The Therapy Edit

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room;

"I keep self sabotaging my career as I'm so worried I'm going to fail. I play out worst case scenarios all the time and talk myself out of putting myself forward for promotions or new projects. How do I learn to have faith in myself?"

Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

In this Monday episode of the brand new Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by David Gibbs, Existential Therapist, Executive Coach and resident therapist on They Think It’s All Sober.

Together Anna and David tackle the following question: 

"I'm feeling miserable about my drinking. I know I drink too much but all of my friendships are based around me being the girl that always has a good time and I don't know how to move away from that persona. Any advice?"

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 


Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

Today Anna tackles another anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room;

"I haven't left the house on my own all year due to panic attachs when I'm out. GP help hasn't been effective. How can I get my confidence back."

Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

In this second Monday episode of the brand new Ask Anna series, Anna is joined by Tiwalola Adebayo Confidence Coach, Author, and Founder of Confident and Killing It.

Together Anna and Tiwa tackle the following question: 

"I really admire how you use your voice for good and for change & ultimately to support and help people with their mental health and growth. I have so much to say but I just cannot find the confidence to share my true authentic voice, my thoughts & knowledge. How do I open up my voice and share authentically."

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 

Learn more with Tiwa

Tiwalola Adebayo (née Ogunlesi) is a globally recognised coach specialising in positive psychology, international speaker, author and the founder of Confident and Killing It. Confident and Killing It is a purpose driven organisation and community that wakes women up to their worth so they can be confident, unstoppable and dare to live the life they truly desire. Through engaging and practical workshops, media and coaching programmes, Tiwalola equips women with the tools they need to overcome fear and self-doubt, programme their minds for success and live out their biggest dreams. Her first book Confident and Killing It was published by HarperCollins in July 2022, to great acclaim.

Web: www.confidentandkillingit.com IG: @Tiwalowla and  @Confidentandkillingit 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiwalolaogunlesi111/
Podcast: https://www.confidentandkillingit.com/podcast Book: Available on Amazon

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

Welcome to the very first Friday episode of a brand new series of The Therapy Edit! 

Today Anna tackles an anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room;

"My confession is that when I’m easily overwhelmed, I can say the unkindest things to my husband that make me go cold when I think about them in a neutral environment."

Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

Welcome to the very first episode of a BRAND new series of The Therapy Edit! 

Mondays are Ask Anna where Anna is joined by a guest expert and together they dicuss a real quandary raised by a member of Anna's online community via voicenote. On Fridays Anna tackles confessions that have been left by her followers anonymously.

In this very first episode, Anna is joined by Priya Tew, Specialist Dietitian and Nutritionist BSc, PG Dip, MSc

Together Anna and Priya tackle the following question: 

"I have finally addressed my binge eating disorder by joining a therapy group. For the first time in years I feel positive and well. However, I'm already anxious about Christmas and the amount of food I'll be surrounded by. What can I do to stop myself slipping back?"

Do you have an Ask Anna question you'd like to submit for future episodes? Or an anonymous confession? Visit the website to learn how 

Learn more with Priya

Priya is an eating disorder specialist dietitian with a passion for inspiring HOPE in recovery and helping people find peace with food. She helps people work through their disordered eating patterns through to giving full eating disorder support and with over 15 years in the field she really is experienced. Priya supports people on a 1-1 basis and through her Recovery Tribe group coaching and online community. Because no-one should feel like they are alone.She is also author to 2 books: The DASH diet and the complete low FODMAP diet plan and pops up in media work frequently too.

Visit Priya's website here
Follow Priya on Instagram here

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

In this THROWBACK episode Anna chats to Stacey Heale about how to talk about and show all the hard emotions, grief included. 

Stacey's partner Greg died of cancer and she speaks openly about her experiences of death and grief talks and writes openly about the topic and how we can prepare for the emotions that grief will throw at us all at some point.

You can follow Stacey on Instagram

In this THROWBACK solo episode of The Therapy Edit Anna, in response to multiple requests from followers. talks about the toxic emotion that is resentment. 

She reads a short passage from The Little Book of Calm for New Mums on the topic.
You can find more grounding words and mantras in this book, Anna's third, here.

On this THROWBACK episode of The Therapy Edit Anna chats to Rachaele Hambleton, otherwise known as Part Time Working Mummy.

Rachaele's one thing is that everything is temporary and this episode she tells Anna about how her life experience has led her to this conclusion and how she uses it to help soothe the bad days and bad times that she or her family, friends or the victims of domestic abuse that she supports, might be experiencing.

Rachaele is a blogger, influencer, parent, and campaigner for victims of domestic abuse
and bullying. She is an ambassador for Kidscape Charity https://www.kidscape.org.uk/ and is a patron for Trevi Charity https://trevi.org.uk/.

Rachaele is a double Sunday times best selling author, in both fiction and non-fiction categories and has just secured her third non-fiction book was released in 2023.

Part-Time Working Mummy: A Patchwork Life [By Rachaele Hambleton] - [Paperback] -Best sold book in-Psychology 

A Different Kind of Happy: The Sunday Times bestseller and powerful fiction debut 

Locally in her area Rachaele has set up two women’s centres to help vulnerable families where they deliver trauma workshops and domestic abuse programmes to women. She also owns a shop @patchworkthestore – all profits from this support the running of the women’s centres.

You can follow Rachaele on Instagram

In this THROWBACK episode Anna shares a lightbulb moment where she realised a life changing truth that has transformed her motherhood journey.

It's a biggy so you'll have to listen to find out more and also to unpick Anna's realisation (which of course comes accompanied with lots of helpful therapeutic tips to help you make space for this realisation in your own motherhood journey. )