Confidence In my time as a therapist, I have not met a single person who isn’t impressive in some way. I really do believe we all bring something to the table. I know it…now you need to know it. The work we do in my private studio will bring out your confidence whether that is…
Often my work goes in themes. I sometimes have lots of clients who want to lose weight, suffer anxiety or want to stop smoking. Other occasions there is a running theme such as challenges with a family member or feeling unsupported. The theme of the day is not feeling that people are listening to what…
Many of our early memories come from school. My very first memory is meeting my long term best mate Sam, whilst she was playing with the scales on an introductory day at Infant School (Year 1 in today’s language). Sadly, often through school becomes disappointment, fear, bullying and negative feelings about ourselves. My big disappointment came…
Far too often people have a low opinion of themselves. They doubt themselves. They question their own judgement. They feel they are not good enough. They run over and over in their minds their actions or things they have said in case they have said or done wrong. They compare themselves to others and always…
Confidence, or rather lack of confidence, is at the root of many issues. Let’s take a look at where that lack of confidence comes from. It is rare to be born with a lack of confidence. You only have to look at very young children before they are stifled by society, structure and life events to see…
About Ann ANN BOWDITCH is a member and trainer registered on the General Hypnotherapy Register and General Hypnotherapy Standards Council and has run her own private practice in Guernsey for over 8 years. Author of The Energy of Anxiety, a self-help book offering new perspectives and modern techniques. Ann is also a practitioner of a number of therapies including EFT, Energy in…
Our belief system is critical to our perspective of life’s events, how we see other people and the world at large, what we think about ourselves and what we fear. So where does our belief system come from? We were not born with doubts about ourselves, low self-esteem, not feeling good enough, not trusting other…
Mental Health has been in the news throughout this year. Nobody is immune to the possibility of having a mental health issue. It can creep up on anyone at anytime. Never be complacent about mental health and always seek help, preferably at an early stage, whenever you are struggling. The reason seeking help early on…
I’ve been talking a lot lately about mental health. Nobody is immune to the possibility of having a mental health issue. It can creep up on anyone. Never be complacent about mental health and always seek help, preferably at an early stage, whenever you are struggling. It helps to nip issues in the bud quickly…
Now there’s a bold title for a blog post. The first consideration may be “is it possible to ‘create’ confident children with high self esteem?” If your child lacks these qualities there may be a number of reasons but, for this article, I am mostly looking at how the way you behave and talk to…