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Can you control anxiety? Not really, everyone experiences anxiety for different reasons. Anxiety comes from a fear of losing control. During the pandemic, many of felt that lack of control. We did not know what the future would bring. When we are faced with situations...

Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or adjust easily to change. Our world is one of rapid change and this can lead to stress – both in children and in adults. How is resilience developed? Resilience is developed by overcoming obstacles as...

We frequently hear the word Gaslighting these days, but it really only became popular in the mid-2010s and is now used more generally as a description of psychological manipulation. It is used to describe having one’s reality repeatedly questioned by another person...

How do we form habits? When we repeat a behaviour many times, it becomes hard-wired into our brains. This is why we practice learning how to ride a bike or drive a car until eventually we can do it without conscious awareness.This is also how habits are formed. Some...

The poet William Congreve wrote “music hath charms to sooth a savage breast”, but did you know that music also has great benefits for our general health? Understanding the health benefits of music can help us in our daily lives. Your Favourite Tunes: Listening to our...

The Teenage Brain It won’t be a surprise to anyone who knows one, but teens are different. And that is all down to their teenage brain! The brain is at its largest size at around age 11 for a male and 14 for a female. It is at its most powerful and yet its most...

Introduction: In this blog, we delve into the vital connection between food and good mental health, exploring the impact of gut health and the power of certain foods in optimizing brain function and overall cognitive health. We all know that good nutrition is...

Learn how to DOSE Yourself Happy: Do you know that by changing our lifestyle just a little, we can inject ourselves with a dose of happiness? Happy feelings are created by our natural chemicals – neurotransmitters (chemicals that carry a message between nerve cells...

Do you sometimes doubt your skills or abilities, or feel like you are going to be ‘found out’, despite your successes? It could be that you are suffering from ‘Imposter Syndrome’, a condition first described by psychologists in the 1970s. The characteristics of...

Hypnotherapists can be asked to help with unusual requests, and of course we help if we can but there are limits to what we can achieve. Can you affect other people's behaviour? We are often asked if we can affect other people’s behaviour, such as making a ex-partner...