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The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsThe Reducing Anxiety with CBT Mini-Course: Video 2 | Understand ControlWelcome to The Reducing Anxiety with CBT Mini-Course with myself Chris Piercy from GYST Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching.
If you're watching and haven't signed up for the free course then you can do so here: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/free-cbt-course
In this part you'll find out all about control and the role that it plays in increasing or decreasing anxiety.
2023-01-2508 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset] 7 Tips to New Years Resolution Success - How to Make a Lasting Change | Episode 078Whether you're making a New Year's Resolution or you're at a point where you want to make a change in your life then follow these 7 tips and you'll drastically increase your chances of success
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2022-12-3113 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsThe Reducing Anxiety with CBT Mini-Course: Video 1: Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural TherapyWelcome to The Reducing Anxiety with CBT Mini-Course with myself Chris Piercy from GYST Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching.
If you're watching and haven't signed up for the free course then you can do so here: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/free-cbt-course
In this introductory video I’m going to be telling you what CBT is, the theory behind it, give you some examples of how it is used in day-to-day life, talk about the advantages of it, talk about when it might not be helpful before finishing off by giving you your very first exercise.
2022-11-0715 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset] Why Karma Being Bulls#!t shouldn't Stop You Being a Good Person | Episode 077Karma eh?
If the nicest person you’ve ever met whose had an impossibly hard life won the lottery you’d probably say that there was no-one more deserving of it
And if someone who liked putting kittens on train tracks to watch them die got hit by a train you probably wouldn’t say they deserved what they got. But you might well think it (I’m not judging you.)
I think that as humans it can be quite nice for us to see “bad things” happening to “bad people” and “good things” happening...
2022-09-2012 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Let's stop using this dating "tactic", even though it "works", yeah? | Episode 076Why is it that some people are completely chilled about dating, others overanalyse every interaction and message, and there are others who seem to deliberately sabotage what seem like perfectly reasonable dating opportunities?
The answer is very simple - these different sets of people have different “attachment styles”.
Attachment is the emotional bond that forms in us in early childhood but there is also evidence to suggest that people are genetically predisposed to becoming a particular attachment style.
This emotional bond unconsciously sets out the patterns which later become the core of how our...
2022-09-1315 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Communication] How to Communicate and Debate More Effectively | Lee Warren | Episode 075Communicating effectively is vital in all aspects of life and when disagreement comes along it tends to get worse rather than better.
Ex-magician and now public speaker Lee Warren delivers engaging and amusing talks on how to communicate better and how to get people on your side, this flows through all aspects of life whether it be arguments on Facebook or disagreements in the home.
Unsurprisingly Lee was a wonderful guest, ridiculously easy to communicate with and funny to boot.
Bring with you a pen and pencil to write all of the books...
2022-08-0954 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset] How to Deal With Rejection in All Areas of Your Life | Episode 074Getting rejected sucks, doesn't it?
It always tends to feel like a rejection of us, us as a person, there's something wrong with us, they're right, we're wrong, what's wrong with us?
But this isn't actually the case, rejection across our lives comes in all different shapes and sizes and whilst very occasionally it might be an "us" thing, it is usually a "them" thing - it's their opinion and they are entitled to that.
In this episode of The GYST of It Podcast I talk about why rejection stings so much, how...
2022-07-2021 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset] How to Start Taking Compliments more easily and why it's so important | Episode 073Compliments are so hard to take, right?
Wrong.
It's a simple case of saying "thank you" or "I appreciate you saying that" or if you're really pushing the boat out...both!
So, why is it that people find compliments so hard to take?
In this episode I talk about this and how to make taking compliments easier.
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2022-07-1313 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset] Honesty is the best policy (nearly always) | Being Honest to Yourself and Others | Episode 072Whether you think you're being lied to a lot, are guilty of letting porky pies slip out your mouth or struggle to even be honest with yourself and your own feelings then you're in the right place.
In this episode of The GYST of It Podcast I dive in on all things honesty. In truth this came about from a situation I faced in my own life where, when pressed by my life coach, I realised I was feeling bad about it because I wasn't being honest with my own feelings and therefore they had to be le...
2022-06-2923 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[SLEEP] How to Sleep when it's really HOT (without spending any more money) | Episode 071It's hot, it's SO hot at the moment!
Oh and everyone is poor and the last thing we want is to buy a fan or increase our energy bills by running one overnight, and no we don't want to buy new pillows, mattresses, duvets, egyptian cotton sheets or anything else.
We just want a good night's sleep!
So this episode is all about how to get a good night's sleep when it's really flippin' hot without spending any more money!
Enjoy!
Chris
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2022-06-1613 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Deal With Anger - The Misunderstood and Beautiful Emotion | Episode 070Anger is possibly the misunderstood emotions, frequently thought of as just shouting, violence and going crazy but anger can be use in a calm and powerful away, without raising your voice at all.
In this episode I'll be talking about anger itself and then a whole host of different things that you can do to help you deal with anger if it is a problem area for you in your life.
For more on setting boundaries check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=986B_Dutx9c
If you're interested in therapy session or...
2022-06-1318 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[MINDSET] Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People (and who to compare yourself to) | Episode 069If you fall into the very easy trap of comparing yourself to other people then this episode is for you.
I talk about:
- The futility of comparison
- Why it is impossible to make (fair) comparisons
- Why you ultimately set yourself up for a fall
- Why social media is one of the worst places to be
- And who you should be comparing yourself to
For more on helping your self-confidence please check out this episode:
Increase Your Self-Confidence Part 1
2022-06-0620 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Make Decisions More Easily | Episode 068Decisions, for some people at least, can be really hard to make.
In this episode I will be talking about the different reasons why people find decisions hard to make and ways to combat them, not only this but I'll be giving you several simple and concise ways in which you can start making better decisions in your life immediately.
For more information about working with me directly for hypnotherapy or life coaching please head to: https://gystcoaching.co.uk
2022-05-2621 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[PHOBIAS] So, You want to get over a phobia? | Episode 067 | Video Podcast 1Phobias can sit quietly in the background of your life or they can stop you from doing the things that you want to do in life.
