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I help stressed & anxious professionals become anxiety free through my Neuro REPAIRenting programme. My clinic is based in Corrandulla, county Galway.

Susanna Sweeny is an accredited psychotherapist BACP, a clinical hypnotherapist and a Certified Havening Techniques®️ Practitioner. I also operate online via Zoom and all my services can be provided to anywhere in the world. Contact me for a free phone consultation to see how I can help you with your own specific goals. I specialize in the mental health area, in clearing any trauma related conditi

ons such as anxiety, fears and phobias, PTSD (including severe trauma), depression, toxic emotions and more. I can also help you with: I am here to help you with:
stop smoking hypnosis, hypnosis for weight loss, anxiety hypnosis, gastric band hypnosis, hypnosis for depression, hypnosis for pain control, success programming, wealth hypnosis, and many other issues which can all be shifted with hypnotherapy.

06/03/2025

🧠 How Your Brain Traps You in Anxiety (and How to Break Free) 🧠

Your amygdala is the emotional alarm system of your brain. It scans every situation for danger, working in milliseconds—way before your logical mind can process what's happening.

🧠 Step 1: Threat Detected!
Your brain doesn’t care whether the threat is a real emergency (a car swerving into your lane) or just an emotional trigger (a text from someone who ghosted you). If it senses anything that remotely resembles past danger, it sends out an alert. 🚨

🧠 Step 2: Alarm Bells Go Off
The amygdala activates long-term potentiation (LTP)—a process that strengthens fear-based neural pathways. This is why a single bad experience (like being embarrassed in front of a crowd) can make you fear public speaking for years.

🧠 Step 3: Body on High Alert
Your body floods with stress chemicals like cortisol and adrenaline. Blood rushes to your muscles, your heart races, and your breathing speeds up—all so you can fight, flee, or freeze. ❄️

🧠 Step 4: The Logical Brain Gets Shut Out
Your prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain responsible for logic, reasoning, and self-awareness) takes a backseat. This is why, in moments of panic, you can’t “think your way out” of feeling anxious.

🛑 Why You Can’t Just ‘Calm Down’
The problem? Your brain doesn't automatically reset after the danger is gone.

🚫 The fear pathway stays activated.
🚫 The memory of the perceived threat gets reinforced.
🚫 Your amygdala stays overactive, making you more prone to anxiety in the future.

This is why just talking about anxiety isn’t enough. 🗣 While understanding your triggers is helpful, it doesn’t turn off the alarm system.

🔥 How to Rewire Your Brain & Stop Overreacting to Stress

The good news? You can teach your brain to stop overreacting to non-threatening situations.

🌿 Psychosensory techniques (like EMDR, Havening and EFT) work by generating slow-wave delta activity—the same deep relaxation and recuperation state inducing brain wave your brain experiences in sleep.

🧠 This removes the AMPA receptors that keep fear-based memories alive.

💥 In just minutes, the emotional charge of a past trigger can be erased—which means your amygdala no longer fires up every time you face a similar situation.

🚀 The Takeaway: You’re Not ‘Broken’—Your Brain Just Needs an Update

Your brain wants to keep you safe, but sometimes, it holds onto outdated fear responses that no longer serve you.

✅ You don’t have to stay stuck in the same panic loops.

✅ You don’t have to ‘cope’ forever.

✅ You can actually clear fear and anxiety at the source—by rewiring the brain instead of just talking about it.

If you've ever felt stuck in a fear loop, react with 😨.

If you’ve found a way to break free, drop a 💪!

04/03/2025

🚨 Talking About Anxiety vs. Clearing Anxiety 🚨

So many people spend years talking about their anxiety—unpacking their childhood, analyzing their triggers, and learning coping strategies. And while this can provide insight, it often doesn’t change how you feel.

👉 Talking about anxiety is like describing the weight of a heavy backpack. You can analyze why it’s there, what’s inside, and how it makes you feel. But at the end of the session, the backpack is still on your shoulders.

🔄 That’s why so many people find themselves stuck in the same anxious loops—despite years of therapy, journaling, or self-help efforts. The brain is still wired to respond with fear because the neurological encoding of anxiety hasn’t changed.

