Karen’s blog
Thoughts on the mind,
the body & getting better
Articles, insights and honest reflections from Karen — written to help you understand what’s going on and what you can do about it.
Feeling Trapped? This Might Help
Stuck in a job, relationship or situation you can’t leave just yet? How to point your focus towards the positives and feel more in control while you’re there.
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Listen to the whispers from your body, don’t wait for the shouts.
It took losing the hearing in one ear for Karen to tackle her anxiety. Listen to your body’s whispers before they become shouts, and why a therapist helps in a way friends can’t.
Neural Pathways & Broken Wrists
When Karen broke her right wrist, she had to learn to do everything left-handed. It’s a good picture of how therapy works: new pathways in the brain replacing old habits.
THINK IT, SEE IT, FEEL IT, BE IT!
A rhyme from Karen’s Brownie days holds a lesson for adults: if you want to be calmer or stronger, start by creating that person in your mind.
Karen chosen for local photography project to challenge Essex girl stereotype
Karen was chosen for photographer Mark Massey’s project challenging the “Essex girl” stereotype: a celebration of the successful women of Essex.
How & why a panic attack happens!
Why do two people react so differently to the same stressful situation? It comes down to what your subconscious has learnt is worth worrying about, often before the age of seven.
Test out the power of your positive thinking!
A short video on using positive thinking to stop a panic attack, by focusing on what you do want to happen rather than what you don’t.
Think happy = be happy
We have up to 60,000 thoughts a day, and most are negative and the same as yesterday’s. Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.
HARD choices, EASY life. EASY choices, HARD life.
We know we should leave the job, end the relationship or sort out the anxiety, but fear keeps us frozen. Why the hard choice now makes for an easier life.
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