In today's episode of The GYST of It Podcast I can about how to know whether your phobia is irrational or not and discuss how to create a hierarchy of your phobia in order to get over it.
Once you have this established I give some helpful hints and tips about how to change your mindset towards the phobia and how to begin to get over it. I appreciate tha...
2022-05-1216 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Worth] How Social Media will DESTROY your self worth (if you let it) | Episode 066What started as a fun way to reconnect with old friends, show an insight into your life and meet new people has now turned into what is essentially huge advertising platforms.
Whether it's tiktok, Instagram, facebook, youtube, all of them give profound opportunities to feel bad about yourself.
In this video I'll be talking (maybe ranting) about how you can protect your self worth by covering the content you consume, the content you put out there as well as how you engage with content and comments.
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2022-03-3136 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Happiness] How to be happy (and it isn't how you think it'll be) | Episode 065What would make you happy right now?
If you could snap your fingers and have anything to make you happy what would that be?
When you ask people what would make them happy they’ll typically tell you that they need a holiday, or they need a new car, or they want to win the lottery.
And yes, getting away from it all, travelling more comfortably or losing your financial issues would definitely help improve your happiness…for a while.
But are those bigger, short term things what are really going to make...
2022-03-2423 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Development] Stoicism, What Changed Our Lives & finding your passion | Episode 064: GeraintGeraint (not G) Clarke @geraint_clarke and I had a great chat about our lives during this episode.
He is the CEO of one of the biggest magic companies in the world, Ellusionist, he is a creator of magic tricks, an accomplished and respected writer and an all around nice guy.- you'll find the answers to such questions as
How is someone's life so boring that Geraint's teapot became a subject of discussion in their marriage?
Why a misrepresented event in a reality TV show made Geraint have to move towns.
What...
2022-03-171h 36
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Chronic Pain] Chronically Iconic #1: Two Chronic Pain Sufferers Discuss Their Experiences | Episode 063 DanielleChris has a long term effed back (technical term) and Danielle has Rheumatoid Arthritis, in Chronically Iconic we have very honest and frank conversations about what it is like living with pain, the restrictions it causes us, what we're trying to do to help things and the problems we overcome.
Hopefully presented in a fun, conversational and enjoyable way.
For more about Danielle check her out on Instagram @theenchantednanny
Want to a free exploratory call with me? Book one HERE
2022-03-101h 19
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Projection] Psychological Projection: What it is & 8 Ways to Stop Doing It | Episode 062I think this about myself, so you MUST think this about me so I am going to do THIS.
That is psychological projection in a nutshell.
It is damaging to our relationships, to our self-esteem and to our ability to make the changes that we want in life.
This video briefly covers what projection is, some examples and 8 different things that you can do in order to help you project less.
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2022-03-0310 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mental Health Apps] Bravely: The App forged in fire of a shocking young cancer diagnosis | Episode 061 Rackley NolanRackley first and foremost is my cousin but he and his wife Melissa have created Bravely - a mental health tracking app made in partnership with therapists and psychologists.
Rackley, Mel and their team also trawl through scientific research on what helps mental health and turn what can be quite plain and dull scientific jargon into easy to understand and hence implement into your life.
We also speak about the shocking leukaemia diagnosis that Mel received aged just 29, the trauma that her and Rackley had to go through, that support he gave her through the...
2022-02-241h 13
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] From Anxiety Coping Mechanism to Passionate Full-Time Income | Episode 060 Sophie from Kooky BloomWhen Sophie from Kooky Bloom was told by a doctor to take up a hobby to help with her crippling anxiety she could barely believe what she was hearing, fast forward a couple of years and what started as a way to distract herself is now a full-time business selling handmade jewellery across the world, endorsed by celebrities and loved by all.
Sophie's story is one of passion, disbelief, self-doubt and how even anxiety that causes panic attacks can be calmed down and managed.
In this inspirational episode we talk about imposter syndrome, body image...
2022-02-1758 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Voice Journalling] Journalling, Processing Emotions & Creating Your Own Success | Episode 059 Rory AdamsPeople used to just write in a diary and call it "keeping a diary" now a new trend in "journalling" is increasing in popularity, voice journalling however is a slightly old idea being brought up to date with modern technology.
One of the people pioneering this is Rory Adams who has created the app "Sound Off" which allows you to....sound off.... about whatever you like, the app not only acts as a place for all your recordings it also gives you prompts to inspire thoughts and feelings to come out and has a plethora of content...
2022-02-101h 08
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Care] Self-Care, Self-Love & Listening to your Inner Child with Danielle Manton-Kelly | Episode 058What is it that allows some people to deal with life's problems and stresses seemingly with ease while others struggle to let go of the past?
Qualified Teacher, Mother of 4 and Childcare Guru Danielle Manton-Kelly of The Enchanted Nanny joins me as we chat about all things self-care, self-love and the honest conversations that you need to have with your inner-child in order to make progress, gain resilience and move on with your life.
A fascinating chat that seemed to absolutely fly by.
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2022-02-021h 10
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Development] How I Saved My Own Life, One Day At A Time | Episode 057Life can sometimes feel dark, terrifying, and relentlessly awful - bad things can happen often through no fault of our own and we find ourselves in a situation where we simply don't know how to feel happy or positive about the future. I know, I've been there.
However, every day for the last 2 years (since 25/1/2020) I've taken just 5 minutes out of my day to do the same thing, I've done it on good days, bad days and every day in between EVERY day without fail.
And this simple task is to just write down all of...
2022-01-2718 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations(Relaxation) Hypnosis for Pain | Calm Your Physical or Emotional Pain In Minutes | Episode 056Whether you're suffering with physical discomfort from an injury or condition, or whether you're hurting due to some emotional trauma taking 15 minutes out to listen to this hypnosis audio will be of benefit to you.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS WHILST DRIVING OR DURING ANY ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES YOUR CONCENTRATION.
