Episode 83 – A more serious episode than usual. We look at mental health. Specifically the power of the subconscious, trauma, and – importantly – how to overcome these challenges.

Trigger warning – in this conversation we address (briefly – no details)…

·     Phobias – animals, dentists, tight spaces

·     Smoking, car accidents, domestic violence, domestic abuse, suicide, child loss

BUT...Sandie talks about bringing JOY to all these people’s lives. Listen to find out how she does it…

Look at all this stuff we covered in this full episode:

• How Sandie discovered the power of hypnotherapy – solving TWO problems
• Why Sandie is Nannie McAffee!
• Accessing the subconscious through relaxation
• NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
• Self-talk
• BLAST – Trauma therapy
• Nick Davies EMDR
• How Sandie took someone from an inability to get into a car – to a confident driver again
• The role of the Amygdala in trauma
• Having good intentions in how you talk to people
• Being kind – you don’t know what’s happening in their world
• How our self-talk has an impact
• The power of celebrating what we’ve done well
• How we as leaders and managers impact people by the way we talk to them
• The power of parents and the language we use with children
• “Melissa Tears – The anti-anxiety toolkit”
• “So…”
• Why a Mum told Sandie that she had brought her daughter ‘back to her’
• End-of-day journaling
• Cutting down on social media
• Why it’s easy to give up smoking
• Why it’s easy to start – it’s not the cigarette!
• Why smoking might not be the problem
• Writing a letter
• The empty chair
• Getting to the route cause of what’s holding you back
• Talking to someone is the solution
• Be kind
• The anti-stress exercises (they’re at the end – after the music)

If you’re affected by any of the things we talked about, here are some contact details:

Sandie's contact details:

• Tel - 07990776718
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

• Samaritans - Tel 116 123
• Sandie’s relaxation exercise link

Some links to the resource we’ve talked about…

• Melissa Tears and her book - The Anti-Anxiety Toolkit
• Portsmouth Business Exchange
• Spark Community Space
• Penny Plimmer Photography – amazing photographer see the cover image
• The Tenth Hole - amazing cakes!
• The Queens Hotel Southsea
• Nick Davies BLAST therapy

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• Check out the website to see what we do - sondevelopment.com
• Watch some of our YouTube videos
• Connect on social media - Instagram or LinkedIn

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