by Emma Sobey | Nov 29, 2016 | Hypno Blog, Positive Psychology
Today’s blog is from someone who I admire hugely, she is an inspiration to everyone who knows her. I met Adriane back in 1989 and I’m proud to call her my friend, she’s been through many ups and downs in the last twenty years or so and I asked if...
by Emma Sobey | Nov 22, 2016 | Anxiety, Anxiety & Depression, Depression
Does EVERYTHING ALWAYS happen to you? Does NOTHING EVERY go right? Does something ALWAYS go wrong? Are the traffic lights ALWAYS red when you’re late for work? You could be guilty of global thinking. Watch the video to discover why this is bad for anxiety and...
by Emma Sobey | Nov 15, 2016 | Depression
There is no doubt that people with depression think in a negative way. Admittedly some are in denial and ‘blame’ circumstances, events or people in their lives, but nonetheless changing this one thing, or learning how not to do it will start you on the...
by Emma Sobey | Nov 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Anxiety & Depression, Depression
It is not news that you can cure yourself of anxiety and depression, we’ve been helping people do just that for years at Old Town Hypnotherapy. But for some, the pieces of the puzzle are just not falling into place and they are struggling with where to start. ...
by Emma Sobey | Nov 1, 2016 | Anxiety
Comfort with Ambiguity In planning this three part series on skills to lower anxiety I did consider putting comfort with ambiguity as number one as just about everyone with anxiety struggles with this one. What I mean by ambiguity is ‘not knowing’. Humans in general...
by Emma Sobey | Oct 25, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Depression
What winds you up? Or perhaps the questions should be ‘who’ winds you up? In Skills To Lower Anxiety Part 1, I talked about practicing of patience, a skill I need to practice in particular. In Part 2, we’re going to be focusing on another skill, Acceptance. Acceptance...