I am a London based Stress Management Consultant and Autogenic Therapist with a special interest in humanistic / person-centred and transpersonal psychology. In this blog I’ll be writing about ways of relaxing, how anxiety affects our bodies and how to treat various stress-related physical conditions. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it.
One of my favourite quotes is from the author Will Garcia, who writes: “The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That’s all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it is something you allow.” I find that such an empowering concept, and … More Change is not something you do
IF WE DO NOT CHANGE OUR DIRECTION, WE ARE LIKELY TO END UP WHERE WE ARE HEADED. Chinese proverb How to find the right direction in life? I am not sure I discovered the ultimate answer to this question, but like to think that I am not the only person exploring this topic. Have you … More If we do not change our direction…
Many of us want change to happen but if we dig a bit deeper it becomes obvious that we don’t want to change. … More I am willing to change
This month we explore the change process. Come and join this journey and learn how to create long lasting change. … More Topic of the month: CHANGE
Are you someone who gets distracted easily? Have you ever put ‘focus’ or ‘study’ in the search box in YouTube or Spotify and came up with various ‘brainwaves’ music that you could listen to? I regularly use them when I am overwhelmed with a long list of things to do and have no idea where … More Studying for exams? Let music help you
I never heard the term ‘freshers’ flu’ used anywhere other than in the UK. When you start the academic year (or at any time of the year) and feel a bit down, and you have cold symptoms (sneezing, coughing, sore throat, headache, fever, shivering), you know you caught it. There is always a bit of history … More Suffering from freshers’ flu?
Do you remember the last time you had to take an exam? What was it like? I started playing the piano at age 5, and for the next 13 years, I found myself in many situations – such as playing at concerts or competitions – where I had to perform well. In 2004, I … More My story with exam stress
Backache is a surprisingly common condition that often requires complete bed rest. This affects both the individual sufferer, and the country as a whole – working days lost due to back pain damage the British economy by an estimated £12.3 billion a year. Men are more likely to suffer back pain than women but both … More B for Backache
On 1 May 2012 it is World Asthma Day. Asthma (sometimes called bronchial asthma) is characterised by difficulty breathing. Its symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing and chest tightness, are common when sufferers experience an “asthma attack”, but with proper treatment asthmatics (of whom there are more than five million in the UK) can live well. … More A for Allergy and Asthma
The biggest story on the BBC News website for the past few days has been “The myth of the eight hour sleep” – surpassed by “Segmented sleep – ten strange things people do at night”. The first article discussed how the “ideal” night’s sleep hasn’t always consisted of a single eight-hour chunk – in previous … More Exploding the myths about sleep – and silence