As the Covid-19 situation continues and businesses plan and adapt working patterns HR and Business Leaders must ensure that mental wellbeing must continue to be a priority in their plans. Leaders, HR and all levels of the business will need extra help, support...
How to Manage Stress During the Lockdown
April is Stress Awareness Month. For that reason, it seemed appropriate to share some tips and thoughts on how to manage stress during lockdown. The Mental Health Foundation discovered that in 2019, 74% of adults felt so stressed that they were overwhelmed and unable...
Anxiety – Ashley’s Story
Anxiety can differ from person to person. Some people have lots of similar symptoms and others only have a few. It’s very much based on individual perceptions of the situation. There can also be intense fear which can happen suddenly and just seem to take over...
Anxiety – How Can I Stop It?
What is Anxiety what Helps Stop it? I get it – anxiety is a beast. It can lay dormant for a while. You can even start to feel better and then it happens.... It appears again... With anxiety there is no warning. It can stop you doing even the simplest things and...
Top 7 Ways to Reduce Stress
I talk a lot about Stress and Anxiety in my blogs and in my work. Lets face it, we all know about it, we could all do with less of it. A question I'm often asked is "how can we reduce stress and anxiety in our everyday lives?" It’s the main area of my...
How to Stop Overthinking
Are you prone to overthinking? A lot of people I see can have this issue. Some are overthinking all the time, others find it just happens now and then, or during certain situations or circumstances or other people and ourselves. Overthinking is an anxiety...
Is Your Emotional Bucket Overflowing?
What is an emotional bucket and how on earth would you know if it is overflowing? How could you tell? Well, our emotional bucket is a term I use for a place inside us where we store our feelings. Some of our feelings are not always on show are...
The ABC to a Stress Free Summer
What are your plans for the summer? I wonder if you are looking forward to it or dreading it? If you are a busy working mum then perhaps the prospect of juggling work with kids and home fills you with dread! As a working mum with two children with...
Top 3 Tools to Help You Through Your Day
Whenever I work with people in my therapy room I always give them my Top 3 Tools to Help You Through Your Day. I firmly believe that anyone coming to see me, whatever their reason, can always benefit from having tools that can be incorporated into everyday life...
Feeling Overwhelmed?
That feeling of overwhelm can become a negative spiral once it starts.
- You start to feel out of control
- There’s too much to do
- Not enough time to do everything
- Worry or panic sets in
- You can’t think clearly and everything seems so difficult
- Before long, you’re wondering if you can cope at all
This free guide has simple steps to breaking that overwhelm cycle. You can use each step individually or all together. There are 7 simple and straightforward steps to get you out of overwhelm, feeling calm, clear headed and in control.