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Wendy Dignan Psychologist & Mental Health Expert

I'm a Psychologist and anxiety expert who has spent 25 years helping people overcome anxiety It works. It’s been scientifically tested to work.

Thoughts going round and round in your head
Feeling overwhelmed
Needing to retreat from the world
That nauseous feeling building up and threatening to drown you
Foreboding, just waiting for something awful to happen
Not wanting to go out, just in case
Feeling removed, as if you’re outside your body, looking in
Never feeling comfortable or safe
Never feeling good enough
Always feeling like a failure
Waking up at 3am and not being able to go back to sleep
Not being able to turn your brain off to get to sleep
Dragging yourself through the day
Total exhaustion
Upset stomach
Running to the loo
Worrying about not getting to the loo

Sounding familiar? It’s time to beat anxiety and everything that runs alongside it, once and for all. Hello, I’m Wendy Dignan and I’ve just won the specialist mental health provider of the year award. I’m not a counsellor, a life coach or a self-proclaimed expert……..I’m a psychologist AND I’ve been where you are now. I’ve spent 25 years helping thousands of people, just like you, recover from anxiety. I’ve collected all the proven, practical things that really work and put them into an online course called Fearless Female. I want YOU to find out how you can be free of anxiety and get back in control of your life. And you won’t be speaking to somebody else, ever. I’ve written the course, it’s me who will answer your questions. It’s me who will show up for you.

08/09/2025

Growth starts with the truth. Not always comfortable, but always worth it.

04/09/2025

As summer winds down, many of us feel a subtle (or not-so-subtle) shift. Even if you’re not heading back to school yourself, September often brings a faster pace, packed schedules, and a pressure to “get back to it.”

And if you live with anxiety, this transition can hit especially hard.

You might feel tired just thinking about routines returning. It’s easy to see structure as something draining—but in reality, well-chosen routines can reduce anxiety, not add to it.

They give us rhythm. Predictability. A sense of control in a world that can feel too fast, too noisy, or just too much.

That said, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Start with one or two micro-routines:
• A simple morning anchor (stretch, tea, sunlight)
• A gentle wind-down before bed
• A 3-minute pause between tasks to reset your nervous system

Let these small rituals hold you—not control you. The aim isn’t perfection, it’s stability.

And if you're still feeling resistance? That’s okay too. Transitions stir up anxiety because they remind us of uncertainty. Even the end of summer can carry grief—the loss of slow mornings, lighter evenings, or fewer demands.

You’re allowed to move into this next season gently. Routines aren’t a punishment—they’re a way to come home to yourself.

So as September approaches, ask:
What would a routine that supports me actually look like?
Where can I add steadiness without overwhelm?

You don’t need a perfect plan. You just need one small thing to steady your day.
You’ve done transitions before. You’ll do this one too—with care, with kindness, and at your own pace.

Save this post for the next time transitions feel overwhelming.

01/09/2025

My thoughts on getting out and about this autumn featured in Sixtyplusurfers Check it out!

Body Maintenance page. Fitness & health for 60 plus & over. Habit stacking, Jo Medhurst, kalms, watercress, outside clinic, hearing aids

29/08/2025

Are you experiencing stress or anxiety? This is a question I'm always asked. Hopefully this post will help you tell the difference between them. Share this with someone who needs to see it.

28/08/2025

How are you feeling?

It’s tough if you have stuff going on to feel anything but stuck.

When I speak to clients who are stuck, I know that the first thing I need to do is to ‘unstick’ them.

Being stuck usually means that they can’t imagine a future. And they definitely can’t imagine a future that’s happy. I notice this by examining the detail of what they say and what they do.

The sort of behaviour that will keep you stuck is repetitive. Groundhog Day is my way of describing the repetition of the same day, and doing the same thing, over and over. But with the hope that things will get better.

Being stuck is about repeating the same negative thoughts over and over in your brain, but with the hope that you’ll start to feel better.

Sometimes, clients don’t have that hope, so that’s where we start. The start of any change is with hope.

Here are my top 3 ways to be more hopeful:

26/08/2025

Some stress is a 'normal' part of life but toxic stress is debilitating and can severely effect both your physical and mental wellbeing.

Address

Iris House, 4, Chapel Road
Alderley Edge
SK97DU

Telephone

+441625584693

Website

http://www.FearlessFemale.co.uk/

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Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Alderley Edge?

Are you ready to finally win the battle with anxiety?

I’m an award winning, published psychologist with practices in Wilmslow, Cheshire and Harley Street London. I’m particularly known for my work in beating the toughest, trickiest anxiety problems.

After 25 years of researching and refining the very best ways to stop anxiety in it’s tracks, I decided to take this knowledge into battle. Anxiety is the fastest growing mental health problem and the battle I’m going to win is to push anxiety back. I’ve drawn on all my experience, research and knowledge and put together something that will kick anxiety into touch.

I want to make it as quick and easy as possible so have developed an 8 week course that you can complete in the comfort of your own home. You heard right. No endless, expensive appointments to attend where you talk round in circles. Just all the stuff that actually works, that takes as little as an hour a week, to fit in when you want.

And none of this paying for a download that you have to wade through…….that you don’t read…….and feel ripped off.

I’ll check you’re a good fit for the course first and get a baseline score of where your anxiety’s at. We both need to check this is working for you. I’m in the business of fixing things, not ripping people off. If I’m confident it’ll work for you, ill enrol you and send you the following course materials;

A workbook I’ve written. This workbook is split into short chapters that you read each week and answer the questions.

Videos explaining more about each chapter.

The chance to email me questions and have them answered live online each week. You can also jump on a video call (totally anonymously) and ask me live.

Emergency cards for when you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed and just need help now.

A journal which will help you get what you want, quicker.

It usually takes people about an hour a week for 8 weeks to finish everything and feel soooo much better. You can do the work as quickly or slowly as suits you.

I’ve been testing different versions of the course and think I’ve got it just right. I’ve seen some fantastic results and had some great feedback. Click the more information button and let me help you too.

https://www.wendydignan.co.uk/