A lesson learnt during counselling was my anxious thoughts were making me anxious. The three-step thinking exercise below has been a key for my slow and difficult journey of breakthrough. Nevertheless, changing years of habitual and anxious thinking didn’t come...
Last week I wrote about the nature of panic attacks. Check out Panic Stations – Part One As promised, I now want to reveal some of the ways I have learnt to manage anxiety and panic attacks. During my first counselling session in early 2007, I learnt my first...
Panic attacks may not be life threatening, but from personal experience I can testify they are a terrifying and humiliating experience. Panic attacks can happen anywhere and at any time. Common places people experience panic is in shopping centres, cafes, hospital,...
Shame is a parasite The host of shame is the vulnerable human soul Shame feeds on hiddenness and silence at our expense Shame is intoxicating, paralysing and intimidating Shame is menacing inferiority I have experienced the shame of: An anxiety disorder including...
Do you struggle with any of the following? Stress Anxiety Fatigue Irritability Depression Sadness Be assured you are not alone. Our emotional wellbeing is under threat. In fact, 3 million Australians are living with anxiety or depression. For over ten years I have...
