Category: Anxiety and fatigue
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Who Are You?
I was recently asked to lead a retreat at OMH Malaga in Spain by Sadna Kanani, the founder of OMH Therapies (https://omhtherapies.com/). Sadna moved to Malaga a few years ago to establish a Spanish branch of OMH Therapies, OMH Retreat. As I was an OMH therapist for several years Sadna had mentioned before she left…
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What Form of Therapy Is Used To Trick You?
Anyone trained in this therapeutic tool will have guessed this immediately! It is of course NLP – Neuro-linguistic progamming, followed very closely by hypnotherapy. Major marketers use NLP; Google, for instance, uses NLP and hypnotist tricks in all that they do – a lot of social media is about hypnotically steering us in specific directions.…
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Six Magic Words – The Core Of My Practice
I recently submitted a short story about a very difficult part of my life (link below) and something I used to help me though it. And how this practice informed the whole way I work as a therapist. After I’d written it I thought I’d do a short series on the different modalities that I’ve…
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Sleep And The Flourishing Well
I have written before about the Flourishing Well – a Scotland based charity created by Lorna Cameron who wanted to help others struggling with health or life issues who can’t find the help they need through conventional means. And who can’t afford alternative care. I did one class with them at the beginning of summer…
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When Is Stress Actually Good For Us?
Can stress be good for us? Yes, but it’s the type and length of the stress that is important and usually always a physical stressor. I experienced this for myself a few years ago when I decided to take a break from being a therapist and do something completely different. I worked in the North…
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Just How Important Is Your Sleep? Plus An Audio For Insomnia.
At the bottom of this post is a hypno-therapeutic journey for good sleep from the course Why Am I So Tired? Good sleep is crucial when it comes to our physical and mental health, and of course our energy levels. Two important factors that take place when we sleep well are autophagy and dreaming. What…
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The Mighty Mitochondria! Are Yours Functional Or Decrepit…
In my last post I talked about the role the mitochondria play regarding health and energy levels. As stated, the mitochondria can be likened to your own personal batteries, producing more than 90% of energy in the body’s cells. This post covers – in a simple way – the biological processes that are at the…
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On Making Promo Videos
I’ve recently made a short video as part of the “blurb” about my online course on fatigue. Not pleasant to do. I’m quite comfortable now with making teaching videos and doing a live class on zoom but anything that feels as if I’m selling something is still uncomfortable and feels inauthentic – even though I…
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Healing The Heart – Live Class
This post is a reminder about the class tomorrow, Thursday 28th April, at 7pm (London/GMT time). Via zoom. The session is for one hour, the first half being an introduction to HeartMath and the benefits of this simple but powerful practice. We take a look at how it can: Shift emotions. Alleviate mental health issues.…
Catherine Strang 