October is Menopause Awareness Month, and yesterday was  World Menopause Day — a reminder of how vital it is to talk openly about this transition and its impact on women’s emotional wellbeing. For many women, menopause is not just a physical shift; it’s also an emotional and psychological one. Anxiety, in particular, can rise sharply…

Sometimes anxiety can show up in your body long before your mind catches on. May be your chest tightens before a meeting, or your stomach knots before you send a difficult email. Perhaps your shoulders are tense all day, but you only notice when a headache appears. These physical sensations can feel confusing, frustrating, or…

As outlined in the first and second posts in this series, anxiety is a common experience that affects millions of people globally. While it’s normal to feel anxious occasionally, chronic anxiety can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life. The different forms of anxiety can manifest in different anxiety disorders, each with…

Anxiety is a common yet complex emotion that has evolved as part of our brain's mechanism for survival. As outlined in the first post in the Anxiety Series, it is a normal reaction to stress and uncertainty but when it becomes chronic, anxiety can have significant impacts on an individual's mental and physical health. In…

This post explains what anxiety is, how everyday anxiety differs to anxiety disorders, introduces different types of anxiety disorder & outlines how anxiety manifests in the body.