Anxiety and stress are cousins But not the same Anxiety is an underlying state. A tendency to be on red alert. Stress is pressure inflicted from the outside or inside. In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy we use the metaphor of a stress bucket. We all carry one with us. We need a bit of stress at …
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Starting a business
I opened my first sandwich café. In Liverpool. In 1992. Basement sandwich bars abounded with vinyl floors and chipped formica counters, selling white bread with processed fillings. Pret à Manger had 2 branches. In London. London was a different country to most Liverpudlians. There was no social media then. No photos to share of my …
Hypnotherapy is not woo woo
I was talking to a senior gynaecologist yesterday. I told him what I did for a living. I added: “It may surprise you that I have a number of doctors as clients.” “Not at all” he replied. “Doctors are under enormous pressure these days and they very much need support. Particularly the younger ones.”. He …
Emptying Your Stress Bucket
Last week I hosted a webinar for a group of solicitors at gunnercooke llp. gunner𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦 is an enlightened law firm in which the solicitors are self-employed. It provides a supportive umbrella of admin so that its lawyers can get on the important job of providing legal advice. Being self employed can often be stressful and …
Setting boundaries
We are taught from an early age to behave in certain ways, to please our parents and teachers at school through achieving high standards. And written into all of this, is the possibility and fear of failure: of not reaching those standards; in short, of not being good enough to those who matter to us, …
Jaw tension
In simple terms our jaws consist of an upper level and a moveable bottom section which are attached together with a hinge joint. This enables the bottom section to move up and down and from side to side, so we can bite and chew our food for digestion, and also to speak. In short, it’s …