💡 Clearing anxiety, on the other hand, means actually taking the backpack off.
Using psychosensory techniques like EMDR, Havening Techniques® and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), we can rewire the brain’s stress response in real-time. These techniques trigger a biochemical process that removes fear-based neural pathways in the amygdala—the part of your brain responsible for anxiety.

📌 The science behind it:

✅ When you experience anxiety, your brain strengthens the neural pathways tied to fear.

✅ Talking about it doesn’t deactivate these pathways—it only helps you understand them.

✅ Psychosensory techniques remove the brain’s fear-based encoding in minutes.

✨ The result? The same triggers that used to cause anxiety no longer have power over you. Instead of feeling trapped in old patterns, you gain a deep sense of calm and control.

If you’ve felt stuck in an endless cycle of talking about anxiety, it may be time to try something that can actually clear it.

14/02/2025

🔥 The Hidden Root of Anxiety 🔥

Ever feel like anxiety comes out of nowhere—like it has a mind of its own?

Here’s the thing: most anxiety isn’t random. If it's a repetitive experience, it’s often a deep, subconscious response rooted in childhood programming.

Maybe you grew up feeling like you had to be perfect to be loved. Or that expressing emotions made you too much. Or that the world wasn’t a safe place to just be you.

Relational experiences like these wire your brain during childhood. And unfortunately, these patterns don’t just disappear when we grow up.

Once you are grown up, they can quietly shape how we react to stress, how we do friendships and relationships, what our level of success is in life, how content we are, how much we like ourselves and how much we can enjoy life to the full.

If anxiety keeps showing up no matter what you do, it’s time to look deeper.

Take my FREE quiz to uncover the hidden patterns that drive anxiety from behind the scenes in your life: https://social.repairenting.com/main-offer

05/02/2025

📢 Anxiety Can Look Like This

It’s not always panic attacks or visible distress. Sometimes, it’s a smile masking the storm within.

High-functioning anxiety is often invisible. Others may well say you appear successful, driven, and put together. At the same time, on the inside, you might be battling self-doubt, overthinking, disturbing body sensations and exhaustion.

Do you know any of these?

✅ Always saying “Yes” to everything, afraid to disappoint.

✅ Over-preparing for every little task to avoid failure.

✅ Constantly feeling tense—even when things are going well.

✅ Overanalyzing texts, emails, or conversations long after they happen.

✅ Achieving big things but never feeling good enough.

✅ Struggling to relax—because "there’s always more to do."

💙 If this resonates with you or someone you know, remember: You’re not alone.

Get started today getting support and making a change with my FREE guide Anxious No More:
https://anxiousnomore.repairenting.com/guide

01/02/2025

🔥 Tanya thought she had a fear of public speaking. She was wrong. 🔥

At 42, she had built a successful career but felt stuck. Every time she had to present, the sheer dread would take over. She overprepared, criticized herself harshly, and still felt like she wasn’t good enough.

We tried different approaches, but nothing truly worked—until we uncovered what was really driving her anxiety.

➡️ The real issue? A lifetime of:
🔴 Blurred boundaries
🟠 Self-doubt
🟡 Emotional pain from childhood

Growing up with an alcoholic father and a people-pleasing mother, Tanya learned to:
🔹 Suppress her own needs
🔹 Tiptoe around others' moods
🔹 People-please to feel safe

💔 In her most recent relationship, she ignored red flags, over-gave, and disregarded her own discomfort—until he suddenly ghosted her. She was left spiraling in self-blame and shame.

❌ This wasn’t just about one failed relationship. She had been trapped in this cycle for years:
🔻 Overgiving
🔻 Trying so hard to be loved
🔻 Ending up rejected anyway

✨ The turning point? ✨
When we addressed her relationship anxiety and the faulty childhood programming beneath it, real change began.

✔️ Over six sessions in my REPAIRenting® program, Tanya learned to:
🟢 Set boundaries without guilt
🟢 Approve of herself—perceived flaws and all
🟢 Silence the relentless self-criticism that held her back

🚀 The result? She no longer felt the need to be perfect to be worthy. And with that, her fear of speaking finally lost its grip.

