If you are a therapist and work with people who are experiencing anxiety disorders or depression, taking this course yourself may give you thousands of new ways to communicate with your clients and offer them constructive guidance that empowers them to help themselves. With two decades of experience as a therapist specialising in complex anxiety, […]
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Anxiety (or a panic attack) is often stuck energy that never finished moving through the system. Learn the atomic battery metaphor and why discharging old charge matters as much as rest. Stuck Energy and Your (metaphoric) Atomic Battery (This summary is drawn from Video 9 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Anxiety is often treated
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Anxiety rises fast because the brain treats thoughts like real threats. Learn a practical way to interrupt the alarm, calm the body and begin retraining the response. Interrupting Anxiety and Calming your Nervous System (This piece is drawn from Video 8 of the Calmness in Mind course.) When anxiety rises, the body reacts as if
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Depression is influenced by more than genes and brain chemistry. Learn how thoughts, stress and daily patterns shape the body’s internal environment — and what that means for change. Understanding Depression Differently (This piece is drawn from Video 7 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Depression is usually explained through brain chemistry, genetics or difficult
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OCD usually develops when ordinary anxiety is no longer enough to force a retreat from exhaustion. Learn how the mind escalates, why the themes keep changing, and what actually helps. When Anxiety Becomes OCD (This excerpt is drawn from Lecture 6 of the Calmness in Mind Process course.) OCD rarely appears out of nowhere. In
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In this 28-minute video, we discuss the many strategies that our unconscious brain uses to trick (and self-sabotage) us into retreating from life through fear, worry, doubt and exhaustion with the condition we call anxiety. The Different Faces of Anxiety (This piece is drawn from Video 5 of the Calmness in Mind course.) After prolonged
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Anxiety rarely appears from nowhere. Learn how a six-month period of stress and depletion often precedes it — and why the trigger is not always the real cause. The Six-Month Run-Up to Anxiety (This piece is drawn from Video 4 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Anxiety, OCD and depression are rarely random. For most
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Your body responds to thoughts as if they were real. Learn how mental patterns drive emotions, drain energy and keep anxiety alive — and why changing your story changes the body. Thoughts, Emotions and Exhaustion (This piece is drawn from Video 3 of the Calmness in Mind Process Course.) We are emotional creatures who learned
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You are less in control than you think. Learn how thoughts trigger the body, why the observer matters, and how understanding these parts of you reduces anxiety. Who Are You, Really? Thoughts, Feelings and the Observer (This piece is drawn from Lecture 2 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Most people assume they are in
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Most anxiety lives in imagined futures and most depression in rewritten pasts. Learn why there is only now — and how returning attention to the present reduces mental load. There Is Only Now – Thinking, Time and Letting Go of Baggage (This piece is drawn from Lecture 10 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Most
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Pure OCD, or Purely Obsessional OCD, is a specific type of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. It is marked by intrusive and unwanted thoughts, known as obsessions, without the overt compulsions usually seen in OCD, like repetitive handwashing or checking behaviours. Despite its designation, people with Pure OCD often perform mental rituals or subtle behaviours to alleviate their
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ERP works, and if you are not doing it, this is self-sabotage and if you are doing it and it is not working, then you are simply doing it wrong! My course deeply explains what ERP is, why you do it, and how to do it. Put simply, it is by walking towards your fears
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I have been working with anxiety for over two decades, and I think I know a lot about what it is – but more importantly, what you can do to escape it! You could read all the information below – or save time by starting my course, where my videos show you what is happening
Anxiety and OCD rarely disappear while you stay the same person. Lecture 1 introduces a practical path for updating the patterns that keep exhaustion and fear in place. Starting the Journey of Becoming a New You! (This piece is drawn from Lecture 1 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Anxiety, OCD and depression are rarely
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Please note that I am not a doctor (or a scientist), and everything that I write or say in this website is not medical advice. The information on this website and in the course I am proposing you subscribe to is simply a record of my personal journey, my learnings to overcome anxiety, OCD and
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The symptoms of anxiety are just normal (or exhausted) natural bodily responses that occur at the wrong time, at the wrong intensity and for the wrong duration. Stop seeing them as proof that you can or can’t do something! They are scary, but they won’t actually hurt you. Put simply All emotions and symptoms of anxiety
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is the name given to any form of anxiety, severe worry or panic – where the individual can’t specifically say what is causing their overwhelming emotions or fear-based responses. What is GAD? GAD is one of the common forms of anxiety and often affects people who are quite clever, logical and
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Please be aware – I am not a doctor (I am a researcher & tester), nor am I licensed or accredited with anything (anymore), and I don’t need to be because I am not diagnosing you, prescribing medication, touching you, operating on you, or telling you what you should do! I’m just sharing my experiences
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Discover effective strategies for overcoming OCD in our comprehensive recovery course. Understand the roots of your condition, from childhood trauma to environmental pressures, and learn to re-engage with life. Transform your self-worth and manage anxiety with proven techniques tailored to your needs. Start your journey toward healing today!
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Here are some frequently asked questions about my online anxiety and OCD education program and recovery course. Why is it so affordable? I understand what it’s like to experience anxiety and depression, and I recognise that seeking professional help can be quite expensive. Many people struggle to afford the number of therapy sessions needed to
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