An over-active brain is always an anxious one. The brain is involved in everything that we do including our emotional regulation, behavioural modulation and thought processes. If the brain becomes overly anxious as a result of chronic stress exposure or trauma, we can become overwhelmed with anxious feelings that generate painful physiological responses such as panic attacks, headache, nausea, tingling, palpitations, OCD, bodily pains and other psychosomatic symptoms. In this this short video, I share some easy steps towards calming down an anxious brain. Continue reading
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Category: Anxiety Recovery
Excessive worrying is a condition that has been associated with several maladaptive and psychopathological conditions. When over-worrying becomes a habit, the body learns to live in a survival mode which eventually puts the mind and body in a state of exhaustion. High cortisol levels produced in this process can break down the immune system and the autonomic nervous system, causing further complications regarding our emotions and physical state of being. Learning to transform overworking is a skill that can be cultivated, one step at a time. In this short video, I discuss how you can get started in this Continue reading
Intrusive thoughts can get stuck in the mind. If they do, what steps can you take to shift them. In this short video, I recommend a fews steps towards transformation. Continue reading
Fear is one of the biggest enemies of success. It hinders us from pressing ahead to achieve our personal potential. But if we are to achieve our goals and experience greater life satisfaction, we will need to transform fear. There are some principles to outsmart our fears. There are steps to take that will empower our to feel the fear but do it anyway. In this video, I share a few steps towards transforming your fears and getting ahead… Continue reading
One of the most powerful insights into the human mind and wellness is the understanding that humans can be addicted to their emotions of worry and anxiety. Once this happens, it becomes difficult to shift a worrying habit. In this video, I share two important steps to breaking the emotional continuity of worry and creating a mind of calm and tranquility… Continue reading
Stress has become a huge source disability in our societies today. Stress suffocates hopes, ruins relationships and destroys human aspirations. But for us to achieve happiness and fulfilment in life, we must understand how to shift a stressful state any time it crawls into our mental arena. In this short video, I share a few steps to transforming stress, starting from today.. Continue reading
Emotions are chemical signatures of all of our pattern of thoughts and past experiences. Human mental wellness is often at the mercy of his bio-chemical reactions. We cannot be healthy beyond the healthiness of the chemical mix within our body system. What you are thinking about all the time is deciding the chemicals that a component within your emotional brain is mixing. If you worry a lot, you are manufacturing stress chemicals in abundance into your system, which can then compromise the functions of some vital organs within you. What can you then do to make your body mix energising Continue reading
The Amygdala is part of our emotional brain that is in charge our alerting the body of internal or external threats. It is part of our survival mechanism that requested your fight or fight response to get started. Once the Amygdala has memorised your fears, negative thoughts and repressed emotions, it starts to press the alert buttons even when your conscious mind is unaware of any external or internal danger. For transformation to take place, you will need to break the negative routines of the amygdala, and updates its memories and emergency file. In this short clip, I share what Continue reading
Depression has become a major cause of disability in several developed nations around the world. Once depression extends its roots into the molecules of our emotions and the homeostatic balance of the body re-calibrates, it becomes very difficult to transform the episode. In this short clip, I share 2 things you can start to do immediately to rewire the brain towards transformation. Continue reading
Key Focuses for the Anxiety Q & A session: I will be answering specific questions on many topics, such as: —Key steps to transforming stress and anxiety. —Understanding the neuro-physiology of anxiety. —Managing anxiety symptoms. —Overcoming self-doubt and the “what if” thinking that often breed anxiety. —How to beat the torture of procrastination: a common coping mechanism for stress. —Antidepressants or will power? —And many more… Continue reading
Fear is the number one enemy of mental wellness and success. Whatever you desire to be, do or have is always at the other side of where fear resides. In other words, you will have to face the fear and press through it in order to reach your desired goals, be it in the area of relationship, health, wealth or career. The mastery of fear is simply a mastery of life. In this short live clip, I share four steps to conquering fear and making your life count on every side. Continue reading
Worry is one of the biggest enemies of mental and physical wellness. If can’t control worry, you will struggle to fulfill your full potential in life. Obsessive worrying can mess up the nervous system, weaken the immune system and keep us less effective in enjoying life and becoming who and what we desire to be. In this clip, I share a few thoughts on how to break the worry habit so that you can have more peace of mind as you journey towards personal fulfillment. Continue reading
