“Trust me it gets better” – Louise’s Success Story

I finally feel like i'm getting my life back on track, i was in a really bad place the past few months and thought things would never get better and i'd always be like this, but TRUST me it gets better. I know i'm still gonna have my challenges, this is only one week of work and i have tons of weeks ahead of me and trips i'd eventually like to take. It will take time i know, but i know i can do it and if i have the strength to do it, you do too.

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“I travelled to Washington” – A Panic Away Success Story

 A Panic Away member describes how she overcame her fear of travelling on a three hour drive to Washington. Christine used Panic Away techniques to control her anxiety on this journey.  “Getting ready to leave Friday evening, I started to get really nervous about our three hour drive to D.C. to visit my fiance’s sister and her fiance. I even started to shake and sweat a little towards the beginning. But this time, I was able to use PA’s techniques and not let it escalate. I sat in the car and took note of my sensations, and tried to embrace

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Feel Your College Fear and Do it Anyway!

Many people have preconceived notions of what college will be like. They have seen it in movies. It’s where you meet your best friends, have great sex and an amazing social life. When this doesn’t happen many people can feel down about it. Maybe they didn’t click with a group in their class or don’t have the right people to socialize with. They go home in the evening and wonder why they are not having a great ‘college experience’. Maybe you feel something similar? What many people don’t tell you is that the first year in college is actually quite

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What has Panic Away taught you?

On the Panic Away forum a member asked: What is the most important thing Panic Away has taught you? We were overwhelmed with the responses.  Sharing your progress and successes is an important step in your recovery.  Please see below some of the valuable lessons our members have learnt. – I have learnt it is good to go with the flow of life, I have learnt acceptance of myself & to love myself, to listen to my body to rest when i need to rest, when to stop when to go to listen to the body sensations & that it

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What can we learn from anxiety?

In order to heal anxiety you need to move into full acceptance of the anxiety that you feel. But what if you can not bring yourself to accept the anxiety? What if deep down you actually really hate it and you beat yourself up for having a problem with anxiety? What you need to know is that you can really grown stronger as a result of this difficult experience. Anxiety can become a gift that is wrapped up in a problem. As you start to heal anxiety, you start to discover what that potential gift might be. What might that

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You heal anxiety with your heart not your head

If you know much about my work, you will know that I teach how acceptance, compassion, playfulness are qualities that heal anxiety. Have you noticed that these all are qualities traditionally associated with the heart. The reality is that: You heal anxiety with your heart not your head. Your mind can help you manage anxiety quite well. Through the sheer mental effort of changing thought patterns or employing distraction techniques, anxiety can be kept under control but not truly healed. When it comes to long-term recovery that is where your heart plays a vital role. I am not just speaking

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Do you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks while shopping, driving or at work?