I used to call myself a beetroot. Not as a joke. As a diagnosis. There is something wrong with me, I am a beetroot, that is just what I am. Red hair, fair skin, and a face that would announce my anxiety to every room before I
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How to Identify Toxic Behavior and Reclaim Your Power If you are reading this, something has probably already shifted. Maybe you cannot explain exactly what is wrong, only that conversations leave you feeling more confused than when they started. Maybe you have begun to wonder whether your
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If you are reading this, chances are anxiety has touched more of your life than you would like to admit. Maybe it announces itself as a racing heart before a meeting. Maybe it is the 3am spiral, the endless replaying of conversations, the feeling that something terrible
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Logic, and Mindset Transformation Most people assume their problems are external. The difficult colleague, the relationship that keeps breaking down, the career that never quite takes off. They spend enormous energy trying to fix the circumstances of their life without ever examining the operating system running beneath
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Understanding the Architecture of Trauma Trauma is not simply something that happened to you in the past. It is something still happening inside your body right now, today. Long after the original threat has passed, the nervous system continues to carry its residue as a set of
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Have you ever ended a relationship only to find yourself in an eerily similar one a few months later? Have you caught yourself tolerating treatment you swore you never would, staying silent when you needed to speak up, or choosing partners who somehow always manage to leave
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The birth of a child is supposed to be a beginning. However, for many women, a traumatic birth experience feels like an ending. If you went through a medical emergency, felt unheard during labor, feared for your life or the life of your baby, your mind might
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You might tell yourself it’s just nerves. A flicker of heat rising in your cheeks before a presentation, after a mistake, or when someone looks at you a beat too long. You might have spent years hoping people wouldn’t notice, changing your behaviour to avoid triggers, or
Read more →“I’m a beetroot. There’s something fundamentally wrong with me.” That is what I used to tell myself. As I explain in my book, Beyond Blushing, I had a phobia of blushing. I had erythrophobia. It was more than just feeling a little self-conscious when my cheeks turned
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How Hypnotherapy Changes the Way Trauma Is Stored Feature The Old Way (Trauma/Anxiety) The Hypnotherapy Way Brain Region Amygdala: Memory is stored as an active, high-alert “threat.” Hippocampus: Memory is moved to the historical “archive.” Experience Emotional Flashback: You relive the terror and helplessness. Integration: You remember
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