Formerly known as ‘hypochondria’, if someone has Health Anxiety they will experience obsessive and irrational worries about having a serious illness or medical condition. They may imagine physical symptoms, or alternatively may interpret a minor illness or normal body sensation as a serious disease or medical issue. It is the fastest-growing type of anxiety at
The 8 Wise Wellness programme When we think about Wellness what do you really think it’s all about? Is it our Health? Is it our Mental Health? Does it mean wellbeing? Or is it a buzz word, that we know means something about taking better care of ourselves’, but we are not 100% sure in
JUST over a year ago Tim Bergling, better known by his stage name Avicii, one of the most popular and successful electronic dance music artists in the world who scored several worldwide hits, died. The music industry and its fanbase the world over was shock and disbelief. How could this world-famous mega star, who seemingly
“YOU weren’t able to help me but maybe you can help someone else.” A line written by a young father of two in a 13/14-page suicide note he left for his wife. Daniel Picton-Jones was an agricultural contractor who took his own life in 2016. His wife Emma remembers coming around the corner and seeing
James Arthur had to pull out of performing at the recent Teenage Cancer Trust Gig at the Royal Albert Hall because he was suffering from poor mental health. The former X Factor winner apologised (which he didn’t need to do) to his many fans on Twitter saying: “I’m deeply sorry to announce that I’m going
The late, great Jimi Hendrix was a maverick, a guitarist without peer and it is also thought that he may have suffered from what we used to know as manic depression, but now call bipolar disorder. “Manic depression is searching my soul I know what I want But I just don’t know, honey How to
Do qualifications matter? Do they prove you are good at what you do? I see debate after debate about this, especially in my arena of Therapy and Coaching, where more and more people are popping up as a Coach or Therapist after completing a 2-day workshop. But does their lack of qualifications really matter? Does
Time Travel for Stress and Anxiety Relief When I started on my own coaching and therapy journey, I was very confused about everything. It was a scary time and not knowing what to expect or what I might find out about myself along the way caused a lot of distress. When my doctors first diagnosed
ITV ran a programme over two nights called Harry’s Heroes: The Full English, where the former manager Harry Redknapp was in charge of a group of England football heroes from the 1990s, who got back together to try and get fit to play a game against the arch enemy, the Germans. A friend in need
Stress and Anxiety levels have increased for Brits struggling to handle the Brexit palaver. Don’t let Brexit get the better of your mental health, try these two wellness tips to help balance your inner calm and keep the ‘Brexit Madness’ out of your head. Meditation Wikipedia states Meditation is a practice where an individual uses
Ricky Gervais’ new show on Netflix, After Life has been getting rave reviews. “A good day is when I don’t go round wanting to shoot random strangers in the face and then turn the gun on myself.” Not the sort of dialogue you expect from a prime-time TV show. But this is no ordinary programme.
Each day I read more and more about how to manage stress, how to cope with anxiety and how to live with depression. The information is in abundance, flowing like a google waterfall of information – free webinars, courses, articles, TV shows, podcasts etc. Quotations fly all across social media inspiring and supporting those who
Let’s get real – anxiety and stress sucks! So its time to take control and get selfish. It eats away at our confidence, self-esteem and overall functionality. But how much of it is caused by putting others before ourselves, too much? We justify it by calling it selfless, as if that’s always a positive thing
Is Mental Health in work a taboo for you? Do you think it’s possible to open up in work about your mental health and still be respected, still get the same opportunities for promotion and progression? I’ve seen this topic talked about often over the last few weeks, and I would love to hear your
It’s a British thing – perhaps at times a fault, to put a front up, to hide our problems behind a smile. A fake smile can hide a multitude of things; stress, depression, anxiety, sadness, burnout, exasperation. And no, not every smile is fake, and you can’t always tell when it’s fake or not –
Low self-esteem sucks. It effects every aspect of your life, from your daily behaviours and actions to all of your relationships. It grinds you down and prevents you from having the freedom to live a fulfilling life. But how the hell do we improve self-esteem through therapy? Through my unique 8 Wise blended therapy programme
Let’s get something straight – feeling like rubbish sometimes is perfectly normal, feeling like rubbish all the time isn’t normal, and you can do something about it. But I know it’s not always as simple as that, many people self-diagnose, they search for more defining words to what they are feeling before they do something
We are not ‘one dimensional’, we are not just ‘multi-dimensional’, we are fabulous and gorgeous creatures, who just so happen to be 8 dimensional too. When I first started to research Wellness and found out it translates to basically mean ‘Happiness’ I started to get nervous that it was a ‘fluffy’ topic that would be
Anxiety is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe … and let’s be honest, it sucks. And while we don’t want to get rid of anxiety altogether, we can learn to manage it. Let me explain and show you how. Anxiety isn’t always a bad thing, the
Find it hard to make a decision? Any decision? Granted some are easier than others, tea or coffee, wine or gin. But other decisions, like the ones that involve choosing between your emotional or your rational mind, they can turn you in circles, make you question everything because everything is interlinked. If you are like
With the news that MacKenzie Bezos has filed for divorce from Jeff Bezos, after 25 years, it made me start to think about the outcomes of a reflective period. Many of us are reflective over the festive period and choose to make major life changes to improve our happiness and have a more fulfilling life.
It’s that time of year again when we look at our lives, decide what we hate, and make some false promises to ourselves that we will change it next year with the magic of ….. (dramatic pause for effect) …..The New Years’ Resolution (Da, da, Dahhhhh). Does that sound like you? Don’t fret, I’ve got
No More Sucking I get asked all the time, “Why are you so passionate about helping people to reduce the stress and anxiety in their professional and personal lives?”. I do this because from first-hand experience I can categorically confirm Stress, Anxiety and the plethora of physical and mental side effects that come with it,
Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it’s Christmas … not the exciting, classic Slade version, but the frantic, help me, stress fuelled version. Are your stress levels increasing knowing there are only a few days left until Christmas? I know mine are, I tried to do some Christmas shopping and literally ran out of ‘Lush’ in fear of my life,
What is all the fuss about Coaching? At the core of all my services is ‘coaching’, whether it be Business Coaching, Life Coaching or Career Coaching. I get asked all the time, “what are they?”, “what is the difference”, “which one do I need” and “which one would benefit me the most”. So, I have
We are not just ‘multi-dimensional’ – we are 8 dimensionalWhen I first started to research Wellness and found out it translates to basically mean ‘Happiness’ I started to get nervous that it was a ‘fluffy’ topic that would be so ‘left to interpretation’ that I would find myself in a further state of confusion, stress
The WTFI series When I first started to read up about self-care I was bombarded with concepts on Wellness and Wellbeing, so many different theories, ideas and opinions and my initial response was “What the F*** is it?” Because to me, it simply was not clear, and I need everything to be clear, to be
Here we go ……… It has been my dream for a very long time to start a business supporting people to ‘be selfish’. The word selfish usually promotes negative connotations, that somehow being selfish and thinking about ourselves is in some way ‘bad’ but I don’t mean the type of ‘selfish’ that hurts others or