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Sophia Spencer
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Social Anxiety vs Generalised Anxiety: Understanding the Overlap and Differences
Understand the key differences between Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for better diagnosis and treatme
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Sarah Cosway
Nov 22, 20244 min read
Why Intrusive Thoughts Are Like Beachballs
Learn about intrusive thoughts with the beach ball metaphor. Accept, hold lightly, and reduce their impact for greater mental clarity.
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Sarah Cosway
Oct 13, 20247 min read
Is Misophonia a Hidden Condition Millions of Us Are Overlooking?
Uncover the realities of misophonia: triggers, emotional challenges, and coping strategies. Learn how to better understand and support those
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Sarah Cosway
Sep 20, 20249 min read
Quiet Your Mind Quickly: Cognitive Shuffling for Better Sleep
Cognitive Shuffling might be the sleep strategy you've been missing—calm your mind and sleep better with this simple technique.
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Sarah Cosway
Jun 8, 20248 min read
Why We Feel Other People’s Fear: Exploring Vicarious Anxiety and Stress
Why do we absorb other people's stress and anxiety? Learn about vicarious anxiety and how it impacts our mental health.
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Sarah Cosway
Jun 1, 20248 min read
Ditch Perfect and Embrace Imperfection: Empowering Yourself to Overcome Perfectionism
Unveiling Perfectionism: Exploring Its Impact on Your Mental Health and Wellbeing Does your mind ever tell you the story that nothing you...
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Sarah Cosway
Mar 16, 20246 min read
Past Experiences Don't Have to Haunt Us: Understanding Traumatic Memories through the Linen Cupboard Metaphor.
Sometimes we may find that memories of distressing experiences can linger and, in doing so, continue causing us distress long after the...
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Sarah Cosway
Mar 9, 202411 min read
Beyond Approval: Embracing Authenticity & Overcoming People-Pleasing in a World Where Validation Is King
Unveiling the Perils of People-Pleasing: Navigating Life's Pressures in Pursuit of Authenticity Do you find yourself agreeing to take on...
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Sarah Cosway
Feb 17, 20248 min read
Imposter Syndrome: Why Even Successful People Feel Like Frauds
Have you ever felt like a fraud in your own successes? Perhaps you were sitting in a room full of accomplished individuals and were...
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Sarah Cosway
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Conquering the Anxiety Monsters of Menopause: Tips and Strategies for Finding Calm and Well-Being
Tips and strategies for finding calm and well-being during the menopause
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Sarah Cosway
Feb 27, 20226 min read
Understanding and managing feelings
Human beings have been walking around on this planet for millennia and for the majority of that time we lived without all the technology...
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Sarah Cosway
Feb 23, 20223 min read
Unhelpful Thinking Patterns 2/11 - Critical Self
This is the second part of a series looking at common unhelpful thinking habits. These are patterns of thinking that our minds can slip...
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Sarah Cosway
Nov 24, 20211 min read
How Do I Deal with Anxiety? - Tip #3 (The Worry Tree)
In an earlier post I introduced you to a flowchart that you can use to help process worries. Another popular tool in Cognitive...
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Sarah Cosway
Nov 10, 20211 min read
A simple tool for if you worry too much
We all worry at times, but if you find that your worry is taking over and getting in the way of enjoying life then you need some...
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Sarah Cosway
Oct 31, 20212 min read
How do I deal with Anxiety? Tip #2 (Box Breathing)
In a previous post (here) I described a grounding technique that can be used to help manage the overwhelm that we can experience when...
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Sarah Cosway
Oct 26, 20211 min read
How do I deal with Anxiety? Tip #1 (54321 method)
When anxiety hits it can feel overwhelming and we might feel like we have no control over what is happening to us. Grounding techniques...
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