We spend the majority of our lives on automatic pilot, reacting to situations from habit and the largest cause of anxiety for most of us is not caused by outside events but by the thoughts we have about them. Our minds judge and categorise everything we experience as good, bad or indifferent. To test this pay attention to your thoughts for ten minutes as you go about your day. The endless analysing and assessing is exhausting and can make it difficult to experience peace of mind.

When we consciously slow down and check in with our bodies, our thoughts and our feelings, we open ourselves up to a wider perspective. We become an impartial witness to our thoughts and in this way they lose their power. I am available for stress reduction coaching. I teach mindfulness, visualisation, self hypnosis, cognitive behavioural and emotional freedom techniques.

Our beliefs and habitual behaviour impacts every area of our lives and when it comes to our careers we can stop ourselves from going for that promotion or expanding our businesses thinking we are making a rational decision when actually it is our fears running the show. A targeted career coaching session will allow you to explore where you want to be heading to and we can work to clear anything that is holding you back.

“In order to expand my business I need to pitch my product with confidence but I was petrified. I couldn't hold it together or understand my irrational fear of speaking in front of people. The session was awesome, thoroughly enjoyable. Plus, it's changed my view on life totally, I feel more in control, confident and focused. I didn't have much time to listen to my MP3 but it did help and was a nice 'go to' point during the conference.” - Tom, London

I'll let you in on a secret, diets do not work for most people. This is because diets focus on what you eat and generally then go about limiting or restricting the food groups you are allowed to consume. They are missing the key which is your mind. Weight management using cognitive hypnotherapy focuses on your relationship with food but also your relationship with your body. It's not just about weight loss, it's about body confidence, self-esteem and putting you back in control rather than being controlled by your weight, habits or a diet.

Following our first session, where I will take a detailed history take and really find out about you, I will write and record you a personalised MP3 recording to listen to every day. In just 10 minutes a day it reprograms your mind and empowers you to make healthy lifestyle choices. No calorie counting, no denying yourself.

Do you have a fear of flying? Do spiders give you shivers? Do frogs make you jumpy? Does the thought of your next work presentation make you feel faint?

The majority of us can name our number one fear in a flash and can probably list the fears of all of our friends. Mine is Chesney Hawkes of ‘You are the one and only’ fame! I just googled his name to check the spelling and his photograph still gives me the creeps. We generally find other people’s phobias both entertaining and ridiculous, but when it comes to our own fears we can’t stop ourselves feeling scared by trying to talk ourselves out of it.

Utilising cognitive hypnotherapy we are effectively reprogramming your unconscious and teaching it that there is no need to be scared.

Lucy had always been scared of frogs and even the thought of them made her chest go tight with panic. She could not even look at a photograph of a frog and her fear was a 10/10. We did 1 session over Skype and worked through all elements of her phobia. You do not need to know why you are scared of something nor do you need to relive any traumatic events from the past. The techniques I use are much gentler than traditional desensitising exposure techniques. A text from Lucy the evening after our session when I enquired how she felt:

“I don’t seem to be able to think about frogs! Like my brain gets bored, frogs are of no consequence. Before just thinking about them made me feel horrible. Looks like you cleared it – WOW!” Lucy H. Sydney, Australia.

Imagine if you could wave goodbye to your biggest fear, what would your life be like if this phobia was gone?

Our minds play a huge part in what we can physically achieve and many top athletes utilise hypnosis and neural linguistic programming (NLP) to enhance their performance. Using your personal goals as our target I will teach you simple techniques that will allow you to focus your mind and allow it to boost your motivation and progression. I will also write and record a personalised MP3 for you to listen to alongside training to ensure your mind is focused on success.

Having personally experienced infertility, IVF and miscarriage before falling pregnant naturally I am very aware of the emotional and physical rollercoaster of trying to conceive. I am the founder of Embrace Fertility providing inspiration, community and support on your journey to parenthood.

I offer mindfulness and hypnosis MP3s, The Embrace Fertility Method 10 week online course and one to one fertility and pregnancy support sessions.

Would you like to feel empowered, calm and confident during your pregnancy and birth?

A woman’s body is designed to give birth and part of the natural process of birth involves the body releasing endorphins and oxytocin our natural painkillers. Hypnobirthing replaces anxiety and fear of birth with education and inspiration, allowing you to work with your body, baby and birthing team.

My intention is to enable you to feel more positive, calmer and more in control so that your baby’s birth is an event you look forward to.

More Mojo for Mums is for every mum who has ever felt overwhelmed, stressed out or exhausted and has decided to do something about it. Check out the video over at More Mojo for Mums for how you can get started. Weekly podcast, retreats and one-to-one coaching.

Above is just a small selection of some of the more common reasons people contact me. Due to the fact that we are all unique the way in which I work is tailored specifically to you and your needs therefore I am able to support you with any life change you would like to make.