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Helping you free yourself from anxiety and self-doubt, so you can finally feel calm, confident and at ease in every aspect of life.

01/07/2025

Most of your anxious thoughts aren’t facts — they’re fear, dressed up as logic. But when you’re in it, they feel true. Completely convincing.

Because in anxious moments, your brain shifts into survival mode. The part of your mind that normally says, “Hang on, that might not be true,” goes quiet. And the part that scans for danger takes over.

That’s why you replay conversations on a loop. Obsess over one awkward moment. Spiral because you forgot to say something and assume they definitely noticed. That’s why you cancel plans, search for answers you’ll never quite find, and plan for every outcome - and still don’t feel calm.

You’re not overreacting. You’re reacting to a brain that’s been trained through past experiences to treat uncertainty like danger. And is now always on high alert.

The work isn’t about thinking more positively, it’s about recognising the moment your thoughts start running the show… and remembering you don’t have to follow them.

✨ This is what we do in therapy. We work with the fear underneath the thought, not just the thought itself, so you can return to calm without needing every answer first.

26/06/2025

This doesn’t look like trauma. It looks like over-preparing. Freezing. Spiralling after saying one honest thing in a meeting.

But underneath?

Old experiences → shaped hidden beliefs → triggered protective responses → reinforced the fear.

So when someone panics before presenting, replays a conversation for hours, or gets praised and instantly feels exposed - it’s not just stress. It’s a system doing what it learned to do: Protect. Perform. Please.

And because the pattern feels internal, it gets mistaken for a personal flaw.
“I’m just too sensitive.” “I should be more confident by now.” “Maybe I’m not cut out for this.”

But here’s the truth:
You’re not flawed. You over-learned how to survive in a world that didn’t always feel safe.
And that over-learning lives in your body - and your beliefs.

This work isn’t about coping better. It’s about gently unhooking from the fear responses that no longer belong to you.
 So calm stops being a performance… and starts feeling like home.

👇 If you’re finished managing and ready to shift it, this work meets you there.

24/06/2025

You won’t always feel this tightly wound. This on-edge. This tired from trying to act calm while your insides are in overdrive.

Real change doesn’t always start with a big breakthrough. Sometimes it sounds like a steadier voice in your head. Sometimes it feels like saying no — and not spiralling about it after. Sometimes it looks like making a plan and not immediately talking yourself out of it.

Because when your subconscious starts to believe it’s safe now - that it doesn’t need to stay on guard or protect you from things that aren’t a threat anymore - everything softens.

The overthinking quiets. The tension loosens. You begin to move through your days more calmly. Less wired. More steady. More you.

And once that happens? Everything else gets lighter — and clearer.

Sometimes that shift is subtle. Sometimes it arrives all at once. But either way, it’s not just possible — it’s closer than you think.

If something in this feels familiar — that’s your subconscious mind and body paying attention.

17/06/2025

Panic attacks feel like they come out of nowhere.
 But they don’t.

They often show up when everything seems fine. At work. At dinner. On the train. No threat in sight — but your body says otherwise.

And the loss of control can be terrifying.

This post explains what panic attacks really are, why they happen when they do, and how therapy helps stop them at the source — not just manage them.

👇 Slide through to learn more — or save to come back to when it’s harder to think clearly.

11/06/2025

Hi 👋 I’ve been a bit quiet on here — life got full, client work took focus, and Instagram took a back seat (as it should sometimes).

But I’m back — and if we haven’t met before, here’s what I do: I’m Lauren — a therapist helping you feel calm, confident, and in control of your inner world.

If you look composed on the outside but feel constantly unsettled underneath — you’re not alone.

➡️Maybe you overthink things you know shouldn’t bother you. ➡️Maybe your body feels tense and your heart races, even in moments that are meant to be calm. ➡️Maybe you’ve tried the tools, the tips, the positive thinking — but nothing sticks.

Here’s the truth: anxiety isn’t who you are. It’s what your system learned — from past experiences, deep-rooted beliefs, and old patterns that were never yours to carry.

In our work together, I use a blend of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and nervous system tools to meet your mind and body — exactly where they are.

I’ll give you practical, fast-acting tools you can use right away — because you deserve to feel relief now.
 But we don’t stop there.

Once your system begins to settle, we go deeper — into the subconscious patterns, nervous system responses, and belief loops that have been keeping you in a cycle of tension, second-guessing, or shutdown.

This is therapy that creates real, lasting change. Not performative calm. Not mindset hacks. Just steady, grounded confidence — that feels like yours.

👇 DM me “CALM” if you’re ready to stop managing anxiety and start shifting it — for good.

20/02/2025

I get it. You think you’ve finally got your anxiety under control, and then—whoosh—another worry pops up. And you’re right back where you started, deflated and exhausted.

It’s not your fault. You just haven’t addressed the deeper, underlying factors driving your anxiety yet.

✨ Imagine feeling calm, confident, and in control—no more constant battles with spiraling thoughts. DM me “CALM” to explore how we can get you there together. 🌿

11/02/2025

You finally have a moment to relax… but your body didn’t get the memo.

Your heart’s still racing, your mind’s still buzzing, your body’s tense and tight and no matter how hard you try—you just can’t switch off. Sound familiar?

When you’ve been running on stress, anxiety and overthinking for so long, your nervous system gets stuck in high alert. Even when things are fine, your body doesn’t feel safe enough to rest.

I know from personal experience just how exhausting that is. It can make life feel so much harder than it needs to be.

If this is you, and you’re worried you’ll never feel calm again, I want you to know that you CAN retrain your nervous system to feel calm as its default. Bit by bit, through simple but powerful practices that remind your body it’s safe.

If you’re ready to finally feel calm, confident, and at ease, with a regulated nervous system that automatically relaxes when things are ok—I’d love to help. DM me for a free chat, and let’s see if we’re a good fit to work together. 💛

04/02/2025

Anxiety has a way of convincing you that you need to feel confident before you take action. That you need to wait until you feel ready. That if you just give it more time, the fear will fade.

🚨 The reality? It won’t.

If you let anxiety dictate your decisions, you’ll stay stuck—overthinking, hesitating, and watching opportunities slip by. But here’s the game-changing shift:

💡 Feelings matter—but not just the ones you have before you take action. The ones you have afterwards count too.

🔁 Instead of making choices based on how you feel before you do something...
 ✨ Base them on how you’ll feel after you’ve done the thing that scares you.

Because confidence isn’t a prerequisite—it’s a result. It builds when you take action, when you prove to yourself that you can do it. When you look back and think, “Actually, I handled that rather well.”

So, what’s one thing you’ve been putting off because you don’t feel ready? If you take the first step today, how much will your future self thank you?

✨ Drop a 🔥 in the comments if this resonates with you!

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