Jane’s Journal
A place I can share my learning with you about various ways we can help ourselves in body and mind.
Unmasking ADHD
Do you want to learn more about ADHD? Maybe someone close to you thinks they have ADHD or your child is on a waiting list for a diagnosis.
What should you do if you think you have ADHD? Where should you start?
It turns out we can’t have it all
Being busy can become addictive. Then we become overwhelmed and wonder why?
Looking for freedom from the pain and anxiety caused by IBS?
IBS can cause pain and anxiety. There are many who are suffering in silence with this condition, feeling as though they have to put up with the discomfort and worry. Hypnotherapy offers a real solution to this condition, recommended by NICE as one of the go to treatments.
Discover how hypnotherapy can help you find freedom from the ongoing anxiety and pain of this condition.
“When someone has an instinct that they have ADHD, they are often right.”
The recent BBC Panorama programme has caused a damaging ripple effect for the ADHD community. It has made those adults who accessed an assessment privately feel wrong in some way and questioned the validity of their diagnosis. Many of us with ADHD also have other conditions such as autism and/or mental health issues. A programme made in this way is causing more harm to an already vulnerable sector of society. Women in particular are at risk of feeling unheard yet again as their experiences are brought into question.
Feel the fear and do it anyway?
Fear and anxiety are powerful feelings we experience in our brain and our body. I have experienced anxiety throughout my life and I have found that understanding my triggers and the purpose of anxiety in us as humans, allows me to navigate life more easily.
Young people with ADHD/autism can struggle to verbalise what they are experiencing and as parents we often need tools to help them regulate their feelings and responses in life.
I am feeling my fear and doing it anyway by delivering a webinar to help enable parents feel more confident to support their ADHD/autistic child.
I’m sorry I missed it
Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. I didn’t realise I was getting things so wrong. I made many mistakes with how I parented my 3 children, unaware they were all neurodivergent. I feel most sorry about how I missed that my 17 year old daughter was autistic and had ADHD. Had I known earlier, things would have been so much easier for us all. I would have done things differently. You can’t change the past, only learn from it and that is what I have done.
Is stress keeping you stuck in unhealthy habits?
Many people try to break unhealthy habits but feel they are failing each day. This is because they are not addressing one of the major causes of unhealthy habits, stress. Learn my 3 step process that works for 90% of people and say goodbye to unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Are you a woman turning 40 with a focus on the problems or the solutions? Society is shaping the experience of women approaching the menopause, is it all for the greater good?
We aren’t given a handbook on how to be a woman. Thankfully there are now books on how to manage the menopause but is there such a thing as too much information? Solution focused vs problem focused and the benefits of carving out the right path for you post 40.
Is stress and anxiety getting in the way of you using one of your greatest superpowers, sleep?
Is stress and anxiety getting in the way of you getting good quality sleep? Or are you not getting enough sleep and that is making you stressed and anxious? We can interrupt this negative cycle by improving both. Read on for tips and tools to improve your sleep, as well as understanding more about ADHD/autism and sleep.
Do you struggle with life’s admin? Get overwhelmed by your inbox? Have decision paralysis? You are not alone.
Endless unread emails, house repairs, unpaid bills are just a few of the tasks of life that can feel overwhelming. ADHD and autism can lead to demand avoidance and overwhelm even just by thinking about these tasks. This can lead to further stress and anxiety in life.
Finding out I am autistic and have ADHD has changed my life
Many women are discovering they are autistic or ADHD, or both. Women seeking a diagnosis for both autism and ADHD has risen significantly in the last decade. This my personal account of why my life now makes sense and why it can be so easily missed in girls and women.
Alcohol makes you more stressed
Dry January can be a time to reflect on your drinking habits and your relationship with alcohol.
This journal is designed to help you make future decisions about your alcohol consumption, including how alcohol can make you more stressed and risks of future alcoholism.
I once made a New Year’s Resolution and stuck to it. Want to know how?
I was unintentionally following the golden rules to successfully stick to a resolution.
Even therapists have anxiety
As a teenager I had regular panic attacks which were all related to my phobia of being sick. This stayed with me throughout my adult life as well as general anxiety that would flare up at various times. I kept this well hidden and as a result never really found a way to control it, or understand my anxiety.
Science tips to get better sleep in Perimenopause
Poor sleep is one of the top 3 symptoms women report experiencing during Perimenopause. So what can you do to get better sleep?
The science behind losing weight
The science behind losing weight. How our mindset, stress and sleep can impact how our body responds to food.
How sleep is the greatest asset to our physical and mental health. How’s your sleep?
Hypnotherapy can help you get better sleep. How sleep can help your mental and physical health. Tips for a better night’s sleep.
Is your mindset serving you?
What is a mindset and how can it influence our behaviour? Studies have shown how our body responds to our mindset about stress and how we can adopt a different mindset.
What is Hypnotherapy?
What is hypnotherapy? What happens during hypnosis and what is trance?
Hypnosis allows your mind to be more focused and to have more control whilst in a relaxed state, a heightened state of focus. Therefore hypnosis cannot make you do anything that you do not want to do.
Hypnosis helps the body and mind to be calmer and therefore able to find solutions to problems and be more open to suggestions of how to make positive change.