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Stop letting fear of uncertainty hijack your happiness
One of the things that many of us grownups struggle with is uncertainty. We can find it difficult to not know exactly what’s going to happen next. We want to be able to move through life with the...
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Are you afraid of being afraid?
Sometimes we can be so afraid of replicating a past relationship that we bring that relationship into our present one instead of being conscious, aware and present so that we can acknowledge the...
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Podcast Ep. 6: Ask For Help, Stop Overfeeding Your Worry Fish, and You Can’t...
I’m all recovered from celebrating ten years of Baggage Reclaim with some of my crew here in London. Em DJ’d for the evening, everyone ate a lot of food and packed in a lot of drinks, and what was so...
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Podcast Ep.23: Name-Calling In Arguments?, Why I Find Affirmations Beneficial...
It’s time for this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions podcast! Here’s what I cover in episode 23: Is name-calling and swearing at someone in an argument OK? It’s understood that things get...
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Let Your Anxious Younger Self Know That You Have Their Back
Experiencing a level of anxiety when we embark on dating again after previous setbacks is entirely normal. We tend to be quite hard on ourselves when we experience it though which if anything,...
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Podcast Ep. 38: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Being Self-Critical, Make A...
It’s time for another episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions. In episode 38, I cover: 38: Certain years in our life stand for certain lessons in our life and after turning 39 yesterday, I share what...
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Recognising Healthy Interactions and Relationships (There’s a simple way to...
One of the biggest challenges that we face in our efforts to build meaningful, fulfilling and loving relationships is that–thanks to what might be some pretty painful experiences in our past–we might...
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Podcast Ep. 107: Getting Grounded About Intuition and Anxiety
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Android This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions is on the topic of anxiety and intuition. I speak to so many people who feel confused because...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 130: Dating Anxiety & Why Efforts Don’t Equal Outcomes
A challenge that often presents itself while dating is the struggle to stay hopeful and grounded while pursuing our need or desire for a relationship. After, for instance, taking time out from dating...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 131: The Trouble With ‘Well-Meaning’ Bad Advice
Three days before I met Em, I broke it off with a guy that I’d been dating for three weeks. From the way he approached me, through to the dates, calls/texts, I had a lot of misgivings about him....
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 132: Fear of sacrifice, loss and being trapped
While talking about dating and relationship anxiety in episode 130, I touched on fear of sacrifice, loss and being trapped. In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, I explain why part...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 162: Keeping Up With Comparison Part One
We’re into what I call the 12 Weeks of Self-Esteem Torment which starts in the run up to Thanksgiving and Christmas/The Holidays, and finally eases up after Valentine’s Day. This week’s episode of The...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 163: Keeping Up With Comparison Part Two
Last week on The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, I delved into comparison, including who we compare to and about what, why we do it, and the connection with perfectionism and shame. In part two of this...
View ArticleWhy Am I Experiencing Resistance About The Thing I Say I Want or Need?
Sometimes, we go to do something that we thought we needed or wanted to, and then resistance shows up in the form of confusing inertia, paralysis, anxiety, procrastination, discomfort, struggle and...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 167: Texting Anxiety – Why didn’t you text back?
This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions tackles the subject of Texting Anxiety while dating. I talk through three scenarios: corresponding for several minutes and then it stopping,...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 168: Freaking Out Over Decisions (lessons from panicking about my...
This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions explores freaking out over decisions. So many of us learned from the adults around us while growing up to regard things we do in childhood as what...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 175: Hard Resets, Anxiety, and Corona Miracles with Exes
This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions isn’t one I envisioned making, but I felt that it was important to speak on what is happening right now. It’s been a fortnight where I’ve...
View ArticlePodcast Ep. 177: Discomfort and the Time-Off Thermostat
In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, I talk about our discomfort with time, space, our feelings and our thoughts. Prior to this coronavirus, I chatted with people who for one...
View ArticleIntentional dating during coronavirus
I hear from so many people who’ve found themselves in a casual relationship or something that seemed to have so much promise but kept going in fits and starts or halting. They’re not compatible, and...
View ArticleWe don’t want to do the hard thing, but we do want the freedom it offers
No one really wants to go No Contact. They don’t. It’s why when we’re post-breakup and struggling to get over them or hurting from continued disrespect, mind games, mixed messages or just the...
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