From Surviving to Thriving: A No Tools, No Techniques Shift from Stress and Overwhelm to Fulfilment

There are lots of things you can try to beat procrastination. The most powerful thing is to raise your awareness of what is really going on when you avoid doing something. It's all about the feelings and what you think they are telling you about the task. Our future, time-travelling stories are something to develop an awareness of. I will explain more in this session. You me as I explore how to be...

Your tasks are not supposed to float your boat! I am broaching this after a comment on my post yesterday where someone said, ‘Procrastinating over those tasks that just don't float your boat is all too easily done.’ I looked up float your boat on Google and it said ‘to appeal to or excite someone’. And perhaps that is the issue. That we think our tasks are supposed to float our boats when they are...

I could share endless tips and tricks to help you stop procrastinating. I am not going to do that. There's a reason why. Because what I want is to help you reveal your own answers. The things which will work for you. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective FREE DOWNLOAD - 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm - https://claredownham.com/5-simple-truths-to-take-you-closer-to-calm/ Get...

Procrastination was part of my life for many years. I used to call myself 'lazy' all the time! I searched high and low for the solution. For many, many years! I found it in the most unexpected place. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. FREE DOWLOAD - 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm - https://claredownham.com/5-simple-truths-to-take-you-closer-to-calm/ Get full access to Fr...

If you don't know you are stressed out, you might not know to do anything about it. Once you are aware that you might be on the path to burnout, you have an opportunity to start learning about stress. Once you understand stress and the way we are overusing a system which was meant to keep us safe from sabre toothed tigers you can start to feel better. You me as I explore this from a new perspectiv...

It seems to me that being stressed has become normal. The numbers of people reporting feeling stressed is getting higher every year. But it looks like many have resigned themselves to stress just being part of life. After all, look at the crazy world we live in!  But this is all based on a fundamental misunderstanding which pervades our world. The misunderstanding that our feelings of stress come...

Destressing tips don't work because they go against the simple understanding of how we work psychologically. Once you understand this simple truth, destressing tips no longer make sense. You can navigate life with more ease. Calm becomes more often your natural state and you have a lot less to do. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective.  Download 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Cal...

My own story of stress management is probably to many. Tried lots of tools and techniques. Trawled through the past a bit (a lot actually). Felt many moments of utter despair. Often thought I must be so broken that I couldn't be helped. But here is the hope ... I am out of that pattern now. I am free and you can be too! Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surv...

If you don't know you are stressed out, you might not know to do anything about it. Once you are aware that you might be on the path to burnout, you have an opportunity to start learning about stress. Once you understand stress and the way we are overusing a system which was meant to keep us safe from sabre toothed tigers you can start to feel better. Join me as I explore this from a new perspecti...

It can seem like there is a lot to do to manage stress but there really is an easier way. A simple understanding I came across 3 years ago. It changed my life and it can change yours too and with absolutely ZERO tools, techniques or trawling through the past.  Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. FREE DOWNLOAD: 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm: www.bit.ly/5simpletruths Get f...

We spend a lot of time asking 'why' when we don't feel good. Today I would like to talk about 'why' you feel good when you do. Spoiler alert - it has nothing to do with tools and techniques! Knowing what is really going on when we feel good is really helpful. It helps us find that place more often. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at c...

It's Blue Monday, a day when we are all supposed to feel a bit meh! But yet again, it turns out it was all made up by a marketing department. Just like 10 000 steps a day, breakfast being the most important meal and 5-a-day. There are so many things we take for granted as being true (including many things which are only in our own thinking). Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get fu...

Seeking the answers when we are feeling stressed can take hours.  There are so many rabbit holes to go down.  Looking for the sources outside us is never going to reveal the answers.  As meaning making humans, it's tricky not to get caught in this trap.  But there is another way. A simpler way.   Join me as I explore this from a new perspective.   Get 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm: ht...

The message out there is that we all feel stressed sometimes. That it seems to be part of modern life. So we might well wonder, how to deal with feeling stressed. But the problem is that most of the things you are told when you ask that question are guiding you away from calm rather than towards it.  What's more important than dealing with stress is understanding it better. When we understand stre...

It can seem like stress management is the only way to feel less stressed. After all, it seems like we need a way to handle all this stress life throws at us. But it turns out that the only reason we need stress management is because we misunderstand how stress is created. Once you understand the truth about stress, you can see how to stop stressing without stress management. Join me as I explore t...

When your working day is stressful, that means a big part of your life is stressful. You probably have an idea about the biggest source of that stress, but what if there is more to be seen about this? In this episode I look at workload and people in our working day. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm can help you experience less stress in y...

I missed the signs that burnout was heading my way. I had no idea that the continual coughs and colds were a big clue. So I kept on going until my body finally gave up. I don't want that to happen to you. Please listen to me and listen to your body too. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at claredownham.substack.com/subscribe

It's a time of year when change is in the air. I spoke yesterday about New Year's Resolutions being made up but the focus on change is there for many people anyway. So maybe right now you do want to make a change.  To have better relationships, feel less stressed or kick overwhelm to the curb. To get unstuck, stop feeling like you are not good enough or maybe just to sleep better and bounce our of...

New Year's Resolutions are made up. Yet we can so easily use them as a tool to beat ourselves up. Maybe there is an easier way to make changes in our lives. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Find out more by joining 5 Simple Truths to Take You Closer to Calm: https://claredownham.com/5-simple-truths-to-take-you-closer-to-calm/ Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at clared...

I have many hopes for you as the year draws to a close. They are hopes not just for the festive season but for always. They are hopes for how you see yourself and the world around you. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at claredownham.substack.com/subscribe

What if you saw that what you thought was psychologically wrong with you was all an illusion? What if you saw that the feelings of calm, clarity and contentment were already inside you? What if you could finally stop trying to fix yourself because you knew you were never broken in the first place? What if you could stop seeking peace of mind in the outside world? What if you could stop all the sel...

When we misunderstand that our wellbeing comes from the outside world, we tend to strive to make that world a particular way. This can lead to overwhelm, exhaustion and burnout. Once we know the world works inside out, not outside in, we can be happy no matter what. Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at claredownham.substack.com/subscrib...

We can easily spend a lot of time thinking about what other people think about us. It can feel like it is our responsibility to make other happy. This is definitely true at this time of year. But once you understand why people feel the way they do, you can release yourself from trying to people please. Then you can make decisions from your own wisdom and be free from overwhelm. Join me as I explor...

In the world right now, it seems that there are a lot of things to get wound up about. Then we might spend time trying to calm down again. It can be a lot of effort. But when you realise that the unpleasant feeling is letting you know that you are wound up with unpleasant thinking, you are less likely to need to go up and down like that. Calm, clarity and contentment are on the other side. Join me...

Self-judgement takes us away from calm over and over again. The sense we are supposed to think, feel and behave differently. But imagine a life without that layer of extra thinking. A life without the judgement. A space where it really is okay to be not okay! Join me as I explore this from a new perspective. Get full access to From Surviving to Thriving at claredownham.substack.com/subscribe