Here’s a surprising fact: Many people who are over-stressed are not even aware of it. “No, no” they say. “I used to be stressed but life is fine now. I love my job and my home is busy but normal. My only problem is I can’t sleep.” This is a typical conversation in my therapy …
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Are Anxiety and Stress the same thing?
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 …
Holidays!
Are you excited about the summer holidays coming up? Or are you dreading – the lack of structure – the kids out of their routine – the feeling of being overwhelmed – the pressure of work before you go – the build up of work when you get back Why. dread anything about the future …
Emptying Your Stress Bucket
Last week I hosted a webinar for a group of solicitors at gunnercooke llp. gunnerđ¤đ°đ°đŹđŚ 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, itâs …
