Emotional Labour
Emotional Labour: The Invisible Load We Carry In today’s fast paced world many of us are not just managing tasks we are managing emotions. This invisible effect is known as […]
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World Cancer Day February 4th 2026
World Cancer Day : Supporting Mind and Body Through Cancer A cancer diagnosis can affect every aspect of life. Not only physical health but also emotional and psychological wellbeing. including […]
National Tinnitus Week
When The Ringing Won’t Quit Finding Calm With Hypnotherapy & Mindfulness Tinnitus can feel like an uninvited guest that never leaves. The ringing , buzzing or humming isn’t just annoying-it […]
Difficulty Identifying Your Feelings ?
Difficulty Identifying your Feelings…..Therapy Can Help…… Do you struggle to understand or express your emotions? You may feel emotionally numb, disconnected or overwhelmed without knowing why. Many people experience this […]
When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough: A Different Path to Change
If you are experiencing anxiety and feel you have already “talked it through” you are not alone. Many people seek hypnotherapy for anxiety in Chester Anxiety Therapy CBT Hypnotherapy and […]
Mark Turton, Chester
“I visited Fiona when anxiety was starting to take a real toll on my life, preventing me from going to things such as football matches, restaurants, and even assemblies. After […]
Mr. S Yousef, Chester
“I have been working with Fiona over a number of sessions, with the main focus being on anxiety and stress. By using mindfulness techniques Fiona has really helped me to […]
Paul Fisher, Chester
“When the time came for me to find a job I found myself failing interview after interview due to my lack of confidence. I thought I’d never get a job. […]
Edward Farrington, Chester
“After downloading the breathing meditation, my night time stressing and anxious sleeping has improved so much! I regularly lay there worrying about all the minor things in life that aren’t […]
Expectations can lead to feelings of depression, stress, anxiety, low self esteem
,Expectations -v- reality. This small detail can be behind feelings of inadequacy, stress, anxiety, depression and more. It happens on all kinds of levels. We may grow up through childhood […]
Have you thought about quitting your Job ?
Has the stress of your job made you feel like quitting? Have one too many tasks been piled on top of you and you feel like you’re going to snap? […]
Time For A Change ?
If something is making you feel stressed out, chronically anxious with persistent low mood whether it’s work based or home, I can help you to better manage it and get […]
Drinking Every Night ?
Find the real reason behind drinking every night…. is it because of how the alcohol makes you feel, or because of what it helps you to bury and forget? There […]
What’s your purpose?
If you’re feeling down or out of sorts, having a purpose and working towards that can help you overcome your problems. Sometimes, feeling like you don’t have a purpose can […]
Anger Management Therapy
Anger is typically a response to feeling threatened, criticised or frustrated in some way. Anger is a normal, natural and even healthy emotion. Mild forms include irritation and feelings of […]
Anxiety in children and teenagers
Anxiety in children and teenagers can feel overwhelming and it seems that the long term effects can reach far into adult life, affecting confidence, self esteem and relationships. Recognising children […]
Free Mindfulness Meditation Breathing Audio Download
Try this new mindfulness meditation breathing audio download for free. Mindfulness meditation can help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety and stress, can improve sleep patterns and assist with concentration. This […]
Mindfulness Quotes To Inspire And Motivate You
My favourite mindfulness quotes from Jon Kabat Zinn who is the founder of the Center for Mindfulness at the university of Massachusetts School, where he and his colleagues developed the […]
Insomnia, Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy and Self Hypnosis
With the end of British summer time and the clocks having gone back an hour at the weekend perhaps you are one of the one in three who suffer with […]
Hypnosis, Mindfulness and Gratitude
The new buzz word is ” gratitude” a phenomena that seems to be taking over from the craze for mindfulness as the ” new must have therapy to cure all […]
Mindfulness Meditation Chester September 2015
Mindfulness Meditation 6 Week Course Starting Monday 21st September Mindfulness Meditation Chester City 6.30 Prompt Start Ideal for Stress Management and Work related Stress, Improve Your Skills for Coping […]
Hypnotherapy for Weight loss
How Hypnotherapy can Help with Weight loss During the first few weeks of any diet you will most probably lose some weight and feel great about it. Then suddenly […]
Weight loss Hypnotherapy Tip
Weight Loss Hypnotherapy A Simple Technique For Everyone Here one of the techniques I use to help you achieve and maintain weight loss. The White Board – Allow 10 […]
7 Weight loss Tips For Holidays
One of the most difficult times for many people when on weight loss programmes is how to manage when on holiday. Many people associate holidays with a sense of being […]
Manage Food Cravings with Mindfulness
Using mindfulness to manage food cravings has proved very popular with my weight loss clients. Those coming for weight loss hypnosis have found that practising mindfulness has been particularly empowering […]
Lose weight fast-Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
Lose weight FAST finally and forever join our January weight loss course. Imagine never having to diet again? Imagine feeling in control of your reaction to food? because many of […]
Mindfulness Meditation Classes in Chester
Following on from the success of the Mindfulness for everyday living classes run at Leaf day Spa in September and November 2014, Chester Hypnotherapist will be running advanced mindfulness meditation […]
Multiple Sclerosis, Maintaining Hope, Managing Fear and Relieving Pain
As far as traditional western medicine is concerned there is no known treatment or cure for Multiple Sclerosis and no predictable pattern for the progression of the disease for any […]
Mindfulness for Everyday Living 4 Week Course
Mindfulness is a simple yet powerful and potent way of enabling you to deal with many of your everyday problems in life including stress, anxiety, pain and illness by using […]
Life is too Short to Spend it Dieting- Hypnosis for Weight Loss
A brief update for those interested in joining our Hypnosis for weight loss course. Imagine never having to diet again? Imagine feeling in control of your reaction to food? because […]
Life is too Short to Spend it Hating Your Body
Special offers at Chester Hypnotherapist for weight loss Hypnotherapy near Chester. Make new friends, increase your self confidence and self belief, feel empowered and in control and finally say goodbye […]
Hypnotherapy for Fertility
Many years ago I suffered with an ectopic pregnancy which was not picked up until it nearly erupted, the whole experience was very traumatic and being left with only one […]
Tranceformation with a Hypno Gastric Band
With so much publicity now abounding around gastric band surgery on the NHS for the morbidly obese, it might be a good time for some of those at risk of […]
Eyes Open Sex
Author of Eyes Open Sex available on kindle, a guide for women and couples who want to improve their sex life in long term relationships Click on the link to […]
Ditch the Diet
Diets don’t work, well actually that is not 100% true, they can work for a limited period of time but for most people the sad truth is that after they […]
Amazing Weight Loss Therapy
Hypnotherapy Succeeds Where Diets Fail………only 1% of people who diet lose weight (Datamonitor 2007),most people end up weighting even more than they did at the start of the diet according […]