💪 What Is Resilience? Resilience Resilience isn’t about “being tough” or never feeling afraid. It’s about learning how to get back up after a wobble. It’s the quiet confidence that says, “Even if something is hard, I can still try.” 🧠 Teach the Resilient Mindset: “This is tricky for now, but I’ll get better with practice.” “It’s okay to be nervous and still give it a go.” “I don’t have to be perfect—I just have to try.” 🎨 Try This: Create a “Bravery Board” with your child. Every time they try something scary or new, add it. Celebrate effort, not just outcomes. 💬 Key Message: Anxiety says, “I can’t.” Resilience learns to say, “Maybe I can—and I’ll try.”

In the last blog, we explored the importance of becoming consciously aware of how anxiety shows up in your body, mind, and behaviour. You learned that anxiety isn’t your enemy—it’s a signal. And when you start to notice those signals without judgement, you begin to reclaim power over your responses. But what comes next? Now that you can see the anxiety response as it unfolds, what do you do with it? In this post, we’ll look at how to interrupt the anxiety cycle—in small, achievable steps—and start teaching your body and brain a new, calmer way of being. 🛑 First, Let’s Name the Problem Here’s what many people do with anxiety (no shame if this sounds familiar): Try to distract or avoid it Overthink it until they spiral Pretend they’re fine Criticise themselves for not “coping better” And all of that just reinforces the idea that anxiety is dangerous or shameful. But here’s a truth you may not have heard before: You don’t need to feel calm to take calming action. You can feel anxious and

In our last post, we began unpacking what anxiety really is—not something to be cured, but something to be understood and worked with. We talked about the natural survival response, the role of fear, and how quickly the body reacts without our conscious awareness. Now, let’s take a step further. Because before we can change anything—before we can regain a sense of control—we need to become consciously aware of how anxiety shows up in us. 🧠 Why Awareness Is the First Step to Change If you’ve lived with anxiety for a while, it may feel like it runs the show. One minute you’re fine, the next minute your heart is pounding, your thoughts are racing, and you’ve convinced yourself something terrible is going to happen. That’s not weakness—that’s your nervous system doing what it’s been trained to do. But here's the good news: you can retrain it. And it starts by observing, not reacting. 🔍 Becoming the Observer: Noticing Without Judgement Most of us respond to anxiety by either: Trying to pu

I don’t profess to get rid of your anxiety, or give you a cure. The fact is that we need worries, fears, and anxieties to survive. But what we need to do is make our anxieties work for us, stop making anxiety our enemy. Instead, develop skills to win most of the battles so you control your war with your mind. I hear some of you say , “oh here is another person telling me I can have control” ‘Do you not think I’ve tried, nothing works. Let’s just face it it’s the way my life is.” “She has probably never experienced anxiety” Well all of these I’ve heard. Worries, fear and anxieties are not not meant to be physically or mentally damaging. Humans have developed and evolved to have anxious episodes to survive and our minds have also developed the capacity to recover from them. We need anxiety to survive. So I’m going to start at the beginning, some of you maybe further down line in terms of your knowledge and understanding, some may not have heard or read this before. So join us when I get

Anger is a universal human emotion. At some point, every person experiences it. Yet, many people struggle to understand what anger really is and how it can be expressed in a healthy way. Often, we confuse anger with aggression, believing that to feel angry is to be destructive. But this misconception is not only misleading—it can be damaging to our emotional and physical well-being. Understanding Anger as a Natural Emotion Anger, in itself, is not bad. It is a natural, healthy response to certain situations—an internal signal that something is wrong. However, it's the way we choose to express or suppress our anger that determines whether it becomes a problem. Some individuals pride themselves on never getting angry. Others suppress their anger so completely that they no longer recognize it in themselves. But suppressed anger doesn’t disappear; it often turns inward and can manifest in other ways. For example: Depression is frequently referred to as "anger turned inwards." Obesity and c

Most of us have heard the phrase “I don’t get angry.” But the truth is, we all do—some people just push it down so deeply that it becomes unrecognisable. What happens to that energy? Where does the anger go when it’s ignored or unexpressed? Very often, it turns inward and festers—manifesting not as rage, but as depression, self-doubt, and even physical illness. In this blog, we’ll explore how suppressed anger can shape our emotional health and behaviours—and how learning to express anger constructively can set us free. 🔁 Suppression vs Expression: The False Choice From childhood, many of us are taught that expressing anger is wrong: “Don’t talk back.” “Don’t raise your voice.” “Go to your room until you calm down.” These early messages often teach us to suppress anger rather than understand and work through it. And while these intentions may have been to promote politeness or respect, the long-term effects are very different. Suppressing anger doesn’t make it disappear—it simply redir