What is the difference between stress and anxiety?
Hello, I hope that this blog post finds you well, and happy. Today I wanted to talk about stress and anxiety, and look at the difference between them. I often hear my clients talk about having stress AND anxiety, and they look baffled when ask them 'which is it?'....
3 tips to confident public speaking with Christopher Paul Jones.
Public Speaking - you're not on your own if you get butterflies just thinking about it. Did you know, that 3 in 4 of us have a fear of public speaking? No? Well you do now... so if YOU find yourself not being able to sleep at night because the day ahead of you feels...
Too much or too little therapy? How do we know when we have solved things?
In this post I wanted to share a video that I posted last week that talks about how you know when you have had too much or too little therapy, and what you can do about it. Let me start off by asking you this - have you ever met someone who seems to almost be addicted...
How much time are you wasting worrying? Here’s how to stop that.
We all worry and a little worrying is normal - but for some of us, we can spend most of the day worrying and it's time wasted that will never be given back to us. So, if your mind seems to be spending most of its time worrying, let's look at what you can do about...
How to get over the fear of saying the wrong thing.
I don't know where to start when it comes to the events of the last week globally - and if I am honest, part of that is a fear of saying the wrong thing. Which got me thinking about this weeks blog post. Because I am sure that there are a fair few of us who are...
How to ease yourself out of the lockdown in 3 steps.
Lockdown has not 'ended' - and the virus is still circulating - but today on the daily updates, we were told that vulnerable people who have previously being 'shielding' are allowed out as of tomorrow. Many people seem to be feeling apprehensive about this - so what...
Change one word and have a bloomin’ GREAT weekend!
Hello, it’s me, Christopher, and today i am feeling energised and I wanted to pass a little bit onto you. I know that being ‘stuck’ in lockdown can feel kinda … boring, and dull, and long, and tedious… It feels neverending, and there just does not seem to be a...
How to create a new ‘normal’ when your normal has disappeared.
Some people went back to work this week, whilst some of us remained at home during a slightly loosened 'lockdown'. Today I want to talk about how to create a new 'normal' when your normal has disappeared. I spoke to a client this week and she told me that she did not...
‘I can’t ‘feel’ my phobia during lockdown – does that mean it’s gone forever?’.
I am receiving calls from clients, asking me if the disappearance of their anxiety or phobia means that things have 'got better' for them. I wanted to talk to you about that for a moment, because it is very true, that a lot of us are experiencing a disappearance of...