A fear of flying can turn a holiday or a business trip into a nightmare. Your fear of flying can take hold not only during the flight but also in the days and hours leading up to it. For some, it can kick in when you book the flight; for others, when you arrive at the airport. This fear may have originated from a ‘bad flight’ experience, which is then generalised to each subsequent flight. It may be a fear of handing over control to someone else when you are up in the sky. It

10 minutes to slow down and focus on your breathing. 10 minutes to let go of the world, its busyness and its chores, and reconnect with you, going back to centre, back home, turning inwards. The tumult of the world comes at us through our screens; I invite you to unplug from them and plug into yourself for a few moments. We give so much energy to everything else, to everyone else; we must make time to recharge. When you relax, your heart rate lowers, you release tension in yo

The first thing you do when you are born is breathe. The last thing you will do before you pass on is breathe. And all the way in between, you will breathe! With each breath (between 17000 -23000 a day), you take in oxygen, the good stuff, and release carbon dioxide, the stuff we don’t need. Our breath is the most powerful, natural, free way to come back to calm and stillness when you feel anxious, agitated, out of sorts. It brings you ‘home’. Home to your living, breathing s

Over the past four years, I’ve worked with over 100 clients experiencing a compulsive, overwhelming urge to pick their skin or pull their...

In winter it seems like the dull dreary days go on forever, which can make us feel dull too! The excitement and busyness of the festive...

Anxiety can seep into your thoughts, your words, how you feel, what you do, and how you think about yourself. Your thoughts, feelings and...

When you grind your teeth at night, you may answer this question with: ‘No, I can’t! How can I? I don’t know I’m doing it!’ And although...

Trichotillomania is the Latin term for compulsive hair-pulling and dermotillomania is the name for skin picking. Although the term mania...

Many of us have picked at a scab or a spot at some time in our lives. It’s a natural behaviour and for many kids, it’s a part of...

The relationship a hairpuller has with their compulsive habit or BFRB (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour) is an ambiguous one....

This need to never fail, always succeed, and never get anything wrong can sometimes lead to immense frustration

We’ve all done it. Made the new year's resolution and been really good at doing it, and then we’ve been really good at giving up! Come...

All our life so far as it has definite form is but a mass of habits.* Life is a mass of habits; we often do the same thing, eat the same...

Trich (Trichotillomania) is a compulsive hair-pulling habit that can take over your life and make you wonder if you’ll ever feel ‘normal’...

Hypnos is the name of the Greek god of sleep; the Roman equivalent is Somnus. Which might make you think that hypnosis is all about sleeping. It isn’t! You may look as if you are sleeping from the outside; from the inside, a profound transformation is happening. When you guide yourself into hypnosis, you can focus completely on your thoughts, feelings, or a situation. Another way to describe hypnosis is guided visualisation or strategic imaginings. How do i go into hypnosis?

I cowrote this article with Alison Hayes who has been living with FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) since 2000. Over the years she...

An affirmation, coping statement, or mantra is something you repeat to yourself and for yourself either aloud or in your heart. It’s a...

When you have a BFRB (body-focused repetitive behaviour) such as skin picking (dermatillomania/excoriation disorder) or hair pulling...

When intense fear hits you, it makes your heart beat faster, your breath becomes short and your chest tight, you feel faint, your hands...

Do you want to stop nail-biting and have manicured hands that you are proud to show the world? Are you tired of your ragged fingernails...