Overcome anxiety with hypnotherapy

10/19/16 • 43 min

Free Hypnosis | Hypnotherapy | Self help | Life coaching with Kim Little

Podcast 26: Overcome anxiety with hypnotherapy. Today I’ll be briefly talking about

Back to school stress
The different challenges you might face
And my 5 top tips to help you control anxiety including how you can use hypnotherapy to reduce anxiety

There will also be a free hypnotherapy audio at the end of this podcast that you can enjoy, keep and come back to time and time again.

In episode 15 I looked at stress and how you can manage this with hypnotherapy and I’d highly recommend listening to this as it will give you more information on how stress affect us and the other challenges that stress and anxiety can create within us. I also don’t want to repeat all of the info from that podcast so please, go back and have a listen after this podcast!

Anxiety is a by product of stress, that old saying there’s no smoke without fire well, there’s definitely no anxiety without stress.

You might experience

Racing thoughts
Rapid heartbeat
Sweaty palms
Blushing
Tightness in your throat
A churning in your stomach

This can be an easily ignored challenge at first but can progress into more damaging symptoms such as

Headaches
I.B.S symptoms
Chest pains
Short temper
Nausea
Loss of sex drive
Low motivations
Insomnia

Do you experience

Specific worry
Generalised worry
Fears or phobias which stop you from living the life you want
Panic attacks
O.C.D
Unwanted habits such as nail biting, hair pulling or eating, picking your skin, biting your lips

Anyone can experience anxiety, from the smallest child to the oldest pensioner. Anxiety is very subjective, one person's fear is another's excitement. This can change day to day or minute by minute depending on the situation and how you're feeling.

This can be because of a large stress, such as an exam or after a series of small stresses that build up. It is common to be unaware when we are anxious or stressed, we can change this by being more aware of our behaviours when we are anxious and noticing the signs when anxiety starts to creep in and begin to affect our lives.

Anxiety can be because of

Abuse or victimisation
The death of a loved one
Personal relationships
Work or not working
Interview or promotion
Public speaking
Performance
Athletes
Animals - spiders, dogs, rats, insects are all common
Social situations, with friends or strangers

What other situations can you think of that you might feel anxious about?

Anxiety isn't just a negative state, this can help us progress in life and strive for our goals. We use anxiety for entertainment when we watch scary movies, go on roller coaster rides and play scary computer games.

Things that make us anxious can be seen as something to avoid or something to conquer. How could your life be improved just by using this simple thought change?

Listen to this week's podcast for my 5 top tips to help you overcome morning routine stress.

Today’s hypnotherapy audio includes techniques you can use to reduce anxiety and release old negative habits to make room from new more helpful habits. There are many techniques that we can use to help you improve your mornings so if you find you need more help visit www.altptherapies.co.uk to have a bespoke recording made for you with your challenges in mind.

Podcast 26: Overcome anxiety with hypnotherapy. Today I’ll be briefly talking about

Back to school stress
The different challenges you might face
And my 5 top tips to help you control anxiety including how you can use hypnotherapy to reduce anxiety

There will also be a free hypnotherapy audio at the end of this podcast that you can enjoy, keep and come back to time and time again.

Anxiety is a by product of stress, that old saying there’s no smoke without fire well, there’s definitely no anxiety without stress.

You might experience

Racing thoughts
Rapid heartbeat
Sweaty palms
Blushing
Tightness in your throat
A churning in your stomach

This can be an easily ignored challenge at first but can progress into more damaging symptoms such as

Headaches
I.B.S symptoms
Chest pains
Short temper
Nausea
Loss of sex drive
Low motivations
Insomnia

Do you experience

Specific worry
Generalised worry
Fears or phobias which stop you from living the life you want
Panic attacks
O.C.D
Unwanted habits such as nail biting, hair pulling or eating, picking your skin, biting your lips

Anxiety can be because of

Abuse or victimisation
The death of a loved one
Personal relationships
Work or not working
Interview or promotion
Public speaking
Performance
Athletes
Animals - spiders, dogs, rats, insects are all common
Social situations, with friends or strangers

What other situations can you think of that you might feel anxious about?

Things that make us anxious can be seen as something to avoid or something to conquer. How could your life be improved just by using this simple thought change?

