I had to comment here.  So many of you ask me if I am talking about you specifically in my newsletters.  Well I’m not talking about anyone specifically.  I’m describing human nature.  Strangely, you are not special or uniquely flawed!  But if you can see over the morass of misdirected and misguided communication, you will realise, as I do, that being happy and able to resolve your problems is all about learning to be more genuinely congruent with yourself.  That is, your head and heart need to get along!  If they don’t you’ll end up with panic attacks, anxiety, depression, stress…. and potentially even something much more physically challenging such as IBS or Crohns etc.

Head and heart getting along means that you become bolder, braver, or more courageous at saying how you feel and then, convince yourself it is ok to have thoughts and feelings. Bottling them up will cause you no end of anxiety, panic and depression symptoms.  If you don’t believe me you need to read The Open Mind Guide to Dealing with your Anxiety and for a while longer, I am still offering track 1 of the Meditations to Inspire CD free of charge which you can download off the internet onto your computer to help you with step 10 of the recovery programme from the Guide.