Read on for a helpful way to encourage your child Mistake 1: Unwittingly encouraging the anxious behaviour What is the most natural thing to do if your child is upset? Of course, it’s to comfort them, to cuddle them, to hug them. Don’t get me...
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How wonderful it was to read her email! My comments on the mail are interspersed in these coloured italics. Please note that this lovely woman was more than happy to tell other people of her positive experience and she gave me her full permission...
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The truth is that all anxiety is exceptionally catching Naturally, children don’t understand why their parents are tense and anxious … but the anxiety is very real and it is immensely infectious … even very young children pick up on it and then...
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A staggering rise of 72% * in cases of UK hospital admissions of under sixteens with sleep disorders from 2012 to 2019. A 72% rise in under sixteens but only 2% rise in the increase of such disorders across all age groups across the general...
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Poor sleep problems often stem from anxiety I help a lot of people, adults and children to overcome sleep problems and one of the most significant causes of not being able to go to sleep is anxiety of one sort or another. Whether the problem...
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Starting ‘big’ school can be really stressful Starting school for the first time can be such a stressful time for both you and your child. Looking at their woebegone tear-stained face as they cling on to you when you leave them at the...
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Are these the most annoying words ever spoken? What do these people think? Do they think you’re really trying your best to worry about it? No, in fact you’re almost certainly trying your hardest NOT to worry … but it’s constantly on your...
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How can listening to a hypnosis CD or MP3 help? Very simply put, the hypnotic state encourages a state of intense focus and clarity on what you want to achieve. Some people experience this as a light day-dreamy state and sometimes with practice...
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At one end of the spectrum it can be just mildly socially uncomfortable If your social anxiety is mild, it might not actually stop you from going to a particular function if you realise that it is important and the benefits of going outweigh the...
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