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The Archives: Calm
Lessons for Leaders 84: Top 5 Episodes of 2021
Top 5 Episodes of 2021 I’m sharing a recap of the top 5 episodes for 2021. These are the podcast episodes that have had the highest listens throughout the year and I though it useful to recap them for you. People are often asking me which I should listen to first,...
Coping with the Swan Effect
Do you do the Swan Effect? Do you spend time trying to look calm and glide gracefully whilst feeling like you are paddling madly underneath? Outwardly you are managing to look composed, keep up with that endless to-do list but inside you're absolutely shattered,...
How to Keep a Balance in Stressful Times
There’s such a lot of pressure in our daily lives these days and sometimes it can be difficult to keep a balance in stressful times. If these times build up then we become stressed and anxious or out of control. With the stigma too, about us being strong enough, good...
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 – 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...
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...
What’s the Point of Visualising?
If you are a regular reader of my blogs you will probably have noticed that I often talk about visualising or visualization. A lot of other people also talk about it too, but do you what exactly it is – or do you know how to do it or even – what’s the point of...
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.