Something I hear a lot in initial consultations is a version of the same thing: "I know I should go to sleep, but I just can't seem to make myself do it." 

Not because anything is physically keeping them awake. 

Not because they have insomnia. 

But becau…

Have you ever found yourself lying awake, going over a conversation that happened three days ago? 

Or noticed that the more you try to work something out in your head, the more tangled it seems to get?

Perhaps you have tried to think your way through …

By Lesley Ford, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Phoenix Hypnotherapy, Cheltenham
Published: June 2026

I visited the Roman Baths in Bath recently.

It wasn't my first time.

But I went with a friend, and this time I took a little more knowledge in with me.

And it…

Every penalty shoot out throws up the same strange thing. A player who has scored that exact kick a hundred times in training, with nobody watching, suddenly misses it completely when the whole stadium is watching. It is tempting to put that down to skil…