Smiling has been known for centuries for its positive effects on our mind and nervous system. Do you know that smiling does a better job than chocolate in stimulating the brain’s reward mechanism that makes us feel good and happy? Look at children. They are happier and have more energy because they laugh a lot more in a 24 hour period than the average adult can ever manage. One study showed that, on average, children laugh 400 times a day, while the happiest adults only manage to smile 40-50 times a day. On average, most of us only smile or Continue reading
Laziness is a mind problem that can kill your dreams and suffocate your happiness in life. Most people slump into a lazy habit of thinking and doing without knowing why and how to get out of it. This article will not only reveal why, it will also show you how to shake it off for good. Below are the eight steps that have helped others rise above mental inhibitions and unlock their mental energy for greater accomplishment: These eight steps are acronyms of the word L.A.Z.I.N.E.S.S: 1. L: Let go of suppressed negative emotions. Your nervous system cannot stand repressed Continue reading
Laziness affects us all. It limits our ability to produce to the maximum and experience greater happiness and success. “I just don’t feel motivated to do anything. I know I should be pushing hard and doing something worthwhile but nothing seems to interest me enough to get me going. I feel like I am too lazy and basically wasting away. I used to be passionate about a few things. But now, most things don’t interesting me at all. I get tired easily. I am unhappy and frustrated. As a result, I comfort eat, over-sleep, or do pointless things just to Continue reading
Visualisation has creative energy that few other intellectual human factors can match. If you know how to use anticipatory visualisation technique to your advantage, you can dislodge anxiety in the brain. Your negative thoughts, feelings, imaginations and your avoidance mechanism conspired together over time to programme your emotional mind for anxiety. To overcome anxiety, you will need the same elements; thoughts, feelings, imaginations and avoidance mechanism, all engaged positively using anticipatory visualisation. You need to keep all these four elements positive for a certain amount of time until their positive energies eventually dismantle the old anxiety programming. Once this happens, Continue reading
You can transform anxiety. This is possible if you have access to the right intervention and are willing to put in the necessary work. Your personal responsibility is essential. It is not enough to have a desire for change. You will need to set change in motion through your corresponding actions. [headline style=”1″ align=”left” headline_tag=”h2″] You Can Understand Anxiety By Looking At A Tattoo [/headline] The best analogy for describing anxiety in relation to the brain is by using a tattoo as an example. A tattoo, once inscribed into the skin, becomes difficult to un-inscribe. It is possible, but you Continue reading
The following benefits have been gathered from both the sufferers and professionals who have used the FEAR model either as a self-help tool or as a model for helping clients: 1. Health and fitness. The FEAR Model helps restore the body to function as intended. Emotional stress and anxiety messes up the nervous system, increases emotional fatigue and degenerates the body quickly. By using the FEAR model steps regularly, you’ll achieve heightened emotional well-being , a higher level of energy, creativity, and greater life satisfaction. A sufferer who recently went through the course wrote the following feedback, “Very good, informative, eye Continue reading
Anxiety disorder can be painfully stubborn to overcome. I know this because I’ve been through it myself. Anxiety can easily be ingrained in the brain like a tattoo, making it incredibly difficult to undo. Of course, you can dislodge the old wiring of anxiety in the brain and re-programme your brain for calm and confidence, if you know the right steps to take. Having taught on this subject around the country, the F.E.A.R. Model recovery steps for transforming anxiety disorder may be what you need to transform yourself once and for all or any of your loved ones suffering from anxiety. Simple but very effective. Many sufferers are now experiencing a new life of Continue reading
Adrenal fatigue has become a common disorder among many people suffering from anxiety and chronic stress. Adrenal fatigue, also known as adrenal exhaustion, is caused when the body’s adaptive energy that protects us from being overwhelmed by stress cannot longer do so. We get extra energy to combat stress from our adrenal glands. But if we are exposed to a source of stress that is prolonged and continuous, it becomes highly likely that the adrenal glands will eventually grow tired to perform their functions properly. Prolonged exposure to stress, sooner or later, forces the adrenal glands to reach a state Continue reading
Treating GAD and Panic Disorder Workshop in Rotherham over the weekend was a success. We had great feedback from many of the attendees. The workshop centered around the role of repressed negative emotions in the creation of most anxiety-related disorders. One of the questions that came up in relation to this is the following; “Instead of the States asking everyone to queue for a CBT programme and prescribing more and more antidepressants to anxiety and depression sufferers, why are they not encouraging alternative treatments that actually deal with the root-causes of anxiety-related disorders?” Well, it is a question that I Continue reading
