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.
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…
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.
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.
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?
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?
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It’s good to talk…or so we are all told. And there certainly is truth in that to an extent.
Often the relief of talking about all the things that have been swirling around our heads for months or even years can certainly provide a release and leave us feeling mentally more clear minded.
And for many people that is all they may need to start putting the mental pieces back into place and moving on with their lives.
Yet for many others, the process of just talking about problems could be making things much worse. So why is this?
Social anxiety can feel painful. You know you are fully capable ofr thinking and talking yet in those social moments that anxiety takes grip and you find youself trapped within your worry and panic.
It’s no wonder that if you struggle with social anxiety, you may do all you can to avoid social situations and those uncomfortable feelings.
Yet it isn’t always possible to avoid others, after all, you would probably like to enjoy spending time with others and doing the things you want to do and you may want to progress in your career and contribute to things that are important to you.
As a former sufferer of social anxiety, I know all too well the torment it brings, how it can rob you of enjoyment from social things and how it feels like you can’t be the real you around others. So what can be done about social phobia?
One of the most common fears that I help people overcome is their fear of needles and injections. Whether it’s because you need a blood test, jabs or dental work, your injection fear can cause you intense anxiety and worry and even lead you to avoiding medical things altogether (even though you know that one day it’s almost inevitable that you will have to face the fear…).
And often it is because they can no longer avoid their needle fear that people come to see me. Maybe they do need some dental work that will involve having an injection, maybe they need some jabs so they can go on holiday or maybe they now need a blood test and the thought of visiting the nurse creates a sense of dread.
It may not be just actually having an injection that creates the fear, it could also be that other people talking about needles or seeing them on TV or in pictures is also enough to spark up that familiar feeling of fear.
Could you use more confidence, self belief and motivation on the football field?
No matter how much time and effort you put into your physical and skills training, if your mind isn’t in the right place then you may not be playing as well as you know you can.
Maybe you dwell on mistakes and it erodes your self belief, you may lose focus and concentration during the game or maybe you just find that your performances fall short of what you know you can deliver. And, whatever your position, not performing to your potential can leave you feeling frustrated, unmotivated and lacking the self belief you need.
And the less confident you feel the more it impacts when you play. Whether it’s those negative things you say to youself before, during or after the match, or that feeling you can’t be the real player you want to be or perhaps it’s like a block that leaves you stuck feeling bad.
So how can you improve your football with hypnotherapy so you can consistently perform in the zone?
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