The Therapy Edit
Enjoy a twice weekly dose of The Therapy Edit. On Monday's you'll find Anna answering an 'Ask Anna' listener question along with an expert guest. On Friday's get a glimpse into the therapy room as Anna spends 10 minutes responding to your anonymous 'Confessions from the Therapy Room'. Enjoy Anna's Psychotherapeutic knowledge woven with with candid chat about mental health. Anna Mathur is a Psychotherapist, Times Bestselling author and speaker, passionate about taking therapy outside of the therapy room, sharing insights that have changed the lives of her clients, and transformed hers too. More from Anna: Times Bestselling books: The Uncomfortable Truth: Change your life by taming ten of your mind's greatest fears Raising a Happier Mother: How to find balance, feel good, and see your children flourish as a result ‘Mind Over Mother - Every mums guide to worry and anxiety in the first years Know Your Worth - How to build your self-esteem, grow in confidence and worry less about what people think Instagram: @annamathur Website and contact: annamathur.com Courses, sessions and guides: Benefit from resources to support your mental and emotional wellbeing at annamathur.com Contacts: Proudly hosted by: Global Management: Bev James Management - enquiries@bevjames.com Production: Kate Starkey @contentinthecotswolds Audio: John Shepheard. Aloe Audio - aloeaudio.com Design: Amber Miller. Ooh La La Studio - oohlala.studio
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What started as a passion project in lockdown—when I didn’t even realise my microphone was backwards!—became one of the most loved and fulfilling parts of my work.
I could never have dreamt it would grow into over 350 episodes, with over 4 million downloads, offering comfort, insight, and solidarity in the highs and lows of life.
Your kind words of feedback have been fuel t...
"I find the park, unless I'm with friends, boring, and I wonder how much longer we need to stay! I also feel similar when playing with my young children, 3 and 5, at home and feel like the worst mum for thinking this. I want to love playing with them but the reality is I get bored quick and just think of all the jobs I could be doing instead."
Anna replies with some...
Together Anna and David tackle the following connundrum:
''I'm recovering from a serious mental health breakdown and I'm really struggling to find a way back to normality. I feel so much better in myself and my thoughts and mind are clear, but what's happened has impacted my relationships and my...
"When life is so utterly stressful - ASD kids, or just kids!, no family support/village to speak of etc and you end up just feeling...nothing towards your partner.
You think maybe you might still like them if everything else was cleared away but really all you can feel is nothing/irritation... probably aimed at life but coming out in your marriage."
Anna replies with...
Together Anna and Adrienne tackle the following connundrum:
"I started this year feeling so pumped to make some really positive changes to my life. But a few weeks in and I'm feeling totally overwhelmed and just can't seem to make the tiniest of decisions. How can I move forward when I over analyse everything and always imagine th...
"I want to know how I can differentiate between my gut feeling/intuition and anxiety? For example if I’m worried about my health how much is driven my fear and how much is driven my intuition?"
Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.
Please note - the names and voic...
Together Anna and Cherry tackle the following connundrum:
'I'm slowly accepting the fact that my relationship isn't making me happy and that I am too young to accept that this is just the way things are going to be. The only problem is I'm paralysed by the fear of what life could look like on the other side and the enormity of break...
"My husband really wants me to be a stay at home mum and has very traditional ideas about how we should live. I used to. think this was what I wanted too but lately I've been feeling like I really need something else to fill my days beyond the children and the housework. I'm nervous about what this might do to our marriage and also a bit overwhelmed about where to ...
Together Anna, Helen and Ellie tackle the following connundrum:
"Hey Anna. I cannot stand my in-laws. They undermine my parenting and make comments about my weight. My husband doesn't stand up for me as he wants to keep peace. What can we do so that at least me and him aren't at loggerheads over it all?...
"I hate the way I look I look in the mirror. I feel like I'll never make peace with the way that I look."
Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.
Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their reque...
Together Anna and Zak tackle the following connundrum:
" I really struggle in groups of fellow men. I'm a heterosexual male, comfortable in my own skin, reasonably successful professionally and with a happy marriage but I find myself shrinking away from male f...
"My husband doesn't know but I'm leaving him"
Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.
Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.
Together Anna and Morgan tackle the following connundrum:
" I struggle to assert my needs after years of being the passive/happy to go along one in the relationship. How can I be more assertive?"
About Morgan
Dr. Morgan Cutlip is a relationship expert, psychologist, and author dedicated to helping ...
"I seem to only have friends that talk. Whenever I meet up with any of them and ask how they are, they just drone on and on about their own problems without ever asking if I'm ok!"
Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.
Please note - the names and voices of some of...
Together Anna and Katy tackle the following connundrum:
"Hi Anna, every year I make big resolutions and by January I feel so frustrated with myself. I don't want to keep repeating this pattern, but I'm desperate to change some things for myself. How do I stop t...
Together Anna and Katy tackle the following question:
"Anna help. Every year I make big resolutions, and then by mid January I feel so frustrated with myself. I don't want to keep repeating this pattern but I'm desperate to ch...
Tim is one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world and is the author of three books, the most recent of which is Food for Life.
You can learn more about Tim ...
She shares the section on 'Who Am I?" from the Little Book of Calm for New Mums and offers grounding thoughts on how we can reconnect with ourselves and accept who we are.
Johann Hari is the author of 3 New York Times Bestselling books, the latest of which, Stolen Focus; Why You Can't Pay Attention is available here.
Find out more about Johann here and follow him on Instagram at @johann.hari
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