ways to find peace this christmas time As Victor Meldrew might say "I cannot believe it!" But probably like so many of us, I say this every year...Personally, I'm still waiting for the summer to come (and I don't mean nextsummer). This year has...
Calmer blog
Why walking in the morning is so good for you
who is going to join me for a walk? Four years ago, in lockdown, I started doing an early morning walk once a week, I did it as a one off to begin with but I enjoyed it so much I kept it up for 9 months. I didn't miss a week, I even did it on...
Habit Stacking
5 ideas for Habit Stacking How are we almost half way through February already?? Last month I jumped on the predictable theme of New Year Resolutions and gave you a few ways to get started with the hope that being accountable, keeping it simple and looking back on...
3 top tips for 2024
TOP TIP No. 1 FOR 2024 Make yourself accountable if you want to make a change. Firstly apologies for not sending out a Christmas blog, I came down with the dreaded lurgy a few weeks before Christmas. I would like to report though, that because of making...
5 ways to deal with feeling overwhelmed
ARE YOU feeling overwhelmed? As I write this blog, it's about 5 weeks to Christmas, that's roughly 40 days. Not that I mean to panic anyone, but time is a-ticking. If you are at all like me, then every year I think I'm going to be more organised, more on the ball,...
3 Lessons in life
Lessons Learned I have been back from my solo holiday in Spain, walking the last 115k of the Camino de Santiago for a few weeks now, and just like the terrain it wasn't without it's ups and downs. But I think I can definitely say the ups outweighed the downs by...
ABOUT AMANDA
My name is Amanda Thoden van Velzen, I am a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, NLP and EFT practitioner based in Cranleigh, Surrey.
I am a qualified, accredited Solution-Focused Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist. I received my training at the award-winning Clifton Hypnotherapy Practice founded by David Newton, one of the most experienced and renowned practitioners in the UK.





