Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and perfectionism can look remarkably similar from the outside. Someone checks the front door twice. Someone rereads an email before sending it. Someone needs things to be just right. But whether what you’re dealing with is OCD or perfectionism comes down to what’s driving the behaviour underneath, and that difference matters more than the behaviour itself.

Perfectionism isn’t automatically a problem. Sometimes wanting to do something well is simply part of who you are: you care about your work, you have high standards, you take pride in getting things right.

Other t...

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Resilience at work is usually treated as a quality individuals should have more of. It’s better understood as a team’s capacity to recover between demands, which is built through how work is designed and led rather than through training people to withstand more. This article explains why most resilience training changes little and what does make a difference.

Your best team is delivering. Deadlines are being hit, clients are happy, and the numbers look right.

They are also three months into a pace nobody has described out loud as unsustainable, and the first thing to go will be the thing nobody is measuring.

I’m Drew Fobbester, a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and corporate transformation consultant working in leadership, high...

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Miscarriage can affect every part of life, not just the days immediately around it. This guide explains why the grief often lingers longer than others expect, how hypnotherapy after miscarriage can support emotional healing, and practical ways to find calm and hope again, whatever stage you’re at.

Miscarriage is an experience that can leave a profound emotional impact, often affecting every aspect of your life. You may feel overwhelmed by grief, anxiety, guilt, anger or even numbness. While family and friends may expect you to move on, many people find the emotional effects linger long after the physical recovery.

If you’re navigating the aftermath of pregnancy loss, you are not alone. In this guide, I’l...

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Stoptober challenges smokers to stay smoke-free for 28 days, because the evidence behind the campaign shows that’s the single biggest predictor of being able to quit smoking for good. This article looks at how hypnotherapy can help you get there and what a session involves.

Every October, the same question lands in my inbox more than any other time of year: does hypnotherapy actually work for quitting smoking?

Smoking is one of the hardest habits to break, precisely because it isn’t just physical. Nicotine withdrawal fades within days. The habit, the association, the hand-to-mouth ritual built into a hundred small moments of your day, that’s what tends to outlast the...

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Team misalignment rarely looks like conflict. It looks like a group working hard, hitting deadlines and still falling behind, because each person is quietly operating from a different picture of the goal, often the single most common reason a team with good people and good tools underperforms. This article explains what causes it, how to spot it early, and what actually rebuilds a shared picture the whole team can see themselves in.

You’ve sat in that meeting. Everyone nods, the plan sounds settled, and two weeks later three people are doing three different things, each convinced they were following what was agreed.

That is why ...

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GLP-1 medications aren’t right, accessible or wanted by everyone, and that doesn’t leave you without options. This article looks at what actually happens when you can’t or don’t want to use drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy, and where hypnotherapy genuinely fits.

It feels like everyone is talking about Ozempic and Wegovy at the moment, and for some people, these medications have genuinely helped. But they’re not for everyone. You might not be eligible. You might not be able to afford ongoing private prescriptions. You might have tried one and found the side effects weren’t worth it. Or you might simply have decided, for entirely valid reasons, that injecting a weekly medication isn’t the route...

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Losing control is one of the most common fears people have about hypnotherapy, and it’s based on a real misunderstanding of what hypnosis actually does. This article explains why the conscious mind isn’t always the one driving your anxiety, what hypnotherapy actually works with instead, and what a session really involves.

Have you ever thought about trying hypnotherapy for anxiety, and then stopped yourself at the very last moment with the same nagging thought: what if I lose control?

It’s one of the most common questions I hear before someone books their first session, and it’s completely understandable. Most of what people know about hypnosis comes from stage shows: swinging pocket watches and people clucking like chickens. If that were really what happened in a ther...

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Most people spend more time researching a restaurant than they do choosing a therapist.

A quick search, a glance at qualifications, a check that the fee is within budget, and a decision is made. For the general population, that approach sometimes works out. For neurodivergent people, it is much more likely to result in a therapeutic relationship that feels wrong from the start, and a quiet conclusion that therapy simply isn’t for them. Especially where so much therapy hasn’t landed before, and the person has no more to go on than they had all the other times.

The pain point is straightforward. Most people have a generic checklist for choosing a therapist: qualification, regulation body, modality, cost, availability. What that list almost never includes are the questions that matte...

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Does your child seem relaxed and happy during the school holidays, then become worried or unsettled as the first day of term gets closer?

Perhaps they have started saying they do not want to go back. Maybe they are struggling to sleep, complaining of tummy aches or becoming more emotional than usual. You may be wondering whether this is simply part of getting back into a routine or whether your child needs some extra support.

A little nervousness about returning to school is very common. Children may be thinking about new teachers, friendships, schoolwork or simply getting used to early mornings again.

The feelings often settle once they a...

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Hypnotherapy cannot influence the medical or legal outcome of surrogacy, but it can help intended parents manage the anxiety, uncertainty and emotional exhaustion that often come with it. This guide explains why the surrogacy journey is so emotionally demanding, how hypnotherapy sessions actually work, and practical ways to protect your wellbeing while you wait.

Surrogacy is often described as a journey of hope, but it’s also a journey of uncertainty. As an intended parent, you may be navigating legal processes, fertility treatment, financial commitments and long periods of waiting, all while carrying the emotional weight of wanting to build your family.

It’s completely understandable if you find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed or emotionally exhausted. While hypnot...

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