managing anxiety
"Anxiety is fear with the luxury of time".
This is an area of personal interest for me and I have undertaken various trainings focused on Coaching anxiety. Having experienced it myself, I am familiar with its effects and how disturbing it can feel and what it can stop us doing. I can also recall and relate to the secondary emotions brought on by anxiety - feelings such as frustration, anger, shame, hopelessness.
Coaching is a very effective way to tackle anxiety. It helps to break it down into a mental process, with triggers and different stages. Anxiety is often fuelled by our thoughts, these thoughts can be conscious but are often so engrained in our internal narrative that we are not always conscious of them. I work with clients to help them see their anxieties from different perspectives, realise that our thoughts don't always tell the truth and foster the belief that they can overcome these experiences and find effective solutions and strategies. I find a lot of practical processes help anxiety much more than just talking about it (which can exacerbate it!) Mindfulness, breathing techniques and EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) are also helpful ways of managing anxiety.
I have devised an Anxiety Coaching Programme which breaks down the process of coaching Anxiety into 5 key stages. As we are all different, these stages may look slightly different for each of us however there are some key themes and questions that keep arising within the concept of Anxiety. My model is built around these themes. I believe it is entirely possible to make Anxiety a much smaller part of your life and have witnessed this both in my own life and in that of my clients.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss how coaching can help anxiety and panic attacks.
