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How to change negative thinking patterns
Here's a surprisingly powerful and proven technique to lift your spirits immediately.

Fiona Prendergast
Nov 15, 20251 min read


Shouldn't we have a user manual?
Think about all the things in our life we are taught about or have user manuals for. Most of us were taught how to drive a car and how to operate a computer. When we get a new appliance or device, it generally comes with a user guide so we can learn how to use it. And yet the tool we use all day every day to operate our entire lives - our brain – does not come with a user manual. Luckily there have been some great advances in neuroscience and neuroimaging in the last 40 or

Fiona Prendergast
Sep 30, 20252 min read


Stop the freefall
Imagine if you fully understood why anxiety has taken control and why you think, feel and behave the way you do. Imagine if you understood how you could get back in control once and for all. Imagine if the solution was inside you all the time. Imagine you'd found someone who would coach you to access the solution yourself. How would you feel? "From the very first session, Fiona helped me stop feeling like I was in helpless freefall with my anxiety. I felt so much more in cont

Fiona Prendergast
Jun 1, 20251 min read


5 Tips for parents and carers to support better youth mental health
Young people have had a challenging time in the last 18 months. The teenage mental health charity stem4 produced some research in March...

Fiona Prendergast
Sep 9, 20213 min read


Somewhere over the rainbow...
So the weather in the UK is a bit... sub-optimal at the moment. I won't lie, the weather can get to me. Our primitive response to poor...

Fiona Prendergast
May 21, 20211 min read


Flip your perspective, flip your mood
Life happens. Events we don't plan for and we'd prefer not to have to face come our way. But it's not the events themselves that cause...

Fiona Prendergast
Apr 27, 20211 min read


What's it like living with anxiety and depression?
You are not lazy, unmotivated, or stuck. After years of living your life in survival mode, you are exhausted. There is a difference. -...

Fiona Prendergast
Apr 6, 20211 min read


The impact of the pandemic on mental health
Today is the National Day of Reflection. One year ago, the UK went into lockdown. Today the nation reflects on the lives lost and the...

Fiona Prendergast
Mar 23, 20212 min read


Struggling to lose weight? It could be stress that's the problem.
I'm seeing more and more clients about weight management and loss, and it's an area I feel very passionate about. I grew up with a mother...

Fiona Prendergast
Mar 17, 20212 min read


A few words on goals and goal-setting
We've just had the start of a new month, and soon a new season will be upon us. On top of that the end of lockdown in the UK is on the...

Fiona Prendergast
Mar 3, 20213 min read


And... relax. Guided relaxations to help you sleep better.
For anyone who needs to sleep better or calm their minds, there are two recordings of guided relaxations on my website now - both free to...

Fiona Prendergast
Feb 5, 20211 min read


Locked down, but not locked up
The UK is in lockdown. Some are calling it Lockdown 3. I could list all the things we are not allowed to do. But I'd rather focus on the...

Fiona Prendergast
Jan 23, 20212 min read


Sock it to me!
Part of maintaining good mental health is to nurture a positive mindset. But when you're feeling low and struggling with depression and...

Fiona Prendergast
Nov 26, 20201 min read
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