For more about hypnotherapy and life coaching with GYST Coaching head to www.gystcoaching.co.uk
2022-01-2016 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations(Mindset Change) Boundaries - How to Set, Maintain and Defend Them | Episode 055Boundaries - How to Set, Maintain, and Defend them
If you’ve got to the point in life where you might describe yourself better as a doormat rather than a human being, or you get simply told that “you’re too nice” then you’re in the right place.
The boundaries that we set in our lives are the difference between being trampled all over or standing up for ourselves and how we are going to accept being treated.
If you haven’t already then I’d really strongly recommend checking out this brief blog abo...
2022-01-1220 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] The Most Important Ingredient in a Successful Relationship (You'll never guess it) | Episode 054When relationships end people tell their close friends and family who rally around them and give them tea, biscuits and normally the same bit of advice.
“You should spend some time by yourself before starting anything new” or words to that effect.
This is normally followed by the person ignoring this and jumping at the first person who shows them a bit of attention or ankle, and before they know it they find themselves in another relationship which doesn’t have the best chance of success again.
To be clear, I’m not saying that...
2021-12-1419 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] The Necessity of Suffering: Why Things Have to Go Wrong in Life | Episode 053In the funny, moving and downright chaotic series The Good Place there is a moment in it which genuinely made me think hard.
The show, if you haven’t seen it, is all about the afterlife and essentially the existence of “heaven/The Good Place” and “hell/The Bad Place” and what qualifies people to be in either.
I’m someone who hates spoilers so will not ruin it for anyone who hasn’t seen it.
At one point some characters arrive in The Good Place and are met with someone of the most influential...
2021-12-0711 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] An Alternative to Positive Thinking (Because Sometimes That Feels Impossible) | Episode 052Positive thinking is one of the latest things that you simply must do if you want your life to be better apparently.
You’ll see it in people’s instagram bios - “positive thinking only”, on dating profiles you’ll see “no negativity allowed”, and people will insist that they’re a positive thinker and that is the only people they want in their lives.
And that must be simply wonderful for them and although this sounds sarcastic as hell I am genuinely pleased that these people are able to live in this manner.
Constant posit...
2021-11-3011 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] 11 ways to reduce anxiety, right now | Overwhelm | Anxiousness | Episode 014I'm fully aware that there are so many sources for information about this but I wanted to create something that had all of the best things I can think to do "in the moment" of increased anxiety to help reduce it.
If you're interested in finding out more about my 4-week anti-anxiety course then find it here:
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2021-11-2512 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] The One-Minute Mind Reset | No excuse to not meditate | Meditation | MindfulnessYou'd meditate if you had the time, right?
Well, here's no excuse not to.
Take literally 1-minute now to reset your mind, calm yourself and get on with having a great day.
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2021-11-2400 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Feel More Attractive: Part 3/3 | Including Stop Caring What Other People Think | Episode 051In part 3 we’ll be diving deeper into more techniques including the very biggest one of all, stopping caring what other people think about you.
In part 1 and part 2 you’ve hopefully learnt about how attractiveness is a mental game not a physical one and also taken on board a few techniques which can help you accept that what you look like is what you look like, in part 3 we’re going to be continuing to build upon these techniques that will get you believing that you’re an attractive person.
Hold yourself to the same stand...
2021-11-2322 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Motivation] The 5 Minute Happiness Reset - 0 to Happy in 5 minutes | Relaxation | MeditationFeeling down in the dumps and want a quick lift to raise your spirits and motivate you for your day? And all within just 5 minutes?
You've got it and you're welcome!
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2021-11-2104 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Feel More Attractive: Part 2 | 6 Techniques You Can Start Using Today | Episode 050Recommend listening to Part 1 first If you want to start finding yourself more attractive and you’ve not read part 1 yet then please do - there’s an important exercise at the end of that which can really get you started well on your journey to thinking you’re as fine as you are!
Below are a whole host of different things which will help you find yourself more attractive, I’d advise giving all of them a go.
I’ll talk about my own experience of doing them as well.
Mirror Work
You are pr...
2021-11-1626 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Feel More Attractive: Part 1 | Increase Your Self Confidence & Sex Appeal | Episode 049How to Start Finding Yourself Attractive Why is it so hard to find yourself attractive? Just the idea of saying “I’m sexy” or “I’m hot” without cringing yourself inside out seems utterly impossible to a lot of people.
They would in fact rather be thought of as being unattractive over being believed to think that they themselves are attractive. What on earth is the problem with thinking something so positive about yourself?
In this episode I’m going to be talking about how to find yourself attractive, talking quite starkly about my own journey through...
2021-11-0914 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Memento Mori: Find Joy In Life By Remembering You'll Die One Day | Episode 048Let’s be clear, you’re going to die one day.
The moment you were born you were given a death sentence.
Right now that shocking thought which, let’s be honest, you already knew will either be terrifying you or inspiring you.
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If you’ve found that the stark reminder that you’re going to die one day scary then hopefully this blog will...
2021-11-0319 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Stop Saying Sorry - 7 Ways that you can Stop Over-Apologising | Episode 047If the word sorry slips out of your mouth before you've even had a chance to think then listen on.
This episode goes into detail about why you apologise so much, why it is potentially so damaging to you and most importantly 7 different things to try in order to stop you over-apologising.
If you'd like help with self-confidence or self-esteem please check out the following links.
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If you'd like a free 1-to-1 discovery call with me to see if I'm...
2021-10-2518 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] 15-minute Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) over the Sound of Waves (Body Scan) | Episode 046This progressive muscle relaxation has been recorded over the sound of gentle waves crashing onto the beach. You'll find that there's no nonsense, woo-woo or fluff in this PMR just a simple to follow audio which will get to gain deeper awareness of your body and relax it all part by part. *****************************************************
A progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a well-researched and documented away of bringing about a deep state of relaxation. In this PMR I'll be instructing you to become aware of a particular body part and then to either actually contract the muscles or just imagine co...
2021-10-1320 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] "It's All In Your Head" - Why It's Time to Stop taking it as an Insult | Episode 045“It’s all in your head”.