Tanya’s story is just one of many that made me realize how deeply relationship anxiety impacts every area of life—not just dating, but friendships, family, and even work.

📖 That’s why I’m writing a book on this very topic. I want to help more people break free from these patterns.

🔥 And soon, I’ll be offering an opportunity to get the book for FREE. 🔥

⚡ Keep an eye out for my next post—I’ll share all the details soon! ⚡

26/01/2025

🌬️🌲 Storm Eowyn reminded me of life’s fragility and the power of community.

Last week, County Galway was hit hard. In our neighborhood, we saw sheds torn open like tin cans, trees downed—some blocking roads or taking power lines with them.

🍀 We’ve been incredibly lucky. Our house is intact, we have water, and our wood stove keeps us warm. Without electricity, internet, or phone, these feel like minor inconveniences in the bigger picture.

What’s been most touching is seeing the incredible community spirit around us. 🌟 Neighbors and farmers didn’t wait for help—they took action: clearing roads, repairing roofs (including one where a shed roof folded over a house like paper), and lending support to those in need. Some families, including close friends, are still without heating or water, yet the kindness has been overwhelming:

➡️ Lending equipment.

➡️ Bringing fresh water.

➡️ Sharing stoves for warmth and hot meals. ❤️

💡 Here are a few lessons this week has taught me:

🟣 What truly matters: In the end, it’s the connections we share with others that mean the most.

🟣 Adaptability: No electricity or internet forced us (and the kids in particular who are used to constant connectivity 😅) to adapt and find new ways to get by.

🟣 Control what you can: Life is unpredictable, but we always have a choice in how we respond. That choice can bring purpose, even in challenges.

🟣 Growth in difficulty: I’ve faced my own impatience this week—realizing I expect to get too much done in a day. With fewer conveniences, I’ve had to focus on essentials: clearing trees, cooking creatively, and accepting what is. It’s been a humbling lesson in patience and grace.

💬 Your turn: Have you ever found resilience in the face of a challenge? What lessons did an “unexpected storm” teach you?
Drop your story in the comments—I’d love to hear it! 💛

26/01/2025

🌬️🌲 Storm Eowyn reminded me of life’s fragility and the power of community.

Last week, County Galway was hit hard. In our neighborhood, we saw sheds torn open like tin cans, trees downed—some blocking roads or taking power lines with them.

🍀 We’ve been incredibly lucky. Our house is intact, we have water, and our wood stove keeps us warm. Without electricity, internet, or phone, these feel like minor inconveniences in the bigger picture.

What’s been most touching is seeing the incredible community spirit around us. 🌟

Neighbors and farmers didn’t wait for help—they took action: clearing roads, repairing roofs (including one where a shed roof folded over a house like paper), and lending support to those in need. Some families, including close friends, are still without heating or water, yet the kindness has been overwhelming:

➡️ Lending equipment.

➡️ Bringing fresh water.

➡️ Sharing stoves for warmth and hot meals. ❤️

💡 Here are a few lessons this week has taught
me:

🟣 What truly matters: In the end, it’s the connections we share with others that mean the most.

🟣 Adaptability: No electricity or internet forced us (and the kids in particular who are used to constant connectivity😅) to adapt and find new ways to get by.

🟣 Control what you can: Life is unpredictable, but we always have a choice in how we respond. That choice can bring purpose, even in challenges.

🟣 Growth in difficulty: I’ve faced my own impatience this week—realizing I expect to get too much done in a day. With fewer conveniences, I’ve had to focus on essentials: clearing trees, cooking creatively, and accepting what is. It’s been a humbling lesson in patience and grace.

💬 Your turn: Have you ever found resilience in the face of a challenge? What lessons did an “unexpected storm” teach you?

Drop your story in the comments—I’d love to hear it! 💛

PS: pictures taken in our immediate neighbourhood post the storm

15/01/2025

🌞🌕 Embracing Duality: Thriving Amid Hidden Struggles 🌕🌞

Ever noticed how the sun and moon can share the sky? This morning, I captured a photo of just that—a sunlit sky with the full moon still shining. It made me think about how life is often the same way: two contrasting realities can coexist.

