Thought Compass
@thoughtcompass.bsky.social
Navigate your thoughts to embrace your full potential. I specialise in helping you overcome performance anxiety, limiting beliefs, and shame. Let’s rewrite the script and unlock your best self. www.thoughtcompass.co.uk #Hypnotherapy
December.
Another year ending, time for taking stock.
A good time to set an intention for the year's close.
What have you been wanting that you haven't let yourself say out loud?
Because you're allowed to acknowledge the longings that have been quietly present all year.
Another year ending, time for taking stock.
A good time to set an intention for the year's close.
What have you been wanting that you haven't let yourself say out loud?
Because you're allowed to acknowledge the longings that have been quietly present all year.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
December.
Another year ending, time for taking stock.
A good time to set an intention for the year's close.
What have you been wanting that you haven't let yourself say out loud?
Because you're allowed to acknowledge the longings that have been quietly present all year.
Another year ending, time for taking stock.
A good time to set an intention for the year's close.
What have you been wanting that you haven't let yourself say out loud?
Because you're allowed to acknowledge the longings that have been quietly present all year.
Creative blocks aren't about lacking ideas.
They're about lacking permission to have imperfect ideas. Permission granted.
They're about lacking permission to have imperfect ideas. Permission granted.
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Creative blocks aren't about lacking ideas.
They're about lacking permission to have imperfect ideas. Permission granted.
They're about lacking permission to have imperfect ideas. Permission granted.
Your thoughts are suggestions, not instructions.
CBT teaches you how to evaluate which suggestions serve you.
CBT teaches you how to evaluate which suggestions serve you.
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Your thoughts are suggestions, not instructions.
CBT teaches you how to evaluate which suggestions serve you.
CBT teaches you how to evaluate which suggestions serve you.
The difference between healing and performing healing:
one transforms you in private. The other tries to transform your audience.
one transforms you in private. The other tries to transform your audience.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The difference between healing and performing healing:
one transforms you in private. The other tries to transform your audience.
one transforms you in private. The other tries to transform your audience.
How would it be if you stopped auditioning for the right to want things?
If wanting itself was enough justification?
If wanting itself was enough justification?
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How would it be if you stopped auditioning for the right to want things?
If wanting itself was enough justification?
If wanting itself was enough justification?
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy addresses both the conscious stories (CBT) and the unconscious patterns (hypnosis).
Whole-person healing.
Whole-person healing.
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy addresses both the conscious stories (CBT) and the unconscious patterns (hypnosis).
Whole-person healing.
Whole-person healing.
The rehearsal loop in your head – it's been running the same scenes for years.
Time to audition some new material.
Time to audition some new material.
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The rehearsal loop in your head – it's been running the same scenes for years.
Time to audition some new material.
Time to audition some new material.
Your nervous system is always scanning for safety.
Sometimes the therapeutic work is teaching it that authenticity is safe now.
Sometimes the therapeutic work is teaching it that authenticity is safe now.
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Your nervous system is always scanning for safety.
Sometimes the therapeutic work is teaching it that authenticity is safe now.
Sometimes the therapeutic work is teaching it that authenticity is safe now.
There's a particular courage in creating something that might not be good.
That's where all good things begin anyway.
That's where all good things begin anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There's a particular courage in creating something that might not be good.
That's where all good things begin anyway.
That's where all good things begin anyway.
CBT doesn't dismiss your feelings.
It helps you understand the thought processes that create them, then gives you options.
It helps you understand the thought processes that create them, then gives you options.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
CBT doesn't dismiss your feelings.
It helps you understand the thought processes that create them, then gives you options.
It helps you understand the thought processes that create them, then gives you options.
Stage fright isn't about the stage.
It's about standing in your own light whilst others witness. The vulnerability is the gift.
It's about standing in your own light whilst others witness. The vulnerability is the gift.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Stage fright isn't about the stage.
It's about standing in your own light whilst others witness. The vulnerability is the gift.
It's about standing in your own light whilst others witness. The vulnerability is the gift.
The stories that keep you small – they're usually borrowed from people who couldn't imagine themselves being any larger.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The stories that keep you small – they're usually borrowed from people who couldn't imagine themselves being any larger.
