Reduce Stress and Anxiety — Blog by Karin Peeters

How does your nervous system work and how to self-regulate your fight, flight, fawn and freeze responses with the help of Polyvagal Theory.

Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Lifting your MoodKarin PeetersApril 11, 2024techniques, anxiety, polyvagal, theory, therapy, ladder, nervous system, exercises, Deb Dana, stephen porges, stress, trauma, freeze, fight, flight, fawn

Let’s get emotional! How to build our emotional vocabulary?

How to figure out how we feel about something? And how to express emotions in words? Let’s expand our emotional vocabulary with feeling words, so we can name our experiences and improve our connection with ourselves and others.

Lifting your Mood, Loving Relationships, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersMarch 19, 2024emotions, feelings, wheel, list, understand, meaning, definition, vocabulary, language, words, chart, examples

Festive Burnout - what to do when Christmas creates anxiety and overwhelm

Does the thought of Christmas exhaust you? Here we are offering some very practical things to do in the moment should you become overwhelmed.

Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Loving RelationshipsKarin PeetersDecember 4, 2023christmas, exhaustion, overwhelm, burnout, stressful, stress, festive season, holidays

How to use mindful journalling to quiet your inner critic

Enjoy these simple yet profound mindful writing exercises to tame negative self-talk, manage anxiety and cultivate a more compassionate inner voice.

Confidence & Self-Worth, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersJune 7, 2023inner critic, negative self talk, writing exercises, journalling, journalling prompts, ideas, tools, techniques, journal, compassionate inner voice, critical self talk, anxiety, confidence, mindful

Slowly does it during the winter months

How can we naturally embrace slowing down pace in winter, without feeling as if we’re getting depressed?

Lifting your Mood, Reduce Stress and AnxietyKarin PeetersDecember 16, 2021coaching, therapy, psychotherapy, depression, depressed, winter, winter months, treatment, name, vitamins, survive, how to stop winter depression, light, lamp

5 4 3 2 1 Grounding Technique for Anxiety, Racing Thoughts and Stress

Learn a powerful coping technique for managing the symptoms of anxiety and stress by grounding yourself in the present moment. It is called the 5 Senses Mindfulness Exercise when your mind is agitated and you are longing for inner calm.

What's the colour of the traffic light of your life?

A simple coaching tool that uses the colours of a traditional traffic light to represent how you're feeling and how you can react to any given situation.