Treating Intrusive Thoughts and the Inner Critical Voice workshop at Leeds Trinity University is around the corner (5th March 2016). This is a heavily anticipated one-day workshop. The ticket sold out in less than a week. Counsellors, therapists, health professionals and other individuals with great interest in mental health will be in attendance. One of the prevalent questions that is likely to dominate the delegates’ minds especially among the mental health experts is this; “Why is it difficult to cure intrusive thoughts permanently using ordinary counselling methods?” For many years I personally pondered upon this same question. I had helped Continue reading
Stress can be extremely debilitating. But it can even get worse if your way of thinking is generating more stress for you than external circumstances. The following are the three steps for ensuring that your mindset is not breathing life to your stress: Identify any negative beliefs which could be breathing life to your stress. This includes debilitating statements such as, “I am always stressed at Christmas, or I’m always stressed out in our weekly business meeting.” There are more similar negative statements many people say casually without really reading too much into them. However, the brain and the subconscious Continue reading
In my first article in this series, How to Identify and Eliminate Anxiety Disorders, I highlighted some of the reasons why anxiety disorders are complex. I also explored some of the common symptoms of anxiety disorders. In this article, I will show you how you can assess yourself regarding anxiety disorders. If you’re not already sure, the following details will assist you in ascertaining your exact condition and offer what your next action-step should be. The best place to begin a recovery journey is on the platform of recognition. In other words, you will need to know what is Continue reading
Anxiety disorders are more common today than any other era in history. Anxiety-related disorders such as Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD), panic disorder, depression, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are all at a record high. Studies have shown that anxiety-related disorders affect up to fifteen percent of the population at any one time. This is a huge amount of people if you think about it. One of the reasons for the increase is because anxiety disorders are complex. Their diagnosis, prevention and treatment can be very challenging to Continue reading
In this article, I will show you a 60-second mindfulness technique for anxiety and stress relief. These simple steps I am about to show you can be life-changing, provided you put them into practice as often a possible. But before I delve into it, let me quickly demystify some myths around the whole subject of mindfulness that may stop you from reaping its rewards. What Mindfulness Is Not Of course, many people are skeptical and nervous when they hear the words, “meditation” and “mindfulness.” I too was when I first heard about them. But after a lot of digging, I Continue reading
We all experience a measure of anxiety in some social or performance-driven situations. It’s a duty of the nervous system to be a bit nervous and self-protect in a situation where it thinks it could be vulnerable to public criticism or embarrassment. However, if your fear is a lot stronger than the so called “normal anxiety” that most people experience in social situations, then there may be more to it than you think. Here are some questions that can help you scrutinise your actions and behaviour as to whether you have social anxiety: Behavioural Signs of Social Anxiety: Is your Continue reading
The human brain is complex. The brain is made up of over one hundred billion neurones or brain cells; all of which have to constantly interact and send messages to each other. It is these billions of interactions between the brain cells that shape our emotions, behaviours, thoughts and even our mental health. Regarding anxiety-related symptoms, the communications between the brain-cells are very crucial. If things are not right with the way the neurones send and receive messages among each other, anxiety and other psychological conditions can be the resulting factors. Now, for communication to take place between the brain Continue reading
Question: How can a person tell whether they are depressed or just lazy, unmotivated or lacking in willpower? My Commentary: Extreme lack of motivation, inability to focus on priority tasks, sudden burst of enthusiasm, social ineptitude and loneliness could be symptoms of a mild type of bipolar disorder known as hypomania. This often comes with mild mood swings as well as mind depressive episodes: If it is hypomania, you may experience contrasting swings in mood, ranging from periods of overactive and excited behaviour known as ‘mania’ or ‘manic episodes’ to depressive episodes. You may have stable times between these highs and Continue reading
Question: “I just feel anxious for no reason. I feel like there is something I am forgetting to do but I’m not.” There are two types of anxiety that you may be experiencing when it seems like you are feeling anxious for no reason. Each of these two anxieties requires a different treatment approach: Spontaneous anxiety. This is when your anxiety comes out of the blue with high intensity, increases rapidly, and then eases off gradually. Anticipatory anxiety. This is often triggered by a threatening situation or a persistent negative thought or worry. This could also happen subconsciously, meaning that you may Continue reading
Are you often anxious of being in crowded places such as restaurants, supermarkets, or big shopping centres? Do you dread being in enclosed places or confined places such as bridges or tunnels? Maybe you struggle with being stuck at home all alone? Well, agoraphobia could be the one to blame here; fear of open spaces. However, the underlying subconscious dread of agoraphobia is the fear of being stranded in a situation where escape might be difficult or where losing control might create an avalanche of shame and embarrassment. Agoraphobia is often a protective outlet for panic attacks. This Continue reading
