Dan's Blog Archives - Page 68 of 151 - Hypnotherapy in Ely and Newmarket

Ease Social Anxiety At Christmas

by Dan Regan | Dec 5, 2015 | Confidence and Self Esteem

With the festive season well and truly upon us, and all those Christmas meals and parties, your social anxiety may be getting to set to rise a few notches.

For some, just the thought of being around friends, relatives and work colleagues can create worry, anxiety and stress. After all, there is all that small talk to endure and all those ‘what ifs?’ about saying the wrong thing, messing up or being judged in some way.

And even if you decide not to go due to those fears, there may still be that nagging concern over what they will think if you don’t show up. So you’re kind of caught in a trap of worry about going versus the worry of not going.

Just like with presentations, social functions may lead to worry about making an idiot of yourself, perhaps by drying up during conversations, not knowing what to say, or worries about being thought of as boring.

So what can you do to lower social anxiety at social events?

Abolish Anxiety Coming Soon

by Dan Regan | Dec 3, 2015 | Anxiety Stress and Panic Attacks

Very pleased to let you know that my new anxiety-specific website will soon be published.

My new site – Abolish Anxiety – will specialise in helping you to overcome anxiety, social anxiety, phobias and panic attacks.

With lots of useful tips and advice, as well as a free Creating Calm hypnosis audio, it’s certainly worth keeping your eyes peeled for its launch.

Reign In Your Anxiety

by Dan Regan | Dec 3, 2015 | Anxiety Stress and Panic Attacks

Does it feel as though your anxiety is running your mind and you’ve lost control over your own thoughts and reactions?

In many ways, anxiety is like a river – it will always find somewhere to flow and it will always find something for you to worry about. Whether those anxious thoughts are worst-case scenarios, what-ifs or whys, sometimes it can seem that they are never-ending.

And the more you think all those anxiety-infested thoughts, the more they seem to be there filling your thoughts. So how can you reign them in?

New Free Anxiety Hypnosis Coming Soon!

by Dan Regan | Dec 3, 2015 | Anxiety Stress and Panic Attacks

I’ve been busy back in the recording studio producing a wonderful new (and free) hypnosis audio for you.

If you could benefit from feeling calmer, more in control and more relaxed, then this forthcoming hypnosis audio will really help you because I’ve specifically designed it to help you start creating more calm within the storm of your anxiety and worry.

Using this audio, I’m going to help you to start regaining a sense of inner peace and start letting go of all that anxiety and worry so that you can start feeling calmer and more relaxed in your life. Sound good?

Hypnotherapy Experts Book Published

by Dan Regan | Dec 3, 2015 | Hypnotherapy Hypnosis and NLP

Very excited to have been published in a new book called ‘The Hypnotherapy Experts: Strategies from the ‘A’ List’ which is now available from Amazon.

The booked is aimed at hypnotherapy professionals who are looking to expand thier business or specialise in a specific area.

My chapter in the book is about how hypnotherapists can help more people to successsfully abolish their anxiety and panic attacks.

Anti-bullying week; My bullying story

by Dan Regan | Nov 17, 2015 | Confidence and Self Esteem

This week is National Anti-Bullying week and as part of that I thought I’d share some of my own experiences and learning from being the victim of bullying.

Personally I found it very hard to even admit (to myself or others) that I was being bullied. I was a grown man, working in a full time public sector role at the Legal Services Commission and I was living in a cycle of fear, misery and dread.

And one of the hardest things for me was that I hadn’t even really noticed the bullying growing and deepening through the weeks.

In fact, as someone who at the time struggled with self esteem issues and a belief that I wasn’t good enough, I thought it must just be me – that I wasn’t up to the job, I was too weak, I was a failure, I had been found out at last…

Anxiety Hypnotherapy Experts Book

by Dan Regan | Nov 12, 2015 | Anxiety Stress and Panic Attacks

Very excited that the Hypnotherapy Experts Book is to be published at the end of November and includes a chapter I wrote about helping people to overcome anxiety and panic attacks.

The book is aimed at my hypnotherapist peers who are looking to grow their business and further their career as a hypnotherapist.

It contains help and advice for therapists on many topics, including my chapter on anxiety and panic attacks.

Heather Ends Her Needle Phobia

by Dan Regan | Nov 11, 2015 | Phobias and Fears

Needle phobia is one of the most common phobias and fears that I help people overcome.

If you have an injection fear it may seem like it has always been there and the thought of a needle, or the sight of one, could be enough to start up those feelings of anxiety and panic.

And you may have been able to get away with avoiding needles for quite some time, but eventually something happens that means you need to face your fear. Maybe you need a blood test, a jab to go on holiday or dental work and while you may try not to think about it, you know that the needle panic is lurking and waiting to strike.

5 ways to cope with anxiety

by Dan Regan | Nov 1, 2015 | Anxiety Stress and Panic Attacks

How do you cope with your anxiety? Whilst many people have a specific coping strategy they use, many others feel lost and helpless when faced with their anxiety, and many others simply try and distract themselves to get some temporary relief (although the anxiety usually keeps bouncing back…).

And with all these anxious thoughts and feelings rampaging through your mind and body it’s important that you have your coping strategies set in place and well rehearsed (because in the midst of an anxiety attack it is virtually impossible to think straight enough to do something new).

So what are some of the most useful ways to cope with your anxiety?

What does self esteem look like?

by Dan Regan | Oct 31, 2015 | Confidence and Self Esteem

I help a lot of people who have low self esteem and confidence to learn how to feel better in themselves – to become comfortable being who they are.

So it was no surprise to come across a recent Daily Mail article with the headline, ‘How having a facelift can make you feel worse. Some patients who appeared up to nine years younger after surgery said their confidence didn’t increase.’

The article goes on to mention research that says that having a facelift doesn’t necessarily boost self esteem and can even leave you feeling worse (not to mention financially poorer).

Which supports the obvious conclusion that self esteem is more than skin deep. So what exactly is this elusive self esteem that people are often seeking?