The Anxiety Panel - Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

Glasglow Girls Club

The Anxiety Panel - Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 TW: Anxiety On tonight's panel event we bring together an array of GGC Business members to speak about anxiety through the lens of their own area of expertise. Here is more about our line up of speakers: Karen Lafferty (our co-host) - has a background in Psychology and is a BACP Accredited Counsellor at Continuum Counselling, with over 13 years of experience supporting clients with their mental health. Karen is also the founder of The Zen Zone Lanarkshire, running meditation, mindfulness and reiki workshops that focus on the science of self-care. In Karen’s session she will be focusing on everyday anxiety vs when to seek help. @I Am Jen Wilson, The Healing Rebel - is highly qualified in: Pilates, Yoga, Massage, Meditation, Nutrition, Barefoot movement, Functional movement, pre & post natal, orthopaedic conditions, biomechanics, Reiki, NLP, and a BSc Sport & Exercise Science. Author of Become a Warrior Woman, 9 Rules to Sort Your Shit - Jen’s mantra is ‘move better, feel better’ and her focus will be on movement to uplift. Sheila Drysdale- is a Mindset and Life Coach who uses NLP and Hypnotherapy to encourage her clients to make positive changes at Inspired By Sheila. Sheila recently published a book called ‘The Users Guide to Anxiety and The Road To Emotional Health’. Sheila’s focus will be on our relationship to our thinking and tools we can use to achieve emotional health. Ash Victoria- is a qualified mindfulness practitioner (British Psychological Society recognised) with a BSc (HONS) degree in Psychology. During our session Ashley will be focusing on low-self-worth and low confidence and how this plays into anxiety, providing tools to quiet that critical voice and increase our feelings of self-belief. Gail McPake- is a Leadership Coach and Facilitator who specialises in wellbeing and resilience at Gail McPake Consulting Ltd. Gail is going to be talking to us about understanding our emotions, sharing some of her top tools for building our resilience muscle and ‘topping up our tanks’ for better wellbeing. Gillian Park- Founder of Rainbow Park Yoga is a professional children meditation teacher and supports young people from 18 months to 18 years in Mindfulness, Meditation & Yoga (qualified practitioner of level 1 and 2 Rainbow Kids Yoga & Mindfulness). Working throughout Central Scotland in Schools, Nurseries and Charities, Gillian’s focus during the session will be on benefiting children’s mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. Angela MacVicar is the Chairperson/Head Of Operations Rainbow Valley Charity & Network. Rainbow Valley empowers families and friends to take a holistic approach to living with and overcoming cancer. In their ‘7 steps to health’ course, they address the psychological, spiritual, emotional and physical needs of each individual and their support network using innovative & established therapies incorporating nutrition, exercise & relaxation which complement hospital treatments. During her session Angela will be sharing information on the unique Rainbow Valley Course and how it can empower with education and exercise. Stacey Wilson - is a Self Discovery Coach who helps women to understand their true selves, gain clarity and take back control. During her session Stacey is going to be focusing on situational anxiety, its causes and share some tools to support. Lisa McCabe - founder of Whole Dog Care is an animal holistic therapist, aromatherapist and herbal healer. Lisa’s will be focusing on anxiety in pets, with a focus on dogs, to both help alleviate anxiety in your dog and how to manage this as owners. * Please be aware that any advice shared during this session or indeed in the group isn't intended to replace medical advice and if you are concerned about your health you should speak with their GP *