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Hypnotherapy for Self-Sabotage
Hi and welcome back. I am Darryl and welcome to McCullagh Therapy and welcome to bitesize. Where we serve up bite-sized portions of inspiration, knowledge, and insight! In this series, I will explore using hypnotherapy for self-sabotage. In wartime, a saboteur would be someone who damaged enemy equipment by slashing the tyres of cars and damaging machinery. There is often an element of stealth and secrecy to the way that sabotage is conducted, so if someone sabotages a political campaign, the identity of the saboteur might go completely undetected. So, what do we mean when we talk about sabotaging ourselves? Does it mean that there is some mysterious, negative, subconscious…
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Priming: How you should start each day.
“Priming”: How You Should Start Each Day Do you wake up each morning feeling lethargic, sluggish, overwhelmed, or apathetic about work and the day ahead of you? Or maybe there’s an obstacle that continues to occupy your mind at every moment. Like many people, you want to be focused and feel successful, but no matter how many cups of coffee you drink, you never get to that place where you are saying, “I feel like I can take on anything put in front of me.” If this sounds familiar, it may be time for you to discover the power of priming. This is based on an article written by…
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Don’t let your worst, take away your best
Hi and welcome back. I am Darryl and welcome to McCullagh Therapy and welcome to bitesize. Where we serve up bite-sized portions of inspiration, knowledge, and insight! In this series, we will be making the statement that: Don’t let your worst take away your best. Sometimes we let out negative little voices in our heads to overpower those positive parts of us. So what can we do? The Best Of You Is Still Inside Your inner voice is your “protector”. Your inner voice is your best friend with your best interest at heart. Yet, there are times where your inner voice turns critical – to the point where you…
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Seasonal depression
Hi and welcome back. I am Darryl and welcome to McCullagh Therapy and welcome to bitesize. Where we serve up bite-sized portions of inspiration, knowledge, and insight! In this series, we’ll explore seasonal depression, its effects, causes and ways to support yourself to manage this condition. Lower Temperatures and Lower Moods: What is Seasonal Depression Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal Depression. Winter Blues. We have a lot of names for the way the time of year may play into our mental health. As we approach colder weather, shorter days, and darker mornings, it’s not uncommon to start to experience lower moods. According to the National Health Service, Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)…
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Questions to ask a potential therapist
Hi and welcome back. I am Darryl and welcome to McCullagh Therapy and welcome to bitesize. Where we serve up bite-sized portions of inspiration, knowledge, and insight! In this series, you have done your research and contacted a therapist, filled out the relevant paperwork and documents and arranged the consultation. So what questions do you ask? Here are a few questions you could ask so to ensure you have found the correct therapist for you. The relationship between the therapist and you, as a client, can be considered the most important part of therapy. You have to be able to trust this person with the most vulnerable things in your…