You might be that high-performing professional, smashing goals, leading teams, and making waves. But deep down, you could also be battling imposter syndrome, anxiety, or low self-esteem. These struggles are often kept hidden, wrapped in silence, as if admitting them could undermine your success.

But just like the moon in daylight, these challenges don’t vanish because we ignore them.

Here’s the thing—this is more common than you might realize. It’s human.

After years of working with clients, I’ve seen how these emotional blocks often come from faulty childhood programming—traumatic or difficult experiences that linger beneath the surface, emerging later when life’s pressures mount.

Most people think they just have to manage these feelings.

But that’s not true. You can do more than manage—you can overcome.

By addressing these root causes, you can break free. Imagine enhancing your performance without that inner critic holding you back. Picture boosting your confidence, feeling lighter, happier, and more fulfilled.

You don’t have to settle. You have the power to thrive—authentically and fully. 🌞🌕

Let’s chat about how to start this journey. Drop a comment or message me!👇

🔹 High performance doesn’t mean a struggle-free life.

🔹 You’re not alone in feeling this way.

🔹 It’s possible to clear those blocks for good.

🔹 Your best life is waiting—professionally and personally.

✨ Feel seen? Share this with someone who might need to hear it today! ✨

06/01/2025

Janet’s Journey to Overcoming Fear of Success

Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, it’s a time for fresh starts and big dreams.

But for some of us, success can feel just out of reach—not because we’re not capable, but because something holds us back.

That’s exactly what Janet, 43, felt before she started working with me.

Janet is incredibly talented, full of creative ideas, and passionate about her work. But every time she got close to a big win, something made her pull back. She could not understand this and felt she had no control over this strong pull.

It wasn’t until we dug deep that we uncovered the real reason: painful childhood experiences that had stayed with her- faulty childhood programming.

As a young girl, Janet once poured herself into a creative school art project. She was so proud and excited to share it, but instead of praise, she faced rejection and ridicule by some of her classmates who were, essentially, jealous of her talent. Janet felt deeply hurt, saddened and grew afraid of showing herself.

Unfortunately this closing down didn’t just happen at school— it was reflected at home too. Her parents often dismissed her creativity, favoring a more practical, hardworking approach over her playful, imaginative style. They didn’t trust her methods, and Janet internalized this belief: “If I show my true self, I’ll be shamed.”

Once she grew up, that belief grew into a fear of success. Every time she got close to achieving something big, the same wave of anxiety hit her, rooted in both her childhood experiences.

But in just six sessions of working together, Janet was able to get to the bottom of all this, AND let go of that old fear. It now feels clearly like a story from her past, which is no longer relevant to her life today. ✨

Every time we show ourselves to others in all our authenticity, there's potential to be shamed. But Janet has learned to de-couple the idea of people rejecting her creations, from her self-worth. Now, not everyone might be enthusiastic about what she creates, but she loves herself and feels worthy, regardless.

Now, as she starts the new year, Janet is filled with excitement and has the benefit of a clean slate.

She’s stepping into 2025 with a renewed sense of energy, ready to take on her ambitious goals with confidence and passion. 🔥

If you’ve ever felt like success comes with pressure or fear of judgment, know you’re not alone. Let’s make this the year we leave those fears behind and move forward full of courage and full of heart.

What steps will you take to rewrite your story this year?

Let’s talk about it in the comments! 🌟

13/12/2024

Imagine you are a seven year old girl and your uncle who lives a few doors down the way sexually assaults you in the back yard as you are feeding your pet.

Imagine that as a six year old you have a string sense that if you were to tell mum and dad about this, it would cause so much disruption that it may not work out in your favor.

You’ve learned early on that you can’t be yourself or fully relax and let go around them, so your sense is that would not be able to give you what you want the most: to be safe and protected from this man.

And then you decide that it’s up to you to protect yourself and so you diligently avoid this man.

Until one day a couple of years later, it looks like he may get another opportunity to do what he did before- but as fight or flight kicks in, you manage wriggle out and run and run until you can’t run any more.

And imagine carrying this secret all on your own. Innocence is gone- you now understand that bad things can happen in this world. But nobody must know that you know so that your secret won’t accidentally be exposed. You must be in control of keeping the secret.

