“I know it’s irrational… but I can’t stop it.”
Your brain is:
#Deleting your wins
#Distorting reality
#Generalising one bad moment
Forcing all-or-nothing thinking
That’s what keeps fear alive.
Once you see it, it starts to loosen.
More on that here:
youtu.be/wFAa6LmXK88
Before: scanning the room, avoiding corners, that jolt when something moves.
After: seeing the same thing… and nothing happens.
I worked with a journalist from Hello! Magazine who went from not being able to go near a spider to holding one.
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Your body can react before your mind catches up.
That’s why fear can feel so fast, and so automatic.
There’s a clear reason for it.
I break it down here 👇
youtu.be/6LNpHX_6lwo
#Anxiety #Phobias #Mindset
Most people assume anxiety means something is wrong with them.
But often, it’s the opposite.
Your brain is doing exactly what it’s designed to do, it’s just learned an unhelpful pattern.
In my article for Psychreg, I break this down simply:
#MentalHealth #Anxiety
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This is taken from a full session the full video is below if you want to see the whole process.
youtu.be/rohLaguMSjI
She was shaking at the sight of a spider.
10 minutes later… she’s holding one. 🕷️
Most people think fears like this take months or years to deal with. They don’t.
Sometimes it’s not about managing the fear…
it’s about changing how the brain is running it.
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Quoted in an Apple News piece on unusual phobias 👇
Fear of wind 🌬️
Fear of sleep 😴
Fear of mirrors 🪞
They may seem irrational, but they’re learned emotional responses.
Change the response, and the fear can change.
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#Phobia #Fear
Featured in Equestrian Trade News this month 📖
Workplace anxiety isn’t a personality trait.
It’s often a learned pattern.
And if it’s learned, it can be unlearned.
#WorkplaceAnxiety #Confidence #Psychology
She didn’t think it would work.
Claire came to see me for a fear of flying, very closed and sceptical, and it wasn’t clear how much progress we’d make.
That shifted.
Featured again in the press following the intervention, this time in Absolutely Kensington & Chelsea.
Recently featured in Belle About Town on common phobias.
Most people don’t struggle because the fear is strong.
They struggle because they’ve lived with it for so long it feels normal.
That’s what really needs to change.
tinyurl.com/4rf68pyy
#Phobias #Anxiety #MentalHealth
Just out in Hello Magazine.
Working with a journalist to help her overcome a lifelong fear of spiders.
Fear isn’t really about the thing itself, it’s about how the mind has learned to respond.
Change the pattern, and the response can change too.
Full piece here:
www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbea...
Watch a video on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxST...
Most people are already doing this every day,
A song 🎶
A smell
A thought 🧠
…and your state changes instantly.
That’s not random.
Most people are being controlled by it.
This shows you how to use it deliberately 👇
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#MentalHealth #Anxiety
Do you have a strange or unusual phobia?
Not the obvious ones.
Something that doesn’t make sense to others, but still affects your life.
We’re looking for people for a filmed documentary project.
No pressure. No forcing anything.
Want it gone? DM me.
#phobia #documentary #oddfears
I was asked to contribute to a piece on common fears.
What’s interesting isn’t the fears…
It’s the pattern behind them 🧠
Change the pattern, and everything else starts to shift.
Read more:
www.lifewithsonia.com/the-five-mos...
#Fear #Psychology #Mindset
"I don’t believe I can change my fear of spiders."
9 minutes later… she was holding one 🕷️
No scripts. No actors. Just real change, happening live.👉 Could you do this?
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/rohLaguMSjI
Nice to be featured in this piece on common phobias.
🕷️ ✈️ 🏔️
Most fears aren’t random.
They’re learned patterns.
Which means they can be changed.
Read here 👇
thoughtsonlifeandlove.com/the-5-most-c...
Lancashire Times
lancashiretimes.co.uk/article/Expl...
Cumbria Times
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North East Post
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📰 My comments on common fears have been featured across several regional publications.
The article explores why certain fears develop and why they can sometimes persist for years.
Yorkshire Times
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Expl...
#Fear #Phobias #MentalHealth #Psychology
🌍 Face Your Fears is now available worldwide
🇬🇧 English
🇵🇱 Polish – Fobie Pokonaj Je
🇵🇹 Portuguese – Enfrenta Os Teus Medos
🇪🇸 Spanish – Enfrenta Tus Miedos
Fear shrinks lives.
Understanding it expands them.
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#FaceYourFears #OvercomeFear #Phobias #Anxiety
#Spiders. #Flying. #Heights. #Dogs. Enclosed spaces.
These are among the most common phobias, and they can quietly shape everyday life far more than people realise.
In my latest article for Psychreg.
tinyurl.com/27fz2zrs
I was recently asked by Hello! Magazine to comment on reports that Queen Camilla has both a fear of flying ✈️ and a fear of needles 💉.
Both are extremely common fears.
Read the article here:
www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/8887...
#FearOfFlying
I was on BBC Radio Wales yesterday discussing unusual phobias.
The conversation started with Mark Williams and his fear of tea bags
Phobias can develop around almost anything when the brain links it with danger.
▶️ My clip starts at 1:35:27
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Nice to see Face Your Fears featured in another World Book Day reading list alongside a range of eclectic books.
Good to see phobias and anxiety getting a mention too.
#fear #phobia #anxiety
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Phobias are not random. They have a structure. 🧠
In this new video, phobia specialist Christopher Paul Jones reveals the 4 components that keep a phobia stuck:
youtu.be/jOa_WLGK750
Face Your Fears included in a curated World Book Day selection.
Fear quietly limits potential. Address it and everything shifts.
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Spoke yesterday on BBC Radio London with Raffaella Coleman on Sounds of the City.
The station reaches 612,000 weekly listeners.
We discussed why phobias follow a structure. Change the internal imagery, change the emotional response.
I come in at 1:14:07.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
If you want to stop Fear stop asking "Why" and start asking "How."
I break down the 7 steps to switching off fear in my latest video.
Watch here: youtu.be/DglDkkL6ncY?...
