I began my working life as a telecom engineer for 7 years and then the next ten years as a business person in buying and selling in retail and property. I was then a financial advisor for over 10 years, but now for many years I've been successfully coaching others to succeed in business, at work, and through life's challenges. I'm also a keen sports person with a black belt in kung fu and a purple belt in BJJ. I have experienced low self esteem, low self confidence and anxiety in the past, but after conducting many years of research into neuroscience, hypnosis, NLP and cognitive behaviour - successfully qualifing and overcoming my own issues and learning to manage my emotional intelligence on a daily basis.
I have developed my own successful life changing strategies to overcome anxiety, stress, depression, low self esteem and low confidence issues. These issues may turn into self-critisism and self abuse, obsessions or compulsions, disorders leading to phobias and fears that we are not aware of until they spiral out of control and totally take over our lives.
A person suffering from anxiety can develop different types of obsessions and compulsions. Also, suffering from post -traumatic stress disorder or long term stress or anxiety can cause physical symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome, bruxism (teeth grinding) and sleeping disorders, insomnia and a person can feel very isolated and alone.
Depression can cause a person to turn to many forms of addictions, such as drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, food addiction causing excessive weight gain, leading to poor anger management.