And so you build an elaborate world for yourself where you create rituals that are all about being in control- being neat and tidy and having things just so. Everyone remarks on what a tidy child you are and how great you are at organizing things. Nobody wonders what function this has in your little life.

As you get into adult life, other stressors come along. And again, you respond by organizing things, writing and working through endless to-do lists and going through your rituals that give you a sense of control.

But eventually these rituals stop working for you and begin to work against you. You wonder why you cannot stop these strange behaviors. There must be something wrong with you. You get angry and frustrated with yourself because you just cannot seem to change this.

You are now anxious and worried about it. It doesn’t make sense!

This is the territory I’ve been working in with a client- and finally today the understanding kicking in how these events in the distant past have shaped her all of these years!

Wherever there’s anxiety, there’s always a story of sorts. Not always clearly traumatic. It could be a difficult experience of sorts. Or an accumulation of chronic stress over a long time, through daily exposure.

While medication might dull the disturbing feelings somewhat, anxiety won’t really improve or clear until you get to the bottom of it and let the brain know it doesn’t have to be in high alert any longer.

But once you do, there is instant relief and the disturbing feelings will budge. Don’t ever believe that once you are anxious you have to live with it for the rest of your life.

01/12/2024

🔥 I had the pleasure to be invited to speak on the Rewired Podcast recently being interviewed by the wonderful Dr. Kelly Kessler where I shared some of my story and why I do what I do and we spoke about the root causes of anxiety and emotional pain and what it takes to clear these.
🔥

🔥 Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/22gXPggaawQs8Hlo1jpt6T?si=Udswx5pYS1mdp_Y3vaqljg

🔥 Listen on Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/187-how-to-uncover-the-root-cause-of-what-is/id1627787362?i=1000678264216

🔥 Watch on You Tube:
https://youtu.be/zdeiz1iAe80

25/11/2024

🌟 Do any of these patterns feel familiar?..
🍷 Having one (or more) too many to dull painful feelings
🤝 Saying “yes” when you really want to say “no” because of people-pleasing..
👍 Chasing approval, hoping to finally feel “enough”..
📈 Overworking to prove your worth..
💔 Putting everyone else’s needs ahead of your own..
🔍 Comparing yourself to others and feeling like you’re falling short..
📋 Tackling endless to-do lists, hoping to control the overwhelm..
If this sounds like you, please know—you’re not alone. 💕 ..
These behaviors aren’t flaws or failures. They’re often signs of faulty childhood programming, patterns you learned long ago. Their purpose back then was to help you adapt- possibly to a difficult environment. ..
Or, possibly your caregivers were simply modelling these behaviors because that's what they were shown in childhood and as parents later in life they didn't have anything better to pass on. Whichever way, if left unresolved, these patterns will keep you stuck, anxious, unfulfilled, unhappy...
But here’s the good news: You don’t have to stay stuck in these cycles. You can uncover where these behaviors are coming from and start creating real, lasting change so you can thrive in both life and business...
💡 My FREE 3 minute Anxiety Personality Test will help you identify the root causes behind these habits, so you can understand yourself on a deeper level and take the first step toward freedom and calm...
🌟 Take my FREE Anxiety Personality test here:
https://social.repairenting.com/optin-7266..
✨ You deserve to feel at peace with yourself and your life. Let’s take this step together—you’ve got this. 💕..

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I am Susanna Sweeney, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Accredited Psychotherapist BACP. I am here to help you overcome the imprint of trauma (including severe PTSD), anxiety, fears and phobias and develop resilience so that you can be happy, joyful and content. I deliver fast, effective and permanent change.

I offer hypnotherapy and Havening Techniques® based one-to-one bespoke ultra short term programs for clearing anxiety and trauma which are highly effective. My program can help you dismantle any blocks you may have due to anxiety so that you can then build resilience, reach your goals and start living the life you love.

I provide physical clinics in Corrandulla, County Galway and I also work online over Zoom and am accessible from anywhere in the world.

Contact me for a free phone/ Zoom consultation to see how I can help you with your own specific issue or goals. I look forward to hearing from you.

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