Anxiety | Glows Coaching

An Inside Job

A few days ago, I did a Go Live video on Facebook. Before I pressed the “Start Live Video” button, my heart was pumping; my skin felt as if it had tiny pins and needles all over and butterflies were doing loop the loop in my stomach. There was also a lot of noise whirling...

Next Chapter

I fondly remember watching “This Is Your Life” on the telly, Eamon Andrews (that’s showing my age!) holding the big red book and the guest of honour being thrilled with the surprise of who will be walking through the door. For me, our lives are like that big red book full of...

Thoughts and The Birdie Song

If there is one song I dislike, it is the Birdie Song by The Tweets. If you don’t know it, I strongly advise you NOT to go on Spotify and listen to it! The irritating tune will seep into your soul and you’ll be humming this for the rest of the day… In fact, that...

Making Up Stories – they are not always true…

How often do you find yourself making up stories in your head? Sometimes they can be fun, but it’s those little stories that are often detrimental to our joy of life – and we need to realise they are fiction… “Hola!” we smiled as a man walked past us. His...

Have Some Space, it saves time!

When we are busy and have a list of tasks as long as our arm, it seems counterintuitive to take some time out, have some space. Yes, my suggestion for you in the next coming weeks is to have some space, some free time. I realise that it is probably the busiest time of the year. And...

Get Out of the Prison

Do you want to get out of the prison of your mind? Are you fed up with always feeling anxious, fearful or stressed and it’s stopping you being YOU? We have been travelling around South Africa for six weeks now. A beautiful country, however, what I find sad to see is so many...

What’s your blind-spot?

I suddenly saw my blind-spot. How had I missed it? It was there right in front of me. The type of blind-spot I am writing about here is the psychological type – where I was unable to see certain things about my own behaviour, not the optic nerve type of blind-spot! Our Journey Tim...

Suicidal Thoughts

Suicidal thoughts, not something I usually write about. Do you remember the theme tune of American Sitcom series M.A.S.H.? It was “Suicide is painless”. I used to find this rather tasteless. In my innocence, I thought it was a taboo subject to talk about. How many of us have...

Before you have a wobbly… HALT!

Before you have a wobbly – HALT! And if you think someone else is about to have a wobbly HALT as well. What great advice. But what does it mean? When we were staying with a Doctor friend of ours recently, I chatted with him about the epidemic of mental illness. As a GP he has too...

Too busy to enjoy your life

Are you too busy to enjoy life? Sadly, I recognise this in so many people and I’ve definitely been there and got the T-Shirt! “I am just too busy!” my friend said when I asked if he had signed up for the free meals voucher I’d sent him. My husband and I have been...