If you’ve suffered from any mental issue at all, particularly one where that causes physical symptoms such as in IBS and Anxiety then you’ve heard this before.
Whether it’s from an unsympathetic partner, a friend who’s trying to help or someone who just doesn’t get it, it never feels great to hear.
But today I’m going to explain why hearing this, no matter how it is said, should serve as an inspiration about improving your issue. Allow me to explain…
If you'd like to sign...
2021-10-0611 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Motivation] Get the F#*k Out of Bed - Your 5-minute Morning Motivation | Episode 044Struggling to get out of bed, then struggle no more - it's time for you to get the f#*k out of bed.
Like, literally, now.
Get up, get dressed and go and be awesome.
If you want to help smashing your goals and getting your s#!t together then head to www.gystcoaching.co.uk
2021-10-0205 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] How to Tolerate Uncertainty - Uncertainty is beautiful and isn't going anywhere | Episode 043How to be more tolerant of uncertainty
Humans are often described as being creatures of habit, we like routine, we like knowing where we’re going to be and to an extent we love certainty.
Uncertainty however is the great cause of anxiety, with all of the millions of possible things that can happen at any given time, what if one of the hundreds of thousands of bad things happen? How will I possibly deal with things if x, y or even z happens?
In this episode I’m going to show you how to...
2021-09-2923 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] 3 Ways of Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts | For Anxiety, Overthinking, Overwhelm | Episode 042In this episode I'll be teaching you 3 different ways in you can deal with intrusive thoughts:
1) Identify, Accept, Redirect
2) A mindfulness approach
3) Socratic Questioning
No one approach is better than the other, it's a case of trying each one out and seeing what works best for you.
If you suffer with recurrent, intrusive or otherwise unhelpful thoughts then this video has been made specifically for someone just like you. Our thoughts control how we feel so if we can learn to control our thoughts we can learn to control...
2021-09-2423 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Stop Feeling Overwhelmed in Minutes | For Overthinking, Anxiety and Panic Attacks | Episode 041If you're feeling overwhelmed right now then this will calm you down in minutes.
This episode has been designed specifically for overthinkers, people who suffer with panic attacks and those who can be overwhelmed by their thoughts.
There's no fluff, introduction or waffle we get straight into calming you down in a way which actually work even, or perhaps especially, if your mind is racing.
We start off with a grounding exercise to bring your mind into the present whilst simultaneously keeping your brain nice and busy with a task to complete...
2021-09-2409 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Phobias] Overcoming a phobia: 6 things to stop doing TODAY. Getting over a fear | Episode 040Overcoming phobias can seem like a pretty daunting thing to do, the problem being that the longer the fear goes on the worse it tends to become.
Your fear may then get to the point where you seek therapy in some form or other to help overcome it.
This has been a very typical scenario for clients I’ve seen for professional hypnotherapy sessions to overcome a whole range of fears from arachnophobia to fears of flying and the more unique ones as well.
People will have been coping with the fear for ye...
2021-09-1612 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsOvercoming a phobia: 6 things to stop doing TODAY. Getting over a fear | Episode 040Overcoming phobias can seem like a pretty daunting thing to do, the problem being that the longer the fear goes on the worse it tends to become.
Your fear may then get to the point where you seek therapy in some form or other to help overcome it.
This has been a very typical scenario for clients I’ve seen for professional hypnotherapy sessions to overcome a whole range of fears from arachnophobia to fears of flying and the more unique ones as well.
People will have been coping with th...
2021-09-1512 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Keeping Emotionally Strong in the Modern Dating World - Part 3: After Matching | Episode 039So, you've matched with someone!
Congratulations, how ridiculously exciting is that?
Chances are that you probably swiped on them or messaged them because you were into them for a good reason, the chances are they matched with you for similarly good reasons - remember that moving forwards.
In this final part we're going to be discussing:
- Why sweating the first message gets you nowhere
- Why you should not only give people respect but also demand that same level of respect back again
- The importance of hon...
2021-09-1022 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Keeping Emotionally Strong in the Modern Dating World - Part 2: Before Matching | Episode 038Once you've entered the world of literally thousands of potential partners or hook-ups it can be pretty exciting or perhaps even intimidating.
In this section we'll be talking about:
- Keeping yourself grounded
- Remembering people are busy
- The importance of actually reading people's profile
- Restricting your time on the apps
- And perhaps most importantly why you need to NOT project your insecurities onto them.
To read the blog in full head to https://bit.ly/gystdating
2021-09-1010 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Keeping Emotionally Strong in the Modern Dating World - Intro | Episode 037Modern dating is an emotional minefield.
This series will provide you with my top tips to keep yourself from going crazy, getting hurt, getting used whilst still feeling as if you're being yourself.
In this introduction I talk about the importance of Control, Acceptance and Integrity.
- You'll hear why it's important to understand that you're only ever in control of your thoughts and your actions.
- I'll give you the cold hard truth of the world you're entering into by using modern dating apps and how it's different.
- And...
2021-09-1011 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] Hypnotic Escape Relaxation Audio: What If You Could Go Anywhere in the World | Mindfulness | Meditation | Episode 036Imagine a place where you could leave all your troubles behind.
A simple doorway you could walkthrough that could lead to anywhere.
Adios Anxiety, See-ya Stress, Farewell Phobias!
In the simple, deep hypnosis relaxation exercise you can take some much needed time for yourself to unwind, de-stress, re-assess and recharge your batteries.
Find somewhere comfortable where you're not going to be disturbed, put some headphones in/on and just take it easy - you've earned it.
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2021-09-0726 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Break-Up Recovery: Part 4 - Fixing Yourself, Singledom & Moving On | Episode 035Moving on from a bad break-up can be done and you will do it.
This is the best advice that I could muster from my experience of going through a bad break-up, being trained as a therapist and the advice that my own life coach passed on to me.
In this final part I talk about:
- How and why you need to set solid boundaries with your ex
- Understanding what your "new" relationship with your ex is now
- The importance of finding and fixing yourself.
- Why...
