Kirsty Heath Bespoke Therapist & Spiritual Life Coach

22/11/2025

How Trauma Affects the Body

Trauma is not just a memory. The body can hold on to it long after the event has passed.

The brain stays on alert
The survival centres stay active which can lead to anxiety irritability and feeling on edge.

Fight flight or freeze gets stuck
Racing heart numbness tight chest or shutdown. These are survival responses not overreactions.

Stress hormones stay high
When cortisol stays elevated it can impact sleep mood energy and focus.

Tension shows up physically
Jaw clenching headaches back pain and tight shoulders are common.

The gut reacts
Bloating nausea and IBS type symptoms can appear because the gut and brain are closely linked.

Here is the key point
Your body is not misbehaving. It is trying to protect you based on old danger signals.

With the right support the nervous system can learn safety again. Healing is possible.

If you found this helpful let me know and I will share more.

21/11/2025

Understanding Trauma Isn’t Optional. It’s Essential.

Trauma isn’t just “a bad memory.” It can sit in the body, shape the nervous system, influence relationships, and quietly direct how someone reacts to stress long after the event has passed.

Many people walk through life thinking they’re “broken” when really their mind and body are doing exactly what they were designed to do after overwhelming experiences.

Trauma can show up as overthinking, people pleasing, shutting down, irritability, fear of conflict, perfectionism, emotional numbness, chronic pain, trouble sleeping, or feeling stuck. Most people don’t even realise these patterns are connected to something much older.

The good news is the brain is incredibly capable of healing. With approaches like EMDR, regression work, inner child work, somatic processing, and nervous system regulation, people can rebuild safety from the inside out.

If you work with clients or colleagues who struggle with overwhelm, stress, burnout, or unexplained emotional triggers, understanding trauma isn’t just helpful. It’s vital.

This is the work I specialise in. Helping people make sense of their story, release what’s been weighing them down, and step into a version of themselves that feels safe, grounded, and confident.

If you’d like to learn more about trauma, therapy, or EMDR, feel free to connect or send me a message. You’re never too late to change your life.

22/10/2025

✨ EMDR Therapy | Special Offer ✨

I am opening bookings for end of November and offering a block of 3 EMDR sessions for £300 (normally £360).

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a powerful trauma-release therapy that helps the brain reprocess stuck experiences so they no longer trigger the same emotional or physical reaction.

It is especially helpful for:
• Childhood trauma
• Medical trauma
• Anxiety and panic
• PTSD and flashbacks
• Phobias
• Low self worth and limiting beliefs
• Grief and loss
• Relationship wounds
• Birth trauma
• Emotional neglect or attachment wounds
• Highly sensitive nervous system

You do not have to go into graphic detail or relive everything. EMDR helps the brain file past events correctly so they lose their emotional charge and stop affecting the present.

If you have been carrying something for too long and you are ready to feel safe in your body again, this is a gentle and effective way forward.

✅ 3-session block: £300
✅ Limited spaces for end of November
✅ 1:1 private sessions

To book or ask a question just message me.

KH Bespoke Therapy
Trauma support rooted in safety and compassion

17/10/2025

✨ What Real Hypnosis Is (and Isn’t)

Let’s clear this up once and for all… hypnosis isn’t mind control, swinging watches, or clucking like a chicken on stage (unless you want to, then no judgment).

Real hypnosis is simply a deeply relaxed, focused state of awareness. You’re not asleep or out of control. You’re just calm, open, and more connected to your subconscious mind the part that runs 95% of your thoughts, feelings, and habits.

Think of it like this:
🧠 Your conscious mind is the “thinking” part logical, busy, often overworked.
💫 Your subconscious is where your patterns, emotions, and beliefs live.

In hypnosis, we quiet the noise of the conscious mind so the subconscious can finally listen, heal, and reprogram old patterns that no longer serve you.

You’re always in control. You can talk, move, open your eyes you’re just in a calmer, more suggestible state where positive change happens faster.

Whether it’s anxiety, confidence, habits, past trauma, or even pain management hypnosis helps you access the part of your mind that actually runs the show.

Real hypnosis feels like guided daydreaming… but with powerful results.

✨ KH Bespoke Therapy where traditional therapy meets spiritual healing

24/09/2025