How to Sleep Better : Simple Tips for a Good Night's Sleep Sleep plays an important role in physical and mental health. It is involved in healing, improves learning, and helps us to function at our best during the day. Lack of sleep can affect our daytime functioning, hormonal balance, appetite, and impair our immune [...]
Anxiety It is a natural, biological response that is designed to keep us safe from harm. It is designed to protect us and not, as it sometimes feels, to destroy us. Believe it or not, in general, anxiety is really useful and can help motivate us to complete reports or tasks. Anxiety is often experienced [...]
New year, new you - using Hypnotherapy As we settle into the new year, many of us strive to leave any negative energy from the last year behind and get a fresh start in January. If you’re looking to begin 2018 with a renewed attitude and ready to make some positive changes to your life [...]
Promote mindfulness in the workplace According to recent figures, 526,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety (new or long-standing) in 2016/17, and 12.5 million working days were lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/17. Stress and anxiety seem to come hand-in-hand with working life these days, but that shouldn’t have to be the [...]
How Hypnosis Works There is a lot of misinformation out there about Hypnosis. This article is going to tell you exactly what Hypnosis is - and how it works. Let's dispel some of those myths and misconceptions in the first instance. No, you won't be turned into a clucking chicken and there is no pocket [...]
What is Hypnotherapy and what can it do for you? Hypnotherapy uses the power of positive suggestion to influence a change in our behaviour and the way we respond to our thoughts, feelings and emotions. Hypnotherapy is a form of complementary therapy that uses talking therapy and hypnosis to help people make positive change, promote [...]
Living with IBS? Hypnotherapy can help IBS is a complex, functional gastric disorder. While there is no cure for irritable bowel syndrome, there are certain treatments and lifestyle changes that can help manage symptoms. Tension, stress and anxiety that can be created by living with conditions such as IBS can exacerbate the condition, and this [...]
Stress vs. Anxiety: What’s the Difference? We’ve all felt symptoms of stress at some point in our lives, our body responds to a new relationship, job promotion, or moving house by creating panic symptoms such as heart-thumping or tense muscles. However, many individuals confuse stress and anxiety - and these are two very different responses. What is Stress [...]
How to boost your confidence by working with your inner critic The critical inner voice, inner critic, inner chimp, monkey, bully...many guises, many different names. It manifests as nagging, negative thoughts, self-talk such as self blaming, shaming and character assassination. This can often be the route of a lot of our self-destructive behaviour. Experienced as thoughts within your [...]
Manage anxiety, stress and improve well-being by walking in the woods It doesn't have to be limited to breathing techniques and talking therapy. In Japan, there is a term, 'Shinrin-yoku' that means 'forest bathing.' or 'being amongst the trees.' Forest Therapy has become part of the Japanese lifestyle, and there is a robust body of evidence on [...]
