These days I’m thankfully seeing less and less smokers. There has been an increase in the people coming for help with a cycle of quitting, using vaping and then smoking again. It is this problem that seems to get to the heart of why people need help to quit sometimes. Habit   Everybody knows that […]

  With summer just round the corner, many people will be dreaming of jetting off for an annual break somewhere hot and sunny. For some people, the idea of flying to a far- flung country can make them feel a tad uncomfortable. So, if you have a phobia about taking to the skies, perhaps Solution […]

Sleep is clearly a really important issue in my practice. Many people come to see me seeking help for insomnia. I’ve found that it is also extremely common for those seeking help with their mental health to be sleep deprived or have problems with their sleep patterns. Sleep Deprivation Sleep is something that is so vitally […]

We decided to go and peruse the shops in the newly opened mall, something we never really did. Looking at nursing wear and holding hands. As we ate gourmet burgers for dinner my wife said “this could be the last time we eat as a couple for a while”. I look back on these memories […]

Last week my family and I moved house. I’ve spoken to lots of people during the whole process and most have told me that moving house is in the top 5 most stressful events that can happen in your life. There were definitely some stressful moments over the last couple of months. There was finding […]

Some years ago I was kicked out of a band because I didn’t write anything. At that point in my life the group was the most successful thing I had ever been involved in. We’d had a critically acclaimed first album, a successful tour and a loyal following. I went and threw it all away due […]

I had to put a thicker coat on this morning. Autumn is making itself known. Halloween and Christmas nibbles have slowed my pace around the supermarket aisles. The cold I feel in my fingers and toes seems to have awakened old cravings in the rest of my body – and primitive mind. “I must prepare […]

Today is Brilliant Bristol day. Hundreds of Bristol school children are attempting to set a ‘kindness’ world record by performing random acts of kindness within their communities. The idea behind this event has been to get children to explore concepts of happiness and to examine the neuroscience behind them. It was the children’s own idea […]

Here is a wonderful video of Dr Bruce Lipton talking about our survival mechanism – the primitive mind – and it’s connection to our immune system. Defense leads to anxiety   Another point to consider is how the mind copes with these extended periods of defense. Day-to-day worries and problems are accumulated and stored in […]

Yesterday morning my 6 year old couldn’t do anything to help me get him ready for school (nothing unusual here).  This particular day however, he was complaining about a pain in his hand. Sure enough there was the remains of a small splinter in his palm, and it looked a bit sore. It had to be taken […]