2021-08-3108 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Break-Up Recovery: Part 3 - Support, Avoiding Memory Lane & Revenge | Episode 034Want to move on from your bad break-up and start moving forwards with your life?
Part 3 of my guide to recovering from a bad break-up focuses on starting to move forwards with your recovery.
I'll be discussing:
- The importance of having a support network.
- Why you should never feel guilty about unloading your life's problems on to your loved ones (and how to do this)
- Why memory lane is the worst place to go right now.
- An little known Facebook feature to help with nostalgia
- Why...
2021-08-3111 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Break-Up Recovery: Part 2 - Acceptance, Self-Respect & Cutting Ties | Episode 033When your relationship has been ended and you're feeling heartbroken and don't know how to even get through each day this is the video for you. I've been there, I've felt that level of hurt, I've felt as if I couldn't carry on and yet I find myself here some time later gladly accepting that I'm not in that relationship any more.
I've put together best advice that I can to help you if you're looking to move past your last relationship, find yourself again and hopefully stop feeling so miserable all the time.
In th...
2021-08-3013 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] Break-Up Recovery: Part 1 - Relationships Ending are like Grief, Being Selfish and Being There for Others | Episode 032Been through a bad break-up?
Struggling to recover from a long-term relationship ending?
Feeling lost, confused and sad?
I've put together best advice that I can to help you if you're looking to move past your last relationship, find yourself again and hopefully stop feeling so miserable all the time.
This first part focuses on what the series is about and covers the following areas too:
- How breaking up is like grieving
- Why you shouldn't be giving yourself a hard time about how you're feeling
- How b...
2021-08-3009 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] Mindfulness Meditation Intro: A no BS meditation - Becoming self aware without all the woowoo and fluffy stuff. Episode 031If you've always found the idea of mindfulness or meditation too "fluffy", "spiritual" or "woowoo" but have also been intrigued by it then this is probably what you need to listen to in order to change your mind.
It's a simple, no BS mindfulness meditation.
All you have to do is sit with your eyes closed somewhere you're not going to be disturbed, listen and follow my simple instructions.
If your mind wanders and starts thinking about other things then that's ok, it's completely normal and happens to even the most experienced meditators.
2021-08-1919 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] The Worst Thing you can do when overcoming a bad break-up - Episode 030Whether your break-up is one that you've chosen, is amicable or had forced upon you it's always going to be emotionally charged.
The last thing that you need is even more emotion in your life.
I've become more aware recently of people starting to create insulting nicknames for their ex-partners for a laugh.
Whilst it can seem like completely harmless fun it will actually be doing more damage to you than you realise.
Read the full blog here
2021-08-1405 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Does Everything Happen for a Reason? The episode that'll lose me followers. Episode 029This will probably lose me subscribers but it's just my opinion.
Everything happens for a reason, or so all of us have been told time and time again - but is it true?
I asked myself this and had a really long hard think about the subject matter and this is what I came up with.
Whether you believe that everything happens for a reason, or that God has a plan for you, or that the universe has got your back or that Karma will see you right I would love you to lis...
2021-08-0214 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Thoughts on Summer Bodies and Losing Weight - Episode 028If you're trying to get a summer body or lose weight then you might be interested to hear my thoughts on it all, this is as someone who has tried to both lose and gain weight in the past as well as having helped people become happier with themselves and their bodies as a trained cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist and life coach.
Want to work alongside me to get over your issues then head to www.gystcoaching.co.uk
2021-07-2909 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] When S#!t hits the fan, what do I do as a life coach/therapist? This. Episode 027No matter who you are and what you do you’re not immune from things falling down around you, whether that be from your own mistakes or the universe just throwing the middle finger up at you for no apparent reason.
As a life coach exactly the same rules apply to me, unfortunately sometimes you get awful news that changes everything for you - sometimes long term, sometimes more briefly. Sadly this happened to me recently and after some time to process the news it occurred to me that how I go through and process things might be o...
2021-07-0123 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Re-opening Anxiety. Getting back to normal after COVID lockdown ends | Episode 026If you're feeling more anxious than excited about the prospect of all covid restrictions being lifted and things "returning to normal" then you're certainly not alone.
In a recent poll more than 50% of my followers said they were more nervous than excited about the restrictions ending.
This episode tells you the most important thing to remember about the restrictions ending and gives you a quick guide on how to get back to normal yourself.
Want hypnotherapy or coaching? Head to https://gystcoaching.co.uk
Anxious? Why not check out my online anxi...
2021-04-0909 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] So, you want to get your s#!t together? Here's how. FREE Mindset Training. Episode 025Download the FREE workbook here: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/free-mindset-training-video
If life and the world seems to have you feeling stuck then you're not alone.
A combination of global pandemic and being stuck inside for a year was never going to be conducive to feeling amazing about yourself, was it?
That's why I've created this free mindset training, you can listen to it as a podcast episode or head over to my website and watch the video, either way it is free.
It's called "Surviving, Living and Thriving when the whole...
2021-04-061h 04
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] How to deal with an Narcissistic Ex Partner. Was your ex a narcissist? Learn The Grey Rock Method. Episode 024If you're looking for ways to deal with a partner you suspect was a narcissist then this video was made specifically for you.
The term narcissist is thrown around a lot these days and with the non-stop rise of social media and selfies it is hardly surprising.
But was your ex actually a narcissist and does it even matter? Whilst you're not in a position to make an official judgement on this this video can show you what the tell-tale signs are.
However, the advice in this video is very solid advice whether your...
2021-03-3014 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to increase your self-confidence: Part 3: Failure is part of the journey Episode 023In the final part of this How To Increase Your Self-Confidence you'll mainly learn about how, as cliched as it sounds, failure is part of the journey - if you decide it should be.
If you're interested in the progressive muscle relaxation exercise mentioned in the video you can find it here: https://youtu.be/dKrHl1Ty-w8
Want to watch the first two parts then you can find them here -
Part 1: https://youtu.be/ZXpcTwiBkTE
Part 2: https://youtu.be/v8Odd6ALyws
If you're interested in working with me 1-on-1 to h...
