Anxious about your life? Your job, family or social life?  I guess it has been building inside for a while - months rather than weeks or days perhaps…

The adrenal system is a part of the body which produces many hormones, including the stress hormone "cortisol". The release of cortisol into our bodi…

Mindfulness is a solution to a stressful, fast-paced lifestyle. A way of being present and paying attention to yourself in the here-and-now. Creating…

What is anxiety? Anxiety is a term used to describe a broad range of reactions to excessive fears and worries, such as panic attacks, phobias, obses…

Society tells us to always put our best foot forward. We are taught to distance ourselves from the negative aspects of ourselves and there are attrib…

Anxiety and depression are the human response to excessive levels of stress. Stress can be triggered by fear, pain or intense emotional states that o…

Statistics can be terrifying. The news from Cancer Research UK that the proportion of those expected to develop cancer at some point in their lives h…

Are negative thoughts affecting your present day living? Negative thinking habits can leave us feeling frustrated, angry, despondent, fearful and ca…

Anxiety, a simple word, seven letters, is such a pervasive condition. Anxiety is in all of our lives and in threatening situations is useful. Yet the…

This simple and brief technique, used regularly, can be an extremely useful exercise to help reduce the physical sensations of anxiety and to encoura…

SAD has become well known as the shorthand for Seasonal Affective Disorder, that cloak of despondency and gloom which can descend as autumn gives way…

‘My body was so tense. It was like a weight pressing down on my chest. It felt difficult to breathe. My brain felt wired to the point I couldn’t thin…