How Can You Protect Your Mind From the Escalating Anxiety…? When I understood this “Two-Mind-In-One” concept, I began to regain control from my escalating anxiety, and I’ve never looked back. I eventually became completely free from it and now helping people around the world overcome theirs. Let me share with you very quickly how your understanding about the “Two-Mind-In-One” concept can help you overcome any anxiety-related condition you may have : The human mind is divided into two minds: The conscious mind, and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is like the programmer that is typing in information into you, Continue reading
Two of the biggest challenges I often face when assisting with anxiety recovery are the following: •Embryonic anxieties •Intrusive thoughts. Embryonic anxiety: Embryonic anxiety is the phrase I use to describe the fresh anxieties that are being generated as a result of what life is currently throwing at you. Imagine, you are trying to rise above your lingering anxiety disorder, but due to your current life challenges, you realise that your anxiety symptoms are getting worse. Embryonic anxieties could be responsible. Work, health, family or money related stresses are the main causes of embryonic anxiety. Just like an embryo, each stressful situation that you face Continue reading
As an anxiety recovery coach, this is one of my frequently asked questions. People want to know if the symptoms of anxiety they are experiencing put them in the anxiety disorder category or in the “ordinary” anxiety category. If you are wondering what the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorder is, here are my thoughts about the subject matter: The term “anxiety” in this context is often used to refer to the “ normal level” of anxiety that every human experience on exposure of anxiety-inducing situations. In other words, it is the natural anxious feeling that we all face when Continue reading
When I was suffering from anxiety, I experienced these two personality effects of anxiety that somehow affected what I thought about myself, how I viewed the world around me and of course how I react to life in general… But after I understood these two personality elements, things began to change… Self-awareness was all that it took… Watch me explain these two obstacles to recovery here (3.59 minute video): [video_player type=”youtube” youtube_force_hd=”hd1080″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ border_size=”10″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS8zUVdwUjZYRmNyOA==[/video_player] Continue reading
As an anxiety recovery coach, this is one of my frequently asked questions. People want to know if the symptoms of anxiety they are experiencing put them in the anxiety disorder category or in the “ordinary” anxiety category. If you are wondering what the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorder is, here are my thoughts about the subject matter: [video_player type=”youtube” youtube_hide_controls=”Y” youtube_force_hd=”hd1080″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ border_size=”10″ border_color=”#081f2b”]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS95Y292NFFxOVhvZw==[/video_player] Continue reading
Years ago when I used to suffer from anxiety, someone told me about the three daily habits that could drastically keep my anxiety at bay and send me on the way to full recovery. Honestly speaking, I doubted their effects until I actually gave them a try. To my surprise, they became a game changer and kick-started my transformation! I share these 3 simple things in the short video below. [video_player type=”youtube” youtube_hide_controls=”Y” youtube_force_hd=”hd1080″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ border_size=”10″ border_color=”#052533″]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9JRkUta25rOWxCYw==[/video_player] Continue reading
If your irrational fear disturbs you frequently and is often distressing and overpowering, then what you are dealing with is a potent outlet of anxiety disorders, and not just any kind of phobia. It may be that you are afraid of contracting a certain disease or illness. Perhaps you are worrying obsessively or may be fearful about your loved one’s well-being and safety. Maybe, for you, it’s the fear of death or the disruptive fear of “Something really bad is going to happen,” It may be that of totally losing control of your mind and embarrassing yourself in a public Continue reading
If I told you that your current anxiety-related condition is actually helping you, would you believe me? Probability not! But that’s exactly the case. As far as your anxiety disorder is concerned, it’s doing its ultimate best to protect you from something within the psyche which it considers a “bigger threat” against your emotions… Whether it is panic attack, GAD, OCD, agoraphobia, depression, intrusive thoughts, inner critical voice, body dysmorphic disorder, or any other anxiety-related issues – they are all outlets or defenses that your emotional brain has deployed to protect you from what it thinks are potentially brutal and Continue reading
If your desire is to be emotional healthy, happy and fulfilled, you will need to face your fears – looking at it right in the face courageously and choose to get on with your life in spite of it. I’ve got a few effective tips for you here to help you do just that. Fear is known to be one of the deadly menaces underneath every emotional disorders. Also, it is the number one enemy of self-expression and success. It paralyses self-confidence, beclouds our hope for the future and shatters our ability to enjoy life to the full and maximise Continue reading