2021-03-2312 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] The power of mindset when improving physical health with Private Gym Owner PT Coach Marcus Biles: Episode 022"Your environment dictates your success"
This was one of many inspirational and almost mic drop type moments that gym-owner and personal training expert Marcus divulged in this enlightening episode of The GYST of It Podcast.
He says he has evolved so much in the 9 years he has been working in the industry, and is always striving for a better and more connected experience for his clients.
Unusually for a industry so focused on physical health Marcus takes a holistic view of health and gets new clients to focus on his company's 6 pillars of success...
2021-03-2348 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Health anxiety advice: How to self-manage hypochondria, reduce and control your anxiety: Episode 021Got health anxiety?
Do you....
- Think that any feeling you have that you sense isn't "normal" could be something serious?
- Google your symptoms?
- Worry about having something wrong with you a lot of the time?
- Make frequent doctor's appointments only to be told there's nothing wrong?
- Refuse to believe Doctor's test results?
If so then you may have Health anxiety, which is lesser spoken about and has a huge stigma attached to it.
You amazing followers asked for it, so here it is: My gui...
2021-03-1617 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to increase your self-confidence: Part 2. Starting becoming more self-confident today. Episode 020Part two of "How to increase your self confidence" is here.
Featuring why social media is (probably) bad for your self-confidence, brain dumping, making your own decisions improving your posture and the absolute jackpot of How to stop caring what other people think about you?
So if you're fed up of:
- Being indecisive
- Feeling like a pushover
- Avoiding situations
- Cancelling or changing plans
- Criticising yourself
- Requiring external validation
- Saying sorry all the bloody time
And everything else that low s...
2021-03-0914 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to increase your self-confidence: Part 1. Become more self-confidentSo, you want to feel more confident? You asked for it, you got it.
Here is part one of "How to increase your self confidence" I put together the very best information I could think of to help with increasing self-confidence and this is what I came up with.
In fact I came up with some much of it that I had to spread it across multiple parts.
So if you're fed up of:
- Being indecisive.
- Feeling like a pushover
- Avoiding situations
- Cancelling or cha...
2021-03-0213 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Black and white thinking/All or nothing thinking: 10 ways to overcome it and the anxiety it brings. Episode 018One of the most common types of faulty thinking that is exposed by CBT is black and white thinking, also known as all or nothing thinking.
It is typified by the idea that there are no grey areas and that situations/events/life are completely binary.
You either succeed or you fail.
You win or you lose.
Further to this people can take singular events in their life and then massively overgeneralise this result across their entire life.
Here’s an example of something that I used to do wh...
2021-02-2414 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Catastrophising: 13 ways to stop worrying about the future - Episode 017Want to stop worrying about the future?
Do you catastrophise and think that the worst is going to happen?
This video will give you 13 different things that you can do to help you calm your brain down and stop the future worrying you so much.
All of the techniques that I go through have a solid grounding in cognitive behavioural therapy and when applied to yourself you could see results quickly.
If you'd like to work directly with me then head to https://gystcoaching.co.uk to find out more.
If you...
2021-02-1813 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] LIVE Anxiety and Depression Q&A | Tips, techniques and relief | Live on Facebook and InstagramI went live on Instagram and in my Facebook Group to answer your questions about Anxiety and Depression.
With questions such as
- How do I, personally, deal with everything that has gone on in my life and is going on now?
- Will I have anxiety forever?
- I'm feeling so flat how do I keep going during the lockdown?
- What can I do to stop a racing mind?
And more.
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2021-02-1337 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] How to stop overthinking, starting today - 10 different techniques to try: Episode 016Do you overthink? Would you like to stop overthinking? Then listen on.
In this episode I'll teach you 10 different things that you can do that will help you to stop overthinking.
Grab your FREE anxiety cheat sheet here
Read about my 4-week anti-anxiety course Anxiousness to Awesomeness
Read the full blog here: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/how-to-stop-overthinking
Want to support the podcase then buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gystcoaching
2021-02-1114 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Love] Body Dysmorphia, Size Zero Pressure, Believing Skinny = Attractive | Episode 015 GabriellaKinda felt like Gabriella and I were putting the world to rights at the start of this episode.
As liberal and accepting people it is pretty impossible at times to understand how narrow-minded people can be and how bigotry seems to have found a way to have a voice again.
Gabriella, in her typically open and blunt, talks candidly about her pressures to be a size zero, how it was engrained to her from the media that skinny meant attractive and talks about the mental and physical costs of doing so.
Her "black hole"...
2021-02-0256 min
The Mind Hustle PodcastWhat is Gratitude and Why Is It So Important? with Chris PiercyIn todays busy world we often find ourselves striving for things that we don't have, driven often by consumerism. But when was the last time we stopped and took time to appreciate and be thankful for what we do have in the moment? A life well lived is one of gratitude and thankfulness.In this week's episode, Dean is joined by Chris Piercy. Chris is a prolific blogger, life coach host of the GYST of IT podcast and as a trained cognitive behavioural therapist and NLP practitioner chris helps people to achieve their life...
2021-01-1938 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How to Set Life Goals that you'll ACTUALLY achieve | Episode 013If you're considering setting New Years' resolutions or 2021 goals then please don't do so until you've listened to this episode.
This contains my very best advice on how to set goals for yourself in the best way so that you achieve them.
I honestly think following this advice will give you the best chances of success regardless of what you want to achieve.
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Head to https://gystcoaching.co.uk/improve-your-self-esteem
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2021-01-0124 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relationships] A story of overcoming addiction, co-dependency and toxic relationships - Episode 012: KaiThis is one of the most honest and raw episodes of the podcast to date.
Kai got in contact with me as he'd heard about the podcast and was keen to share his mental health experiences with the world.
He's certainly been through the wringer a few times and talks openly and candidly about depression, addiction, grief, adult trauma, toxic relationships and boundaries.
There is so much great advice and insight in here.
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2020-12-2553 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] Get a good night's sleep - Hypnosis for sleep audio | Mindfulness | MeditationNo matter what is going on in your life getting a good night's sleep is never going to make things worse.
