Juliet Hollingsworth Hypnotherapy

31/01/2026

Most of the effort isn’t in the living, it’s in the constant self-monitoring to make sure nothing spills in the wrong place.

30/01/2026

As a lover of animals and consideration for all living things on my value list, I was struck by how watching this felt in my body. I do eat meat, and will only buy from places with high ethics. This is nature.

29/01/2026

🍻🍷🥂𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 🍻🍷🥂

I’ve recently been exploring something with people who are questioning their relationship with alcohol:

➡That the fun(ny), confident, relaxed version of you only exists because of the drink.

As if alcohol creates a personality or unlocks something you don’t otherwise have access to.

What I think is this:

𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

It doesn’t put something into you that wasn’t already there, your body hasn’t been taken over, you haven’t become someone else.

What a pleasure it is when someone has been sober for long enough to begin finding that part of themselves without alcohol: the same humour, the same confidence, the same ease. And they can show it fully, lighting up the space while remaining completely in control and conscious of the parts of themselves they choose to share.

❓What do you think alcohol gives you that you might already have?

❓One of the hardest beliefs to let go of is that confidence lives in a glass. Who are you without the thing you think makes you confident?

💭And for those of you who have chosen a sober path - the best version of you didn’t disappear when you stopped drinking.

28/01/2026

Sadness is a natural human emotion: it is something we are meant to feel, and it comes and goes in response to life. Depression is different: it is not simply sadness intensified, but a state that settles in and lingers. It can leave you feeling empty, low, and hopeless, often with tears close to the surface. Alongside this, there is usually a loss of interest and enjoyment, where things that once mattered no longer reach you, most of the day, nearly every day.

https://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/articles/how-does-depression-affect-relationships

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How does depression affect relationships? Understand common challenges and ways to support a partner while caring for yourself.

27/01/2026

It feels like staying slightly detached keeps you safe, but it means fewer moments where something else helps carry the weight and quietly moves the opportunity for co-regulation.

24/01/2026

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 #𝟐𝟒 I actually bought 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 for my partner but on the same day he downloaded it on audible so it became mine.

This is definitely a book you should read if you have children – child or adult.

As someone who works with adult children I resonated with 100% of the book. I can’t say there was a part I didn’t appreciate BUT there are quite a few personal stories in here and 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 only has one child. I could see parents of 2, 3, 4, 5 children reading the stories of pride in her behaviour and thinking – 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜?! At the back of the book there is an add on chapter with the title: My Response to Feedback About This Book, which contains a chunk about sibling relationships. Only here does Perry give some ideas for how to manage two children. Not something that irked me but definitely something I noticed and think may irritate some people.

Perry has clearly written this book with empathy for children – adult and child – although at times it feels patronising and slightly shaming of some adult parenting, I believe the empathy she holds for children comes from the sad stories she has heard from her adult clients. Ultimately this book is trying to help parents understand things from the child’s point of view and I loved it. A must read for all parents, soon to be parents and want to be in the future parents. I’d even say give it a read if you’re a child because it might help you have some compassion for yourself.

23/01/2026

It’s strange how being outside might not feel like you are doing something, but when you get out it's like remembering something you didn't know you'd forgotten.

22/01/2026

Things get handed to you because you're capable. What gets missed is what’s happening inside you while you're carrying everything.

22/01/2026

Smoking brings with it a surprising number of benefits. There’s the perfectly acceptable ten-minute break, and it gives your hands a job. They’re useful things, hands. Good for lifting, writing, or drinking tea, for example. But when you’re just standing there talking, they can feel a bit…awkward.

Many smokers struggle with what to do with their hands when they stop smoking. The repeated hand-to-mouth movement gives the hands a sense of purpose when there is nothing else for them to do. Most non-smokers accept that their hands will simply rest by their sides, or in their laps, but for someone not used to that, it can feel surprisingly uncomfortable. There are plenty of suggestions for keeping hands busy after quitting smoking. Stress balls, doodling, sipping water. We even have fidget spinners now. Yet few adults want to be out with friends, earnestly spinning a plastic toy.

https://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/articles/how-to-keep-your-hands-busy-after-quitting-smoking

Many smokers struggle with what to do with their hands when they stop smoking. Discover ways to keep your hands busy when you've quit smoking.

21/01/2026

Sometimes anxiety appears suddenly. Other times it builds quietly, until one day it feels like too much. Your thoughts race, and emotions spill out unexpectedly. This is your body reacting before you have time to make sense of what’s happening.

Although it feels as though something has gone wrong, anxiety is not a malfunction. Imagine the body as having a certain capacity to hold experience. Not in a fixed or rigid way, but in a living, responsive one. When events, emotions or pressures move through with enough time, support or expression, the system adapts. When they don’t, the body keeps them active.

Over time, that capacity narrows, and the signals become louder. Anxiety, tension, restlessness or emotional surges are messages from your body.

In modern life, there is very little space for this. We move quickly from one thing to the next. The nervous system stays alert. We live through experience but rarely settle. When the body cannot complete the stress process, it finds other ways to speak.

Writing slows your attention down. It gives thoughts, sensations and half-formed feelings somewhere to rest. When you write, you do not need to solve or change anything. For some people, this gentle act of attention brings relief. For others, it brings clarity about what feels unsettled.

https://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/articles/how-to-start-journaling-for-anxiety-and-transformation

A hypnotherapist explores some powerful journaling techniques to help improve well-being.

20/01/2026

Do you keep moving like there’s a finish line where you'll get to rest...when you know, in fact, a finish line doesn't exist?