Your inner artist doesn't need your permission to exist.
But it does need your attention to flourish.
But it does need your attention to flourish.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Your inner artist doesn't need your permission to exist.
But it does need your attention to flourish.
But it does need your attention to flourish.
Books have a plot.
Life often doesn’t.
When things don’t make sense, we blame ourselves instead of the story we’ve inherited.
But even the messiest life can be rewritten—from the inside out.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of your story, but the pages keep slipping, let’s talk.
Life often doesn’t.
When things don’t make sense, we blame ourselves instead of the story we’ve inherited.
But even the messiest life can be rewritten—from the inside out.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of your story, but the pages keep slipping, let’s talk.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Books have a plot.
Life often doesn’t.
When things don’t make sense, we blame ourselves instead of the story we’ve inherited.
But even the messiest life can be rewritten—from the inside out.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of your story, but the pages keep slipping, let’s talk.
Life often doesn’t.
When things don’t make sense, we blame ourselves instead of the story we’ve inherited.
But even the messiest life can be rewritten—from the inside out.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of your story, but the pages keep slipping, let’s talk.
That feeling of being "behind" in life?
It assumes everyone else got a roadmap. Truth is, we're all improvising.
It assumes everyone else got a roadmap. Truth is, we're all improvising.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
That feeling of being "behind" in life?
It assumes everyone else got a roadmap. Truth is, we're all improvising.
It assumes everyone else got a roadmap. Truth is, we're all improvising.
Hypnotherapy works because it speaks your nervous system's native language: images, metaphors, and gentle repetition.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hypnotherapy works because it speaks your nervous system's native language: images, metaphors, and gentle repetition.
The audition room of your mind – where you're constantly trying out for the part of being yourself.
Spoiler: you already have the role.
Spoiler: you already have the role.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The audition room of your mind – where you're constantly trying out for the part of being yourself.
Spoiler: you already have the role.
Spoiler: you already have the role.
Creativity doesn't require talent.
It requires curiosity and the willingness to make something that might not work out.
It requires curiosity and the willingness to make something that might not work out.
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Creativity doesn't require talent.
It requires curiosity and the willingness to make something that might not work out.
It requires curiosity and the willingness to make something that might not work out.
Your thoughts are the preview, not the main event.
CBT helps you choose which previews are worth watching.
CBT helps you choose which previews are worth watching.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Your thoughts are the preview, not the main event.
CBT helps you choose which previews are worth watching.
CBT helps you choose which previews are worth watching.
The rehearsals you run in your mind – they're so detailed, your nervous system thinks they're real.
Choose your rehearsals wisely.
Choose your rehearsals wisely.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The rehearsals you run in your mind – they're so detailed, your nervous system thinks they're real.
Choose your rehearsals wisely.
Choose your rehearsals wisely.
That voice saying you need permission?
Plot twist: you are the permission. You've always been the permission.
Plot twist: you are the permission. You've always been the permission.
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
That voice saying you need permission?
Plot twist: you are the permission. You've always been the permission.
Plot twist: you are the permission. You've always been the permission.
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy: where psychology meets the gentle art of accessing what's already wise within you.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy: where psychology meets the gentle art of accessing what's already wise within you.
The difference between confidence and presence: confidence tries to convince others.
Presence just is, and lets others decide for themselves.
Presence just is, and lets others decide for themselves.
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The difference between confidence and presence: confidence tries to convince others.
Presence just is, and lets others decide for themselves.
Presence just is, and lets others decide for themselves.
Your nervous system has been keeping you safe using old information.
Time to update its threat assessment for current conditions.
Time to update its threat assessment for current conditions.
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Your nervous system has been keeping you safe using old information.
Time to update its threat assessment for current conditions.
Time to update its threat assessment for current conditions.
Therapy isn't about becoming fearless.
It's about developing a different relationship with fear – one where it informs but doesn't control.
It's about developing a different relationship with fear – one where it informs but doesn't control.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Therapy isn't about becoming fearless.
It's about developing a different relationship with fear – one where it informs but doesn't control.
It's about developing a different relationship with fear – one where it informs but doesn't control.