That's why as part of my training to become a cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist outside of the hypnotic inductions I learnt we were also taught how to relax people until a genuine deep sleep.
This audio will help you get to sleep in 15 minutes (or less)
Just get yourself somewhere warm, dark, and comfortable .
Put this podcast episode on, listen to my voice and let yourself drift seamlessly off into a...
2020-12-1914 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety & Depression] Episode 011: Steven. Mental health, anxiety and pressure as a performer. Plus the impact of suicide.My chat with fellow magician Steven Blair about working out and yoga plus how it's helped him with his mental health.
He speaks about his own life and the issues that troubled him in particular feeling as if he was being forced into a societal expectation which simply didn't suit him.
We find very common ground on the difficulties and exhaustion from having to smile and put on a happy face to perform no matter how awful, anxious, depressed or even suicidal we've felt.
We finish by talking about suicide and depression and...
2020-12-181h 00
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Set your life goals - start the 5 day plan your happiness challenge here.Plan your Happiness in 35 minutes: Day 1
Is life going how you want it to be?
What's your plan for turning things around?
Do you have a plan?
Do you know how to make a plan?
This podcast episode is the audio version of the first day of a 5 day video series.
In this FREE 5 video series I will explain a brilliant and simple method for planning your route to happiness.
There's no fluff or nonsense - just good solid logical advice.
If you enjoy this and want to be...
2020-12-1805 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation] Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) | No BS Meditation | Mindfulness | Lose your anxietyLooking for no a BS meditation for your anxiety?
Try this Progressive Muscle Relaxation audio.
This is perfect for people who are tired of meditation being soft, fluffy and full or flouncy words that just don't resonate with you at all.
First you'll hear me talk, briefly, about this idea of meditation not having to be like this.
The actual instructions being at 3 minutes
Not only is this audio a progressive muscle relaxation meditation but it can also help you if there's a particular issue in your life that makes you a...
2020-12-1730 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Depression, Gratitude, and Social Media's Destruction of Reality | Episode 010: Chris.Chris Gear started doubtmydefault a Facebook page talking about depression and his own experiences of it in July 2020 as lockdown and life events had messed with his life, his routine and taken away his sense of purpose.
Chris, like so many others who've suffered with depression, has been inspired to learn more about mental health and psychology and wants to help other people.
We dive into chats about depression, gratitude, the need to have a purpose in life as well as the impact social media is having on mental health.
Follow Chris' page h...
2020-12-111h 02
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Depression & Anxiety] Breakdowns in the building trade. Overcoming addiction. Episode 009: Stephen.Chris Pratt look-a-like and generally great person Stephen Manton-Kelly gives me the insight on mental health within the building trade.
With long hours, hard work, long distance commutes and a "laddish" environment where feelings struggle to be spoken about it's no wonder the mental health issues are rife in the building trade.
Fortunately there has been a uprising of mental health talk thanks to unlikely sources such as The Lad Bible and On The Tools who released videos aimed at getting men on site talking.
Stephen says this is helping the younger generation but...
2020-12-0455 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety] Overcoming long term anxiety. Understanding white privilege - Episode 8: HJEpisode 8 sees my first chat with a complete stranger on the podcast.
Previous guest Becky from Yoga with Boosh said that HJ would be great to chat to and she wasn't wrong.
HJ is incredibly open about her long term battle with a severe anxiety condition describing her life as growing up in a therapy room. She is candid about getting bullied, her white privilege and the things that were necessary in order for her to get better.
She is amazingly in tune with her own mind and recognised months ago that any...
2020-11-2751 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Improve your self-esteem with the 5-minute-self-esteem-booster | Self Improvement | Self WorthBefore you listen you may want to head over to https://gystcoaching.co.uk/improve-your-self-esteem
Here you can download your FREE self-esteem boosting checklist which is used throughout this episode.
This episode talks about exactly what self-esteem is, the impact of having high or low self-esteem and most importantly goes into depth about how it can be improved.
Want to support the podcase then buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gystcoaching
2020-11-2310 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Self-Love & Mindset Change] Find your reason why. Overcoming body dysmorphia & Anorexia - Episode 7: Jodie.Chatting with fellow Life Coach and Personal Trainer Jodie B.
She shares the story of her own transformative work which has allowed her to embrace herself fully and reveal her true feelings about herself to the world and to her clients.
She always knew there was more to personal training than just the physical side but it was only more recently since undergoing training that she's felt more able to supply her clients with this too.
I found this to be an incredible and deep discussion which opened up doors on how important...
2020-11-2059 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Gratitude & How to Increase it: Here's 5 different techniques to try out.Gratitude seems to have all but disappeared from our society which is a shame because I genuinely believe that it is the pathway to contentment in life.
In this blog I explain what gratitude is, why it's so important and give you 5 different ways in which you can elevate yours.
If you'd prefer to read this yourself then head here
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2020-11-1811 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Patience, Progress, Positivity and something else starting with P | Episode 006Just me this time, chatting shit about how the level of patience that I'm beginning to need is getting beyond how much patience I have and what I'm doing to combat this.
I give details on a technique that I've been using throughout the year to remain as positive as possible despite constant obstacles but also speak about the dangers of JUST being positive.
Finally I round things off with an exercise I think everything could benefit from as I encourage you to dive into all the emotions that you're feeling.
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2020-11-1322 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Overcoming Guilt: Feeling it, Learning from it and then Overcoming It - It's easier than you thinkEver done something to someone that you REALLY shouldn’t have done?
The sort of thing that’s left whoever you've done it to livid and left you feeling like your stomach has exited your arsehole and is plummeting towards the centre of the earth.
Come on then? Which of you bastards has done this?
Raise your hands.
Yep, me too.
I’ve been an utter bastard and done things that I didn’t even think I was capable of but I had a really good excuse for doing it all.