Listen to this week's podcast for my 5 top tips to help you overcome morning routine stress.

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Overcome morning routine stress with hypnotherapy

Podcast 25: Overcome morning routine stress with hypnotherapy. Today I’ll be briefly talking about

Back to school stress
The different challenges you might face
And my 5 top tips to help you overcome any unwanted feelings during the school run, including how you can use hypnotherapy to manage your back to school stress and make your mornings more enjoyable.

There will also be a free hypnotherapy audio at the end of this podcast that you can enjoy, keep and come back to time and time again.

At the beginning of the school holidays I spoke about how to overcome summer holiday stress so now the kids have gone back to school it seems like a great time to talk about how to overcome morning routine stress.

There are some common challenges most parents face in the morning which include

Not eating breakfast
Arguing they want the TV on
Not getting dressed or washed when you ask
Not brushing their teeth properly
Lost lunch bag
Can’t find the book bag
Can’t find their shoes
How many times do you have to ask them to put their shoes on?
You might be anxious about your child going to school
Miss them when they’re gone
And you might have anxiety about them growing up
And like me, you might have promised yourself you won’t get stressed on the school run!

People feel the effects of stress in different ways, do you find yourself feeling

Frustrated
Short tempered
Sadness
Guilt
Overwhelmed
Out of your depth
Depressed
And can even feel like you’ve been abandoned

Listen to this week's podcast for my 5 top tips to help you overcome morning routine stress.

Today’s podcast will also include a technique you can use to release any unwanted feelings and overcome morning routine stress. There are many techniques that we can use to help you improve your mornings so if you find you need more help visit www.altptherapies.co.uk to have a bespoke recording made for you with your challenges in mind.

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Overcome phobias with hypnotherapy

Podcast 27: Overcome phobias with hypnotherapy. Today I’ll be briefly talking about

What a phobia is
Why we experience fears and phobias
And my 5 top tips to overcoming phobias including how you can use hypnotherapy to change your phobic reactions.

There will also be a free hypnotherapy audio at the end of this podcast that you can enjoy, keep and come back to time and time again.

In episode 26 I talked about anxiety and how you can manage this with hypnotherapy. This week's podcast follows on from this so please go back and listen for more information on anxiety.

A phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or an animal.

Phobias are more exaggerated than fears. A fear might make you feel a bit anxious where a phobia can become so severe that a person might begin to organise their whole life around an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation, an object, an animal or a bodily function.

This can be very restrictive and can cause a lot of unnecessary anxiety.

Phobias usually build up over time but can also follow a traumatic event. The severity of a phobia can vary dramatically. If you’re only faced with your trigger very rarely it might not affect your everyday life too much. Or you might be debilitated by the fear for a large part of your life and plan your life around the phobia.

You might feel

Dizzy or light headed
You might start to sweat
Might feel sick or feel a churning in your stomach
Might experience heart palpitations
Or shortness of breath
You can also experience shaking or the start of an upset stomach

These are instantaneous and you might feel you have no control of these responses. This is where cognitive therapy can help you change the reactions you have to triggers and take control over your reactions to the world around you.

This reaction can be attached to many different scenarios and this is why there are so many different phobias we can experience. From the more common fears and phobias like

Spiders or insects
Buttons
Clowns
Heights
Water
Animals
The dentist or medical examinations

To the less common phobias like

Small holes
Stickers
Knees
Numbers

These are all more specific phobias which are centred around a situation, an object, bodily function, animal or an activity.

Phobias can also be more complex which tend to be more limiting and usually develop during adulthood. Complex phobias are commonly associated with deep rooted fear or anxiety about a particular situation or circumstance such as agoraphobia or social phobia. This type of phobia might take a longer therapy plan to overcome because there are so many triggers that need addressing.

Listen to this week's podcast for my 5 top tips to help you overcome phobias.

Today’s hypnotherapy audio includes techniques you can use to reduce your response to your trigger and find new ways to overcome phobias.

There are many techniques that we can use to help you improve your mornings so if you find you need more help visit www.altptherapies.co.uk to have a bespoke recording made for you with your challenges in mind.

You can also contact me today on facebook or twitter.