You Are Not Broken: Why Understanding Yourself Changes Everything

What if the problem isn’t that you’re broken, but that your mind and body have been doing their best to protect you?

In this podcast interview, I explore why so many people live with anxiety, overwhelm, low self-esteem, people pleasing or the lasting effects of difficult experiences, believing there must be something wrong with them. In reality, many of these responses are intelligent adaptations. They are ways your nervous system has learned to keep you safe.

We talk about how psychotherapy and hypnotherapy can help you understand these patterns with compassion rather than criticism. When you begin to recognise why your mind and body respond in the way they do, change often feels less like a battle and more like a process of reconnecting with yourself.

If you’ve ever wondered why you react the way you do, or whether life could feel calmer and more manageable, this conversation offers an introduction to the way I work. Rather than trying to “fix” you, therapy provides a space to understand what has shaped you, calm the nervous system and create lasting change from the inside out.

If you’re looking for psychotherapy or hypnotherapy for anxiety, trauma, stress, low confidence or emotional wellbeing, I hope this conversation gives you a sense of how therapy can help and reassures you that healing begins with understanding, not judgement.

The podcast interview with Lydia, founder of Riding The Trauma Train podcast can be found here at:

Riding the Trauma Train YouTube Channel

Riding the Trauma Train Podcast on Spotify

 At Mustard Therapy at Coaching we want to extend a huge thank you to Lydia for bringing this important message to victims of trauma, “You are not alone in trauma”.

Looking for Psychotherapy Support?

If you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck or ready for change, psychotherapy can help you understand what is happening beneath the surface and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

We offer compassionate, professional psychotherapy tailored to your needs, helping you create meaningful and lasting change.

We are UKCP registered https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Sharon-Mustard-iAhBBAA0

If you feel you need support, why not call one of our therapists. We will be happy to discuss how we can help you move forward.

Sharon Mustard and Stewart Mustard of Mustard Therapy and Coaching Salisbury

Stewart 07917 432189

Sharon 07754 303987

Send us an email at enquiries@mustardtherapy.co.uk

Mustard Therapy and Coaching office.
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Sharon Mustard
I am a fully qualified Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, Counsellor, and Life Coach with extensive experience across the mental health sector, including roles within Social Services, the NHS, and the voluntary sector. Alongside my general psychotherapy practice, I am the founder and director of easibirthing® Fertility to Parenthood. Through this work, I support women and their partners using Hypnosis and Psychotherapy for fertility, pregnancy, hypnobirthing, postnatal mental health, and parenting. I also ran a specialist training school for therapists for 17 years.