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⭐️Alternative Therapist
⭐️Advanced IEMT Practitioner
⭐️Wellbeing Coach
⭐️Trainer QTLS
⭐️Laughter Yoga Leader
⭐️NLP Practitioner
⭐️EFT Tapping
⭐️OldPain2Go Practitioner
⭐️Metaphors of Movement
⭐️Mindset Coach Student
🌟Reiki Master & Teacher

You get a message from a friend.“A few of us are going out on Saturday. Do you fancy coming?”Your first thought is YES. ...
03/09/2026

You get a message from a friend.

“A few of us are going out on Saturday. Do you fancy coming?”

Your first thought is YES. You haven’t been out for ages. It’ll be good to get dressed up, see everyone and have a laugh. You’re actually looking forward to it.

Then Saturday gets closer.
What am I going to wear?
Who else is going?
What if I don’t know many people?

You try a few things on, don’t feel good in any of them and the more you think about the night, the less you want to go.

So you cancel. And for a moment, you feel relieved.

Except you did want to go… You were looking forward to it before all the thoughts crept in.

And maybe this isn’t the first time you’ve talked yourself out of something you actually wanted to do.

A night out. Trying something new. Putting yourself forward. Wearing the thing you really wanted to wear.

Little by little, those thoughts can start making your choices for you.

So next time you hear yourself saying “I don’t think I’ll bother…”, perhaps ask: Have I changed my mind, or have I talked myself out of it?

If you’re starting to notice that your thoughts are stopping you doing things you actually want to do, that’s something we can work on together.

Wendy

Imagine this… You know something needs to change.Nothing dramatic has happened. You’re getting on with life, going to wo...
03/09/2026

Imagine this… You know something needs to change.

Nothing dramatic has happened. You’re getting on with life, going to work, seeing people, doing all the usual things. But you don’t quite feel like yourself.

You’re overthinking more than you used to. Your confidence isn’t what it was and there are things you’ve started avoiding because sometimes it just feels easier.

You decide you’re going to do something about it.

But just then, you have a good week. You feel a bit more like yourself and think, “Maybe I’m okay now.”

Then something happens and all those familiar thoughts and feelings come back again.

So you think about getting some help, but part of you wonders whether you really need it.

“Surely I can sort this myself?”

And so you keep going because you’ve become quite good at managing it.

Until eventually you decide you don’t just want to manage it anymore.

You want things to actually feel different.

So you get some help.

And that's when you realise you didn't need to wait until things got really bad. You could have asked for help when you first realised you wanted things to change.

That’s exactly the kind of thing my Serene Mind Reset is for.

You don’t need to be at breaking point. You don’t need to have a huge problem. And you don't need to know exactly what you need.

You just need to know there’s something you’d like to change.

Wendy

Serene Intentions or Serene Mind Reset… what’s the difference?I’ve had a few people ask me this, so I thought I’d explai...
02/09/2026

Serene Intentions or Serene Mind Reset… what’s the difference?

I’ve had a few people ask me this, so I thought I’d explain.

Serene Intentions is my small-group workshop.

Each month we focus on something different. In September, it’s overthinking. We’ll look at why we can get caught up going over things again and again, and more importantly, what you can actually do when you notice yourself doing it.

I’ll teach you some simple techniques, we’ll practise them together and you can use them at home afterwards too. We’ll use your own examples as we practise, but you won’t need to share all the details behind them.

Serene Mind Reset is just you and me.

It’s for when there’s something you’d really like to change. You might know exactly what that is, or you might just have a sense that you don’t want to keep feeling the way you do. It could be something you’re worrying about, something from the past that still gets to you, or perhaps you’d simply like to feel more confident and stop holding yourself back.

You don’t need to know what technique you need or even exactly where we need to start. We work that out together.

So, if you fancy learning some things you can use for yourself, around something lots of us struggle with, Serene Intentions might be for you.

If you’d rather have the time completely focused on you and what you want to change, that’s Serene Mind Reset.

Two different ways to work with me, depending on what feels right for you.

Wendy

Reset

Things you might not realise are overthinking…Writing a message. Deleting it. Writing it again. Then wondering if you sh...
02/09/2026

Things you might not realise are overthinking…

Writing a message. Deleting it. Writing it again. Then wondering if you should send it at all.

Someone saying, “Are you okay?” and spending the next hour wondering why they asked.

Making a decision… then asking three other people what they would have done.

Replaying a conversation and thinking of all the things you could have said differently.

Reading a message and trying to work out whether the full stop means they're annoyed with you.

Planning a conversation in your head before it's even happened — including what they're going to
say back.

Going to bed tired and suddenly remembering something slightly embarrassing you did in 2014.

Overthinking doesn't always look like sitting there worrying. Sometimes it's checking, replaying, analysing, second-guessing and trying to work out every possible outcome before anything has even happened.

It can be exhausting!

That's exactly what we're going to be working with in September's Stop Overthinking Serene Intentions workshop.

We'll use EFT tapping and other practical techniques to help you interrupt some of those loops and, importantly, you'll leave knowing how to use them yourself should you notice your mind heading down that road again.

In person at The Serenity Studio or online.

Which one from that list are you guilty of? 😬

Wendy

“I’ve always been like this.”How many times have you said that about yourself?* I’ve always been a worrier.* I’ve never ...
01/09/2026

“I’ve always been like this.”

