Stress, Anxiety & Nervous System Function

Why This Is Now the Starting Point of My Work

Over the last ten years in practice, I’ve found myself returning to the same question.

Why do so many different problems seem to travel together?

Anxiety.
Burnout.
Low mood.
Weight gain.
Procrastination.
Poor...

F – Fight, Flight and Freeze

Introduction

This entry sits under F in The A–Z of Stress & Anxiety, a project that frames stress and anxiety not as problems to eliminate, but as indicators of internal system state. Each letter names a familiar experience that often brings people to therapy, coaching...

E – Exhaustion

Introduction

Within The A–Z of Stress & Anxiety, each letter names a common way that stress makes itself known. The intention is not to provide diagnoses or problems to solve, but to offer a shared language for recognising how the nervous system behaves under pressure.

Exhaustion i...

D – Disconnected

Introduction

The A–Z of Stress & Anxiety is not intended as a checklist of symptoms or a diagnostic framework. It is a shared language for recognising how stress and anxiety show up in everyday life.

Each letter names a common experience that often appears when the nervous system...

C – Cortisol: cravings, comfort seeking, and compulsive behaviours

Introduction

The A–Z of Stress & Anxiety is not intended as a checklist or a curriculum. It functions more as an index of recognisable entry points. Each letter names something people often notice in themselves, even if they have n...

Introduction

This piece sits at the beginning of The A–Z of Stress & Anxiety for a reason.

Anxiety is often the first word people reach for when something does not feel right internally. It is the label most readily available in everyday language, and the one most commonly typed into a search bar....