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Fiona Chapman's Podcast @thechapwellmethod
Worry less, stress less and build your confidence. Fiona Chapman MA is a talking therapies therapist, specialising in stress and anxiety. Qualified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, Coaching and Counselling, EMDR, NLP Master and Trainer, Reiki Master and Trainer and certified meditation and yoga instructor. Fiona has published two books in her specialist area helping people learn how to master stress and anxiety and continues to research and teach how mindfulness can effortlessly become part of our everyday life rather than stress and anxiety. Fiona also enjoys creating her healing garden, looking after her son's many dogs, bowling and time at home with family and friends.
A bit from me about my work - My driving passion and purpose is to make everyone aware that experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and a whole range of negative emotions is about being human and a lack or gap in our education leaves us powerless to work with ourselves to achieve our best experience of successfully being human. All my work and writing looks to address this gap in our education so a successful rather than stressful life becomes a real choice for all of us.
This podcast is a place for you to access the extensive library of mindfulness based meditations some very short and a some longer but all designed to help you fit them into your life to meet your needs. My meditations, tools and techniques combine mindfulness and the neuroscience to support you through stress, anxiety and the challenges of modern day life.
My latest project is my 'Creating Space Method'. Its Core Philosophy is 'Creating space within experience, not escaping it'. This practice is not about removing thoughts or feelings, or stepping away from them. It is about making room for them, so they can be experienced without taking over. “This is here… and you are here… and there is space around it.”
Core Intention of Creating Space
To create space so there is room for being human—
without being dragged down by thoughts, emotions, feelings or pressure.
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Fiona Chapman's Podcast @thechapwellmethod
Mini - Dealing With Self Criticism Mindfulness Meditation
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This is a smaller version of the previous self criticism meditation designed to help you, encourage you to fit it into your day and use it when things feel challenging. As with the longer meditation the core theme is allowing yourself to notice self criticism and create space around it so that you can choose or create thoughts and feelings that nurture you rather than criticise you. Not only helping you choose empowering, enabling thoughts but also to show yourself compassion and recognise it is human to have many thoughts. By creating space we can decide and choose what works best for us. Remember thoughts are just thoughts never facts unless we choose to make them facts. We choose a thought that makse us feel good and urges us forward to act so why would we choose thoughts to make ourself feel bad? Answer because we have not been taught otherwise and this meditation helps you learn a more empowering, compassionate way to manage all those millions plus thoughts and feelings.
This is the first of your 'Three Keeper Habits' helping you build your calm muscle, your confidence and self esteem and use your natural talents and strengths. More about this and the power of your mind in my latest book How to 'Mind Your Gap' between Success and Stress - Book 1 The Three Keeper Habits available on amazon in both ebook and paperback. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1805417584/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1R6T9Y6E7RZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.J3egTII9ErwGaTACYYYCYmFXglcnwNSSSgchxXf4grsdJO4nWGBXFuPYRIMzMVZtGHAE6v4jqPJQSSFtSuG-R0-34e4ttUby_Urk9RQv-_YYUUD65I9r011Nu1NQS9_ml4EnYZt94vCYRra470AuO4sjU5IQ6u3aJ--Tx01z1BBKT1VZmkNMpitshy_SS0rrcbx7A6nqgJj0R7DjaQ_x537CCZWVRaJ9f3dybNHCLOE.X6HpmBjO86WQgm0ryGvt106qgyRVvlJTl_UuuBXj7JQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=fiona+chapman&qid=1759060036&sprefix=fiona+chapman%2Caps%2C132&sr=8