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“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou
Client Success Story: HSP Amy
Learn about HSP Amy’s experience with EFT and her success story -overcoming chronic anxiety and trauma symptoms.
Fifteen Signs you're an Empath
Ever wondered if you're an Empath? Maybe it's a term you’ve heard of recently and you're thinking… is that me? Well this article is going to help you decide.
Eight Reasons Empaths can have late blooming careers
What is it about our journey as Empaths that may cause limitations on the way and make some of us late bloomers in our careers? If you are highly sensitive and experience a frustrated sentiment of not having fulfilled your potential yet, then read on to reflect on why this might be…
Five Challenges of Motherhood as an Empath
Motherhood is a demanding and transformative journey for most but as an Empath some of these challenges may feel amplified due to your highly sensitive nature. Alongside that, our unhelpful tendencies as an empath can rear up clashing with the requirements of our role as a Mother. Here are a few issues you might encounter: 1 Isolation due to overwhelm. 2 Low tolerance of intensity. 3 Lack of space, time and energy. 4 Parenting triggering unhealed wounds. 5 New role revealing family dynamics. Read more…
Six Overwhelm Triggers for Highly Sensitive People
For sensitive souls, feeling overwhelmed can be a continual or reoccurring problem. One of the drawbacks of the blessing of being highly sensitive is that the world can feel intense and overwhelming at times, even in ‘mundane’ situations when those around you are just fine.
The beauty however is that once we start to understand and acknowledge our sensitive nature we can begin to make shifts that support and nourish us more deeply rather than deplete us. So here are some classic overwhelm trigger's for Empaths and what you can do in response to support yourself.
The blight of perfectionism and the garden novice
There is a fear I've had to wrestle with, that in revealing an insecurity or lack of knowledge, that a mask of ‘perfection’ will drop, losing me the respect of friends or colleagues as I will not be seen as strong or be as valuable. But trying to present as though everything is okay all the time, when it's not, is a lonely place to live and can factor into depression and anxiety - as we feel disconnected, unseen, unheard and leave ourselves emotionally stranded, dealing with everything alone.
Three reasons why ‘average’ teenage years can trigger chronic anxiety, depression and overwhelm
Most of us, or those I have encountered, found their teenage years tough going. There are of course exceptions to this but they tend to be more rare. Commonly however, teenage experiences and struggles may have left us feeling; isolated, lonely, unhappy, trapped, depressed, overwhelmed or stressed to some degree. Let's explore the reasons why this is and how EFT can help us heal…
Tapping through Pandemic overwhelm, anxiety and depression
We have lived through extraordinary times due to the pandemic. We have experienced landslide changes to our lives, which has happened completely outside of our choosing and control and has resulted in long periods with significant uncertainty. Lockdown radically changed our way of life and the pandemic caused life changing decisions for many. It was, and to some degree still is, not possible to make plans that won’t change overnight. These were incredibly triggering conditions for anyone living with anxiety and depression, easily tipping you into points of overwhelm.
Trauma Response: a Mother of anxiety, depression and overwhelm - and how EFT can help you heal
If, like me 10 years ago, you hear the word ‘trauma symptoms’ and think ‘Trauma is something you have after a car accident, or going to war right?’ then I have some news for you... Trauma symptoms are surprisingly common and may be at the root of the anxiety, depression and overwhelm you are experiencing.
Five ways EFT reduces anxiety and promotes calm
You might be wondering - so how does EFT / Tapping help to reduce my anxiety levels? What does it actually do? Well read on…
Three Ways Parenting contributes to Anxiety, Depression and Overwhelm
Being a parent can be a wonderful gift but that doesn’t mean it's not tough or really difficult at times. If you are finding the job of parenting overwhelming you’re not alone. The domestic grind of being a parent can be depressing and anxiety provoking, for both stay at home or return to work mums / dads. It’s easy to feel tired, over-stretched or overwhelmed from the additional demands of parenting.
Breathwork and Cold Therapy: 'The Wim Hof Method' for anxiety and depression
Do you hate the cold? Me too! So why on earth would you try this therapy during your recovery from anxiety and depression...? Because the health benefits will blow you away and the positive results start immediately.