You might be wondering if this course is for you or feeling worried about investing into a programme for fear it won't work. Let's talk this through, while I share some of my own experience...

I guess in many respects I was always an anxious person. As a child I avoided camps and sleepovers, feared reprimand and felt unsure of myself throughout my years in school. I was riddled with insecurity and nerves on and off but never understood that what I was experiencing was anxiety. 

I knew about anxiety - as my Mum had suffered with panic disorder, anxiety and agoraphobia. It wasn't until my later teen years where I realised it was what I was experiencing too.

I began to study counselling and work on myself, all the while my anxiety levels would fluctuate. In my early 20s I went on medication for anxiety and low mood but this never felt right and I came off the pills within the year - after years of anxiety I needed more.

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In my mid twenties I was facing a diagnosis of a pituitary tumour, my hormones were a mess, I was just beginning my counselling career after graduating and had started a job back in my home town. I felt mostly on top of my anxiety. But in reality I wasn't - I was swamped with imposter syndrome, a people pleaser and my nervous system was dysregulated. The stress of my health only further pushing me past my 'baseline'. 

Finally it all gave way in my first panic attack.

I went on to have many many more. They would be sure to flood in anytime I was public speaking or under immense pressure talking to someone. I began to avoid things that might set them off. The avoidance made things worse and I knew this.

I wondered how I could possibly call myself a counsellor and work with people with anxiety when I was "such a failure" and unable to prevent the panic attacks myself. 

I dove into intensive post-graduate courses and expert anxiety trainings - decided to use myself as a case study.

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Ultimately I knew that having experienced all of this myself was not a curse. I was a human. Not immune to struggles with my mental health just because of my career choice. 

I knew that I could view the struggles as a curse, or as a gift. The gift of knowing what it feels like to go through anxiety, panic, depression and to experiment with techniques and approaches to navigate the choppy waters. 

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So, armed with my training and knowledge I set forth on a journey to overcome panic attacks and master my anxiety.

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Fast forward to today - I am 33 and am at peace with panic. I have been on live TV and interviewed on live radio dozens of times for my books, without panic! I have built my own successful business from the ground up while raising my daughter. 

Have I rid my life of anxiety now? No, of course not. Im a human! I still feel all the feelings - I have anxious days, down days, angry days... but the difference is this:

- I don't fear anxiety

- I have a completely different relationship with anxiety

- Anxiety does not overwhelm me

- I have compassion for my human experience

- I have confidence in myself

- I don't feel the need to people please - or if I do, I respond differently

- I can check in with my nervous system and learn cues I am becoming dysregulated

- I know tools and techniques to calm both the body and the mind

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I have put together some of the key concepts and techniques for mastering anxiety that I have learnt from my 12 plus years working in mental health and my many years of experience navigating my own. 

I bring you a 5 week course built from scientifically backed teachings and methods I have taught to hundred (maybe thousands now) of clients.

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