When standard approaches leave you stuck, the next step is testing the non-linear: energy, trauma release and higher-frequency states — without needing proof first. When mainstream approaches to anxiety run out: exploring energy, trauma and unconventional methods is your next step This blog is an extract from lecture 50, part 5 of The Calmness in […]
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Effective ERP means acting toward the life you want while anxiety is still present. Learn how to reverse negative patterns, treat processes as processes, and stop letting sensations dictate the next move. How to Stop Responding to Anxiety while using ERP to build the life you want. This is an excerpt from lecture 50, part
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Most anxiety runs on outdated automatic programs. Learn how positive ERP uses real-world action and new stories to rewrite the system — instead of reinforcing the old one. Reprogramming the unconscious with ERP and testing the data your brain uses to make decisions. Extract from lecture 50 part 3 of The Calmness in Mind Process
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The missing piece of ERP is the internal story (iStory). Learn how anxiety generates the opposite of who you are — and how deliberate new narratives rewrite the pattern. iStory ERP: The missing link that changes how you handle anxiety Extract from lecture 50, part 2, of The Calmness in Mind Process – A deep
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Health Anxiety and Contamination OCD improve when you build resilience instead of chasing certainty. Learn practical washing limits, body-check interruption and the “bring it on” approach. Seeing health anxiety and hypochondria in new ways Health Anxiety and Contamination OCD: Building Resilience Instead of Fear – Extract from lecture 49, part 2 of The Calmness in
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Most people never ask how their partner actually wants to be loved — or how to influence their own calm and connection chemistry. Practical tools from Lecture 41. Applying common sense to relationships and adapting your inner chemistry Extract from lecture 41 of The Calmness in Mind Process – Learning how to live without anxiety
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Most people with anxiety already practise ERP — but in the wrong direction! Learn how negative ERP keeps the fear alive, and how to reverse it with deliberate positive exposure ERP. How to Avoid the Negative ERP Trap (with Positive ERP) for Anxiety & OCD Extract from lecture 50, part 1 of The Calmness in
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Health anxiety and contamination OCD thrive on plausible fears and endless checking. Learn the common traps — and why the real problem is the strategy, not the germs. Health Anxiety, Hypochondria and Contamination OCD – Seeing the Traps Clearly (This piece is drawn from Lecture 49, Part 1 of the Calmness in Mind course.) Health
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Most anxiety is friction between an overactive analytical mind and a sidelined intuitive one. Learn how energy, movement and deliberate new stories restore balance. Using your energy, intuition and right brain more wisely! Extract from lecture 48 of The Calmness in Mind Process – by John Glanvill Most anxiety is not a mysterious medical condition.
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Intelligent, caring people often carry responsibility that isn’t theirs — and pay for it with anxiety and fatigue. Learn how clearer boundaries restore energy and calm. Exploring Your Boundaries of Responsibility & Reducing the Exhaustion of Being Too Nice Extract from lecture 47 of The Calmness in Mind Process by John Glanvill. Intelligent, complex people
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Procrastination is an unconscious choice that keeps a better life at arm’s length. Learn why action creates motivation — and how common-sense exposure rewrites the fear story. Using Common Sense To Stop Procrastination Extract from lecture 44 of John Glanvill’s – The Calmness in Mind Process for your mental health and wellbeing. Procrastination is rarely
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Today I’d like to explore OCD compulsions – whether they are good or bad, changeable or not, restrictive or empowering? I guess the first question to ask is “What is a compulsion?” We see compulsions as innately irresistible urges to do certain things that will avoid some form of pain (offering relief) or lead us to an action offering
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Most relationship friction comes from loving people in the wrong currency. Learn three practical questions that clarify how you — and they — actually need to give and receive love. Do you know how you wish to be loved? Most people say they want love, yet few can clearly describe what that actually means for
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OCD can attack through contamination, harm thoughts, relationships, health fears and many other themes — but the underlying pattern is the same. Learn why the content keeps changing and what actually helps. The Many Faces of OCD – And Why It’s Still Just OCD One of the hardest things for a person with OCD to
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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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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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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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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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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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