Author name: Joel Young

Your feelings aren’t always the best guide to reality. A handful of true, grounding sentences, practised ahead of time, can stop a slide into panic.

Held under by a wave, I panicked and swam the wrong way. The wave wasn’t the real problem. Here’s what that taught me about panic and anxiety.

It’s exam season for lots of people right now. Your brain works best when you feel positive, not overwhelmed, so be generous with love and encouragement.

Sometimes anxiety hits when nothing is wrong. Often the feeling is real but it belongs to the past. Here’s how to tell, and how to come back to now.

The best time to deal with a rip is before you swim into it. Joel explains how he practised in small, safe ways, so he could keep his head when it counted.

Your brain isn’t stuck the way it is. A counsellor explains how anxious thought patterns form, and how small daily habits can shift them.

I’ve been interviewing people to bring to life the experience in the anxiety course I’ve created. Here’s an amazing story