Andrea The Anxiety Expert

20/04/2026

Just sharing a few Life Reminders that I reflected on after my run this morning in the Lake District … hope you find them helpful too. You may also have noticed…I adore lambs!

18/04/2026

09/04/2026

Some days you look ok on the outside.
But inside you’re falling apart.
Riddled with worry, self doubt and anxiety.

When I have those days I’m usually worried about the future, stressed about the business, upset about the past, missing my mum & dad or feeling alone, uncertain and just a bit lost.

On those days it’s ok to feel it all, to messy cry, to feel utterly horrible and to let it pass through your whole body and mind without resistance.

What do I do when this happens?
Cry a lot, talk to a friend, ask for a hug, tell myself “I love you and am so proud of you.”

It’s so hard because for many of us, we were told off for feeling our big feelings as children.
Then as adults in relationships maybe we don’t feel safe to express our true feelings so we shut them down, ignored them, swallowed them.

So giving ourselves permission to feel them is so alien to us, we don’t know how to and we feel guilty for doing so.

Here’s the truth, your emotions are energy moving through and by allowing yourself to feel it, it passes through rather than getting stuck. So even though it feels horrible, next time you feel it, can you allow it and love yourself through it?

05/04/2026

Five years ago I had no idea what a narcissist was let alone a covert one.

I didn’t know what attachment styles were.

I didn’t know what a healthy boundary was.

I didn’t know what emotional abuse or financial abuse looked like.

As soon as I began educating myself I saw my relationship with my husband far more clearly.

Jigsaw pieces 🧩 fell into place and I could see a very distinct picture emerging.

I also saw the relationship with myself more clearly too.
And suddenly so much made sense - the beliefs about myself picked up in childhood, the programme they’d become that has been running me all this time.

Not only dictating my choice in men (due to my own self worth or lack of) but also my college choice, Uni course and careers.

I’ve done a lot of research, reading, healing and studying since then and I can walk you through the suffocating storm and out into the fresh air and sunlight.

You’re not broken, you’re not too much, you aren’t too sensitive or stupid for trusting and caring 🤗

If I can get through this so can you.

Message me and let’s help you back on your feet x





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31/03/2026

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