The Therapy Edit

In this Monday episode of the brand new  Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by  Cat Sims , Content Creator, Author, Podcast are Writer. Together Anna and Cat tackle the following question:  "After a lot of discussions and a few incidents, a very close friend of mine sent me some very clear messages that she's distancing herself from our friendship - I'm only going to see her at group gatherings like...

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room; "I'm really excited for my first Christmas with my husband's children. It's been a long time coming. However I'm worried that I'll find the noise and intensity overwhelming. How can I make sure my nervous system doesn't crash and leave me not able to cope with all the chaos that Christmas with kids brings." Anna replies with some...

In this Monday episode of the brand new  Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by  Nahid de Belgeonne , Nervous System Whisperer, Author and Burnout, Anxiety and Trauma coach. Together Anna and Nahid tackle the following question:  "About trauma . . . Does it affect your brain/ change how you think forever? I’ve had significant trauma, I’ve been to talking therapy and had EMDR. I can see massive improve...

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room; "I'm finding the needs of my extended family exhausting. With both my partner and I having divorced and remarried parents, seeing enough of our family feels like a constant pressure and the end result is that we spend every weekend and bit of downtime with them and never have any time just us. How do we make them understand witho...

In this Monday episode of the brand new  Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by Jamie Sutton-Jennings , Mum of Three and TikTok and I nstagram creator of great budgeting hacks and advice as Savvy Jamie . Together Anna and Jamie tackle the following question:  "Hi Anna If I do Christmas presents this year, it's gonna push me deeper into debt. I haven't told my family about the extent of my financial st...

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room; "I keep self sabotaging my career as I'm so worried I'm going to fail. I play out worst case scenarios all the time and talk myself out of putting myself forward for promotions or new projects. How do I learn to have faith in myself?" Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whet...

In this Monday episode of the brand new  Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by David Gibbs , Existential Therapist, Executive Coach and resident therapist on They Think It’s All Sober . Together Anna and David tackle the following question:  "I'm feeling miserable about my drinking. I know I drink too much but all of my friendships are based around me being the girl that always has a good time and I...

Today Anna tackles another anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room; "I haven't left the house on my own all year due to panic attachs when I'm out. GP help hasn't been effective. How can I get my confidence back." Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not. Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd l...

In this second Monday episode of the brand new Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by  Tiwalola Adebayo Confidence Coach, Author, and Founder of Confident and Killing It. Together Anna and Tiwa tackle the following question:  "I really admire how you use your voice for good and for change & ultimately to support and help people with their mental health and growth. I have so much to say but I just...

Welcome to the very first Friday episode of a brand new series of The Therapy Edit!  Today Anna tackles an anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room; "My confession is that when I’m easily overwhelmed, I can say the unkindest things to my husband that make me go cold when I think about them in a neutral environment." Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, re...

Welcome to the very first episode of a BRAND new series of The Therapy Edit!  Mondays are Ask Anna where Anna is joined by a guest expert and together they dicuss a real quandary raised by a member of Anna's online community via voicenote. On Fridays Anna tackles confessions that have been left by her followers anonymously. In this very first episode, Anna is joined by Priya Tew, Specialist Dietit...

In this THROWBACK episode Anna chats to Stacey Heale about how to talk about and show all the hard emotions, grief included.  Stacey's partner Greg died of cancer and she speaks openly about her experiences of death and grief talks and writes openly about the topic and how we can prepare for the emotions that grief will throw at us all at some point. You can follow Stacey on Instagram

In this THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna, in response to multiple requests from followers. talks about the toxic emotion that is resentment.  She reads a short passage from The Little Book of Calm for New Mums on the topic. You can find more grounding words and mantras in this book, Anna's third, here.

On this THROWBACK episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats to Rachaele Hambleton, otherwise known as Part Time Working Mummy. Rachaele's one thing is that everything is temporary and this episode she tells Anna about how her life experience has led her to this conclusion and how she uses it to help soothe the bad days and bad times that she or her family, friends or the victims of domestic abuse tha...

In this THROWBACK episode Anna shares a lightbulb moment where she realised a life changing truth that has transformed her motherhood journey. It's a biggy so you'll have to listen to find out more and also to unpick Anna's realisation (which of course comes accompanied with lots of helpful therapeutic tips to help you make space for this realisation in your own motherhood journey. )

In this THROWBACK guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats to Motherhood Studies Sociologist, Dr Sophie Brock who shares her one thing. Dr Sophie's advice focuses on the differences between motherhood, mothering and mother. Dr Sophie has a podcast called the Good Enough Mother Podcast which you can listen to here :  You can visit here website here https://drsophiebrock.com/ You can follow Sop...

In this THROWBACK episode Anna shares a lightbulb moment about how she can easily boost her wellbeing and offers you advice and tips as to how you can easily go about boosting your own too!

In this THROWBACK guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats to former BBC newsreader Kate Silverton. Now a qualified children's counsellor, Kate's one thing is that there is no such thing as naughty when it comes to your children. A mum of two, with a BSc in Psychology from the University of Durham Kate's experience as a mother has encouraged her to return to her academic roots in child psycho...

In this THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna shares her thoughts and ideas on how you can tame the inner critic and internal voice that might be stifling your feelings of self worth.

In this THROWBACK episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna chats with Lucy London who tells listeners that her One Thing is 'to be honest with your children drawing on her experiences of coming out as a gay to her family. Lucy London is a fashion designer, the Creative Director at London Queer Fashion Show and programmes short fashion courses for Jimmy Choo Academy. You can follow Lucy on Instagram at @l...

In this THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats about bad days and shares one really useful tip for not allowing them to consume you or fill you with fear that tomorrow might be a bad day!

In this THROWBACK episode of One Thing, Anna chats with Sarra Hoy about how no mother is ever alone in their emotions or experience, even though it may feel that way. Sarra Hoy is the wife of Gold Medal Olympic cyclist, Chris Hoy and following their shared experience of becoming parents to a premature baby, Sarra became an ambassador for Bliss, the UKs largest neonatal charity. You can follow Sarr...

In this THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna responds to a listener request and considers 3 really useful ways that we can manage feelings of rage.

In this THROWBACK episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna asks Dr Becky Kennedy for her One Thing. Dr Becky explains to Anna the power of repair when it comes to reflecting and learning from difficult moments in our parenting journey. A truly insightful and enlightening episode! Dr Becky is clinical psychologist, mum of three, and founder of Good Inside. By focusing on the parent behind the parenting an...

In this ten minute THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna offers listeners advice on how they can make positive changes to their relationships in just 9 minutes!  Listen in and let this advice help on your road to living a happier life.