in solitude

These aren’t symptoms of failure.
They are messages from your nervous system saying:
“I’m ready to come back online.”

If you’re moving through this quiet shift —
you’re not broken.
You’re evolving.

And you don’t have to navigate it alone.
If you’d like support through CBT, hypnotherapy or somatic-based emotional work, feel free to message me.

17/11/2025

“When you’re the strong one… but your inner world is starting to collapse.”

There’s a kind of burnout men rarely speak about.

The kind that doesn’t look chaotic —
just quiet.
Functional.
Controlled.
On the surface, you’re fine.
But inside, there’s tension you can’t shake.
A heaviness in the mornings.
A strange numbness where your energy used to be.

Neuroscience shows that when stress is constant,
and you carry more than your system can process,
your brain shifts into survival mode:
you keep performing…
but disconnect from yourself.

If you’ve noticed:
• your patience thinning
• your sleep worsening
• your chest tightening
• your joy dropping
• your thoughts racing
• your motivation shifting

—you’re not failing.
You’re overwhelmed.

Men don’t burn out from work.
They burn out from carrying everything alone.

In therapy, we work at the level where real change happens:
the nervous system, the belief system, the breath, the identity,
the part of you that has held too much for too long.

And the truth is:
It takes far more strength to seek support
than it does to keep suffering in silence.

If this speaks to you, send me a message.
You don’t have to do this part alone.
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16/11/2025

Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything “right”…
but something inside you feels quietly out of sync?

This is one of the most common things I see in therapy — not because people are failing, but because their emotional needs have been unheard for too long. When that happens, the mind starts overthinking, the body carries tension, and anxiety becomes a subtle background hum running through the day.

CBT helps you gently uncover the patterns underneath:
• the beliefs that keep you small
• the expectations that drain you
• and the stories that no longer fit who you are becoming

ACT adds the deeper truth — that your emotions aren’t here to sabotage you. They’re signals. Invitations. Messages guiding you back to yourself.

And then we bring the body in.
Slow breath.
Grounding.
Nervous-system regulation.
Because when your body feels safe, your mind finally has the space to soften. And that’s when clarity arrives — about what you need, what supports you, and the life you’re ready to step into.

If this landed somewhere true for you, you’re not alone.
You don’t have to figure this out by yourself.

Follow for more — and if you feel ready to explore this work together, send me a message.
I’m here.

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15/11/2025

Ever feel like your body reacts before you’ve even had time to think?
The tight chest. The shallow breath.
The quiet sense of “something’s wrong”… even when nothing is.

This is one of the core things we explore in therapy.
Not just your thoughts — but the whole cycle: mind, body, nervous system, and the patterns you’ve been carrying for years.

My work blends CBT, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, somatic tools, ACT, and stress-resilience training (especially for those in corporate or high-pressure roles).
We work on both layers:
• the conscious mind — reframing the stories you tell yourself
• the subconscious — calming the internal alarm system that reacts too quickly

And when these layers shift together… things finally start to feel different.

If you’re ready to understand your anxiety instead of fighting it, you’re welcome to work with me — online or in Brighton.
Gently, steadily, safely.

Save this for later — and DM me if you’d like to explore therapy together.

12/11/2025

10/11/2025

You can understand your patterns deeply — yet still feel stuck repeating them.
You notice your triggers, your emotions, your thoughts…
but somehow, the same reactions return.

Therapy bridges that space between insight and transformation —
helping you move from awareness into action,
and from understanding into lived change.

It’s not about “fixing” what’s wrong.
It’s about reconnecting to your natural capacity to feel, to trust, and to respond with clarity and steadiness.

At Tranquil Mind Therapy, each session is a gentle collaboration —
a process of slowing down, integrating awareness, and restoring balance to both mind and body.

🕊 Discover your own journey of transformation.
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09/11/2025

Sometimes awareness isn’t the same as change.
You understand your patterns — yet somehow, the same reactions keep returning.

Therapy helps bridge that gap — transforming insight into real-life change.
It’s not about fixing what’s broken, but about reconnecting with your natural capacity to feel, think, and respond with clarity.

When your mind, body, and emotions move in harmony, balance becomes your new baseline.

✨ Tranquil Mind Therapy | CBT & Hypnotherapy
A space to heal, learn, and come home to yourself.

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07/11/2025

As the days grow colder, many of us begin to feel it in our joints and muscles.
But that stiffness isn’t just “age” — it’s your body’s natural way of conserving warmth.

🩸 Blood flow moves inward to protect vital organs.
🦵 Synovial fluid in the joints thickens.
💪 Muscles contract to hold heat.
🧠 The nervous system shifts into alert mode — heightening sensitivity and tension.

Through yoga and breathwork, we can gently reverse these effects:
✨ Movement restores circulation.
✨ Breath calms the fight-or-flight response.
✨ Warmth and awareness ease stiffness and pain.

Your practice becomes a soft medicine for winter — supporting circulation, regulation, and emotional stillness. 🌿

🕉️ Join me this winter:
• Restorative Yoga – Tuesdays 12:00–1:15 PM
• Mindful Yoga Drop-In – Fridays 10:00–11:15 AM @ Brighton Buddhist Centre

Let’s restore warmth, mobility, and calm — together.

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03/11/2025

Ever had a moment where your mind just… went blank?

You weren’t shaking or panicking — you just shut down.
Words disappear. Emotions flatten.

That isn’t failure.
It’s your nervous system saying, “This feels too much — let me protect you.”

When this happens, your body isn’t betraying you — it’s following old neural pathways built during stress or fear.
Those pathways are automatic, but they’re not permanent.

With CBT, you learn to notice the thought patterns that trigger them.
With hypnotherapy, your body begins to build new pathways — ones linked to calm and safety.

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You don’t have to fight your mind to feel calm again.
DM “Calm” to begin.

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