Do you know that there are two things that can be the difference between stress and celebration for you this Christmas? Here there are: * What you choose to focus on. * The meaning you give to things. What you choose to focus on: One of the greatest qualities of humanity is our ability to decide our focus. We can choose to focus on our blessings or we can decide to focus on those things that are not going right in our lives… But whatever focus we choose, there are consequences – negative or positive. Positive focus creates positive feelings, Continue reading
Try these 5 proven and easy steps to gain control if you are experiencing Christmas Anxiety. It’s the time of year again when many people’s anxiety seems to escalate, and instead of enjoying the festive season, they are enduring it. By the way, this is a special request from a few of my clients and I thought you might find it useful too. [video_player type=”youtube” youtube_auto_play=”Y” youtube_force_hd=”hd720″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ border_size=”5″ border_color=”#690c0c”]aHR0cDovL3lvdXR1LmJlL055LUlCeF90UUpj[/video_player] These 5 steps have been tested and found very effective and simple to implement – and in no time, you can join others who are now Continue reading
If you have an anxiety disorder or have previously experienced anxiety first hand, I reckon you can easily express how it makes you free in words based on your own personal experience. For that reason, I’ll just look into the peculiarity of anxiety and how it’s different from other conditions such as fear. Anxiety is a psychological debilitating reaction that affects one’s entire being. It can cripple your ability to function well as a human being and deal with day-today situations. Unlike fear that is often directed to something external, e.g fear of spider or exams, anxiety is often internal, Continue reading
In life it is almost natural for us to focus on everything that is not going right with us – and overlook those few things that are worth being grateful for. Many of us do this by default – without even knowing how negatively biased our focus has been, regarding our lives. And this is the biggest decider of our mood, hopes and life experiences: How we feel about ourselves, about the past, about the present, about the future and even about our entire life. What is most fascinating is the fact that gratitude carries extraordinary positive energy that is Continue reading
Regarding anxiety disorders, this is one the powerful recovery tools many people don’t seem to know about. And even if they’ve heard of it, they tend not to do anything with it, probably because they haven’t really experienced its transformational power. [video_lightbox type=”url” style=”2″ url1=”” url2=”” width=”511″ height=”288″ placeholder=”http://mindbodyrecovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-13-at-09.34.58-300×187.png” placeholder_width=”300″ placeholder_height=”187″ align=”center”]aHR0cDovL3ZpZGVvY2xpcHNtb3RpdmF0aW9uYWwuczMuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9Ib3cgdG8gb3ZlcmNvbWUgc2VsZi1kb3VidC9FYXNpbHkgSWdub3JlZCBBbnhpZXR5IFJlY292ZXJ5IFRlY2huaXF1ZS5tcDQ=[/video_lightbox] Here is a piece of timeless life-modification technique which thousands of people have used and are still using to change what they do not want in their life and get the kind of results they want to see, especially in the areas of well-being, attitudes and personal fulfilment. Continue reading
Do you know that there are simple steps you can take to instantly reduce the symptoms of your anxiety? I will quickly share them with you here. But before I do that, there is one important thing I want to draw your attention to that will help you make sense of why the below self-analysis works. And this is it: Your thought (that is your thinking pattern) is the most powerful element regarding whether or not you will defeat your anxiety, agoraphobia, panic, OCD or any other anxiety outlet you may currently have. Why is this so? It is so Continue reading
Do you often wake up in the morning with horrible feelings and symptoms of morning anxiety, such as dizziness, trembling, panic attacks, feeling sweaty, fatigue, intense stomach aches, rapid heart beat and loads of anxious thoughts, just to mention a few? The following top ten causes of morning anxiety might be useful to you. Sometimes that’s all it takes to kick-start your recovery – intensified awareness of the cause(s) of your morning anxiety. [headline style=”1″ align=”left”] 10. Not Getting Enough Sleep.[/headline] You will be surprised to discover how many people develop morning anxiety due to poor sleeping pattern. If Continue reading
Whether you like it or not, there will be seasons in your life when you’ll have to battle your way through feelings of discouragement. As along as we are alive, we’ll never outgrow intermittent feelings of discouragement, regardless of the level of our emotional intelligence, motivation or success. So, when you find yourself on the verge of being swept away by the unforeseen currents of discouragement, use the tips below to steady your ship, so that you can navigate your way back in the direction of happiness, progress and personal fulfilment: 1. Accept it. The first key to recovery from Continue reading
[feature_box style=”11″ only_advanced=”There are no title options for the choosen style” content_font_size=”20″ content_font_font=”Bitter” content_font_color=”#eeeee” alignment=”center”] “The wise select their THINKING to create the feelings they desire, while others surrender to their FEELINGS to create the thinking they detest.” — Wale Oladipo [/feature_box] The greatest key to personal well-being is the ability to take charge of one’s thinking. It is a vital skill concerning emotional intelligence. The thinking that you permit determines the feelings that you generate. Feelings are faithful employees of thoughts. Your thoughts dictate what kind of feeling you should expect. It is like a car and the Continue reading