Exploring metaphors to help break the cycle of OCD
Exploring metaphors to help break the cycle of OCD Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) gets oversimplified as being extra neat or orderly by those who’ve never experienced it. In fact, OCD is one of the most challenging mental health conditions. This unconscious anxiety cycle involves intrusive thoughts (obsessions), anxiety, and repetitive behaviour patterns (compulsions), which reinforce the […]
A Hearing Loss Journey
A Hearing Loss Journey While walking the dog, listening to the radio through my hearing aid and singing quietly to myself, I reflected upon my hearing loss ‘journey’. In the summer of 2021, after having a virus for three weeks I suffered 60% hearing loss in one ear. Alongside the loss I had very annoying […]
Altruistic August
Altruistic August The Action for Happiness website is asking everyone to be more altruistic throughout the month of August. The Merriam Webster online dictionary describes altruism as: ‘The unselfish regard for, or devotion to, the welfare of others’ But what does this actually mean in practice? There was a case in the news recently about two teenage […]
Navigating Social Anxiety on Friendship Day
Navigating Social Anxiety on Friendship Day If you are anything like me, then perhaps you might be familiar with the pain of social awkwardness that accompanies trying to make new friends? I remember being astonished as a pre-teen child on family holidays, on arrival at a new campsite, how within twenty minutes of setting up […]
Unlocking Healing for PTSD
Unlocking Healing for PTSD: How Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy can be used to heal from PTSD. In the landscape of mental health, one condition stands out for its profound impact on individuals: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As we observe PTSD National Awareness Day on 27th June, 2024, it’s essential to shed light on innovative approaches to […]
Moving Towards Mental Wellness
For 23 years we have been observing Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, with the aims of raising awareness and promoting the importance of mental health and wellbeing. The theme for 2024 is “movement: moving more for mental health”, providing a great opportunity for open discussions around mental health. The Link Between Mental and […]
Unveiling the Impact of Micro-Stresses on Our Lives
By Bernadette Doyle: Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapist, NLP & Coach Specialising in Anxiety | Addictions | Past Trauma | Fears & Phobias www.bernadettedoyle.co.uk Insta: bernadettedoyle_therapy Supporting Employee Resilience | Wellbeing | Mental Fitness www.connectedape.com Bernadette Doyle: Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapist, NLP & Coach Unveiling the Impact of Micro-Stresses on Our Lives Stress is often seen as the […]
How Cognitive Hypnotherapy & Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) can assist those Dyslexic Individuals with Low Self Esteem and Confidence
Neurodiversity Celebration Week18th – 24th March 2024 Being Dyslexic means that my thoughts are never linear and are very much like all the items in a jumble sale, or perhaps like walking into your local Zara on a Saturday afternoon – absolute chaos, with clothes strewn everywhere. This is very much like my brain…the thoughts […]
How Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy helped me regrow my hair after total alopecia…
Following initial careers working within the NHS and a national TV company, Jenny trained at The Quest Institute in London and qualified as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist in 2005, and an NLP Master Practitioner in 2006. Since establishing her therapy practice in 2005, she has successfully run clinics in Harley Street, Central London, Wimbledon, Kent & […]
Time to Talk Day 2024
Most of us have heard of the January blues. That feeling of the festive period being over, of long nights and cold days. However, for many those blues don’t kick in until February. January is often a time of new beginnings, resolutions, enthusiasm, and goal setting. It can feel like a new slate and is […]