How many times have you said that about yourself?

* I’ve always been a worrier.
* I’ve never been very confident.
* I overthink everything.
* I care too much about what other people think.
* I’ve always found it hard to say no.
* When you’ve been doing something for years, it’s easy to think that’s just who you are.

But what if it isn’t?

What if you don’t always have to overthink everything?
What if you could feel more confident?
What if you could stop worrying so much about what everyone else thinks?

Sometimes we get so used to being a certain way that we don’t even consider that it could be different.

“I’ve always been like this” doesn’t have to mean “I’ll always be like this.”

Wendy

Where do you want to be this time next month?It’s the 1st September, and I always think there’s something about Septembe...
01/09/2026

Where do you want to be this time next month?

It’s the 1st September, and I always think there’s something about September that feels like a bit of a fresh start.

Rather than thinking about where you want to be by Christmas, next year, or even this time next year, what about just thinking about the next month?

If it was the 1st October today, what would you like to be different?

Maybe you’d like to have stopped going over that same thing in your head quite so much or made the decision you keep putting off. You could feel a bit more confident about something, or dealt with something that you’ve known for a while is bothering you.

A month isn’t a long time, but sometimes you don’t need a long time.

That’s one of the reasons I offer the Serene Mind Reset as three sessions. It gives us time to work on what’s going on, what’s keeping it going and, most importantly, help you actually do something about it.

So that’s my question for the start of September...
Come 1st October, what would you like to be able to say has changed?

Wendy

Does anyone else still get that back-to-school feeling when September comes around?It doesn't seem to matter how many ye...
31/08/2026

Does anyone else still get that back-to-school feeling when September comes around?

It doesn't seem to matter how many years it's been since I actually went back to school, although, as you’re probably aware, I am one for lifelong learning!

There's something about September that makes me want to get organised, buy a new notebook and feel like I'm starting a fresh page. That’s me every September.

I'm definitely ready for autumn this year though. I’ve got lots of exciting things happening between now and Christmas (yes, I said the ‘C’ word 😬).

There’s a real mix too, including the Serene Intentions autumn workshops, trips away with friends, more learning (of course!) and plans for some quality time with my family.

I’m actually really looking forward to the next few months.

Are you looking forward to the ‘ber’ months, or are you hanging onto summer for as long as possible?

Wendy

31/08/2026

Serene Intentions Workshops, the Autumn Series is now OPEN

Overthinking. Self-doubt. Saying yes when you really want to say no.

Three things that have a habit of getting in the way and the three themes we’ll be exploring in the Serene Intentions autumn workshops 🍂

September Stop Overthinking
For the replaying, second-guessing and thinking about things long after you wish you'd switched off.

October Build Your Confidence
For the self-doubt, worrying what other people think and holding yourself back.

November Set Better Boundaries
For saying yes when you want to say no, putting yourself last and feeling guilty for having boundaries.

Each is a practical 90-minute workshop, with EFT tapping at the heart of what we do alongside other techniques you can take away and use for yourself.

Come along to one, two or all three, it’s entirely up to you.

🍂 In person in Barnard Castle
🍂 Online from wherever you are

Bookings for the autumn series are now open.

All the details are available through the link in the comments.

I’m looking forward to seeing you there.

Wendy

There was a time when she'd watch other people doing the things she wanted to do and wonder how they had the confidence....
27/08/2026

There was a time when she'd watch other people doing the things she wanted to do and wonder how they had the confidence.

They seemed to put themselves forward without worrying whether they were good enough. They'd walk into a room and talk to people they didn't know. They'd make decisions without asking everyone else what they thought first.

She wasn't like that. Or at least, that's what she'd decided.

So she stayed with what felt safe. She didn't put herself forward for things unless she was fairly certain she'd succeed. She kept some of her ideas to herself. If something felt a bit too far outside her comfort zone, she'd usually find a perfectly sensible reason not to do it.

Life carried on like that for quite a while.

Then she started doing things differently.

She didn't wake up one morning full of confidence, she just started giving herself a chance.

She said something in a room where she'd
normally have stayed quiet. She went somewhere on her own. She stopped asking three different people what they thought before making a decision she already knew she wanted to make.

Each time she did something she'd previously thought she couldn't, something shifted.

Eventually she noticed she wasn't watching other people quite so much anymore. She was too busy doing her own things.

There were still nerves. She still occasionally wondered whether she was good enough. She still got things wrong. But she no longer needed to feel completely confident before she did something.

She'd learned that confidence wasn't what made those other people different. They'd simply been willing to believe they could long enough to find out.

And now, so was she.

Believe you can.

Wendy 💛

I hope you’re enjoying the last of the summer days and nights!Tonight I participated in a Ewenique Event… sheep yoga! It...
26/08/2026

I hope you’re enjoying the last of the summer days and nights!

Tonight I participated in a Ewenique Event… sheep yoga!

It was a wonderful experience, the setting, the people, the weather and of course the sheep ❤️

Thanks to Amanda at Fit Group for the yoga and for Ewenique Events for hosting 💫

Tonight was the last of the summer series for this year, keep a look out for next years events if you fancy something fun and a little different 😊

Wendy

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