2020-11-1007 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anorexia & Self-Love] Anorexias, CBT, finding yourself and discovering true happiness - Episode 005: AnissaEye-opening and incredibly interesting chat with Anissa who speaks candidly about how name calling and insults led her to becoming anorexic to the point where she couldn't even walk between rooms without getting faint.
She talks candidly about her journey to recovery from anorexia and anxiety.
Unbelievably, as I'm discovering is more and more common with people of my generation that although she was referred to a dietician for help with her anorexia there was zero support or interest in her mental state surrounding WHY she wasn't eating.
We dive into her experiences...
2020-11-0650 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Don't talk about what you're doing, just do the thing | Stop the pointless self-development signallingIf you're sharing quotes on social media but you're not actually living (or trying to live) by them then you are self-development signalling.
It's pointless, it's damaging and it needs to stop, now.
Listen here or read the blog over at GYST Coaching
Want to support the podcase then buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gystcoaching
2020-11-0304 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Habits: Why they're so damaging and how to overcome them | Changing Habits.More or less everything we do in our lives is out of habit.
We've learned to do all the different aspects of life in different ways from how we walk, how we talk, how we let others treat us and so many more things.
Many of these things are inconsequential but a great number of them are actually harmful - this mini-pod dives into this and what we can do to break the habits.
Prefer to read it? Then head to
https://gystcoaching.co.uk/painful-power-of-habits
Looking...
2020-10-3007 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Anxiety & Depression] Coping Mechanisms, suicide attempts and getting support - Episode 004: Caleb.Chatting with my friend Caleb about his mental health experiences growing up gave a great insight into how easily people can fall into the "wrong" treatments for them.
After an initial misdiagnosis of ADHD, Caleb was given treatment and medication which actually made things worse. After countless doctors appointments and the support of his amazing mother he was able to get the 1-on-1 therapy that he actually needed to empower him to be in control of his own mental health.
TRIGGER WARNING
We chat about our shared experience of the loss of a...
2020-10-2948 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Understanding The Control You Have In Life Makes Life Calmer and Easier - I PromiseWe don't control anything within our lives other than our thoughts and our actions.
Maintaining this illusion to ourselves that we do have more control than this is damaging to us mentally and plays a huge role in what we get sad or anxious about.
This minipod will hopefully help you understand the illusion that we're creating, why it is damaging and why it's time to dispel this illusion for good.
Prefer to read this? Then head to https://gystcoaching.co.uk/losing-the-illusion-of-control
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2020-10-2808 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsGYST Bites #4 - Chatting about the difficulty of meditating and how to get into it with Becky from Yoga with BooshA segment lifted straight from episode 003 of the podcast chatting with Becky from Yoga with Boosh we talk about the difficulties some people have in getting into meditation and Becky's advice on how to get into it if you're a newbie.
2020-10-2807 minThe GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsGYST Bites #3 - Chatting about the need, in our opinion, to remove the fluffiness surrounding yoga and meditationA segment lifted straight from episode 003 of the podcast chatting with Becky from Yoga with Boosh about how meditation can just be breathing, put the healing crystals in the bin, flush the essential oils down the toilet and just sit and breathe.
2020-10-2803 minThe GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsGYST Bites #2 - Becky from Yoga with Boosh talks us through the hows and whys of Nose BreathingA segment lifted straight from episode 003 of the podcast chatting with Becky from Yoga with Boosh about nose breathing - how to do it and why it's so beneficial!
2020-10-2803 minThe GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and ConversationsGYST Bites #1 - Chatting about the power of movement and how Becky got into YogaA segment lifted straight from episode 003 of the podcast chatting with Becky from Yoga with Boosh about the power of movement and how she got into yoga.
2020-10-2804 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Relaxation & Anxiety] Yoga, meditation, breathing for anxiety - Episode 003: BeckyFascinating, insightful and inspiring chat with Becky Boucherat from Yoga with Boosh.
Her knowledge of breathing, meditation, movement, yoga and how it all connects made for a really interesting listen for me and I'm sure it will for you too.
She speaks openly and candidly about how early on she just decided she had to just soldier on through her own issues brought on by her parents break-up but found that this then caused how emotions to be brought out in a different way.
She found that movement, be it dancing, yoga or...
2020-10-2750 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] How and why smiling can make you feel instantly happier - honestly this works!If this title sounds suspiciously like click-bait then I fully understand that.
It, however, isn't.
Forcing your biggest, goofiest, silliest smile will increase your happiness in the short term - this mini-pod dives into how and why this should be part of your daily routine.
If you'd prefer to read this head to: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/feel-instantly-happier-by-doing-this
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2020-10-2605 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Depression & Mindset Change] Social media, clinical depression and getting help | Episode 002: LiamWelcome to The GYST of it podcast from GYST Coaching: Your mental health and mindset podcast
Great chat with my buddy Liam, we discuss the alarming lack of mental health teaching growing, the moments we realised we had depression and the power social media can have over our mental health.
We also dive into the importance of talking to people about how you feel and Liam describes the moment it happening as being a weight lifted from his shoulders.
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2020-10-2552 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Why accepting your circumstances is the first step to a happier life - yes, even if they're awfulAcceptance is the first step that you need to take if you want to feel happier with your life.
Regardless of how shit everything seems around you being sad, upset or grumpy isn't going to improve that.
I understand that this is much easier said than done but hopefully this mini-pod will help you with the concept around this.
Read in full here if you prefer: https://gystcoaching.co.uk/first-step-towards-happiness
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2020-10-2407 min
The GYST of It - Anxiety and Self-Confidence Advice, Guides and Conversations[Mindset Change] Thinking I was dying. Indescribable Pain. Questioning your excuses - Episode 001: MeWelcome to The GYST of it podcast from GYST Coaching: Your mental health and mindset podcast
In this monologue-ic episode I chat about my recent experiences of having major back surgery during a pandemic, the techniques I have been using to combat the most intense and brutal pain I've ever felt in my life, and how we need to not lot our excuses stand in the way of our progress and goals.
I also dive into the topics of acceptance, creating boundaries and gratitude.
Future episodes will likely feature interviews with other people...
2020-10-2342 min