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Freedom From Anxiety by Paul McKenna

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I'm familiar with Paul McKenna and his work as a hypnotist/hypnotherapist, so was grateful when I got this book as a present.

As someone who gets anxious about a lot of things, I found it useful that not only did the book have a lot of good information about how the author deals with any struggles he might have, it also offered a useful insight into our own psyches.

The book is divided into three sections: It starts off with a section about how to avoid anxiety; the second part is about how to improve calmness and resilience, and the third is about how to improve your self in the future.

The book also contains a lot of mindfulness techniques and meditations, with accompanying tracks that can be downloaded, and which I need to go back and try again. I tried all of them, and they seemed to work. So, even if you don't believe in hypnosis, this is worth a go.



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“Everything blooms in its own time.” — Ken Petti

On a day when other people are occasionally annoying, and I find myself having to go to the local shop to replace a ready meal whose contents were spilled inside the bag when delivered (thankfully, the delivery man spotted, and got me a refund) - and did I mention the train strikes? - it is good to think of things to give hope for the future.

1) Apparently Coronavirus is officially over, and I hope it's not a false alarm; stay safe, people, but it's good that we can all get back to normal;
2) For me at least, I am learning some good mindfulness techniques from Paul McKenna's Book, Freedom from Anxiety, and I hope to be able to improve my own confidence with all situations where I usually crumble (big events full of people I don't know where I'm expected to mingle can be scary, especially when they're all in little cliquey groups together); and
3) As someone who likes to hike, I was excited by this article, and should probably download the app it mentions; hiker safety is always important, after all.

My first of three working days this week went fine, at home, with a couple of short meetings with colleagues.

I got a picture of blossom in the gardens near home sprouting (as you might call it) for the latest photo_scavenger prompt: sprout.

I hope my interpretation wasn't too much of a stretch!