This workshop is designed to have us walking away with a much better understanding of stress and how it fits into our lives.

We'll understand ourselves and our stress responses better, learn tools, techniques and advice to put into action immediately, and see how we can gain back control of our minds and bodies when stress is overwhelming us.

Our expert facilitator, Margaret Sinclair, will be explain how stress works, why it's not all bad, and how our bodies and minds react when stress becomes a constant.

Margaret will teach us how to tame the monkeys in our minds that constantly point out all the things we should worry about. And teach us that those monkeys aren't trying to cause problems – they're trying to protect us.

We'll go through what to do in the moment when stress is causing overwhelm, as well as understand how to create a life that is lower in daily stress. Because if our lives are less stressful in general, it makes it easier to feel overwhelmed.

You'll take away:

• An understanding of what stress is and why it has the effect it does on us
• How to calm stress and overwhelm in the moment
• How to build simple tools and routines into life that help you stay calmer and happier
• How to set yourself up for better sleep (less sleep = more stress)
• Why pets are amazing... even fake ones

About Margaret Sinclair

Margaret Sinclair has been a therapist for nearly two decades and loves what she does. Margaret combines a variety of therapies (hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, mindfulness and more) with life and business coaching to help people get out of their own way and achieve their goals and dreams.

After a lifetime of feeling 'different' to everyone else, Margaret discovered she was dyslexic at 35 and autistic at 46 – just two years ago. Things started making more sense, and she started living a more authentic life.

LinkedIn: Margaret Sinclair

What's the format of the event?

The event will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes, with rough timings as follows:

• 10 mins – Welcome & Settling In
• 45 mins – Presentation
• 30 mins – Discussion / Q&A
• 5 mins – Announcements & Event Close

If you have any additional accessibility requirements or any questions in advance of the event, please email alice@joyfullydifferent.co

All our past workshop recordings are available to Joyfully Different members within our community platform. If you cannot attend live and would like the recording after the event, please email hello@joyfullydifferent.co

About Joyfully Different

We’re a UK-wide, online business support community and learning hub for neurodivergent business owners and freelancers.

We believe self-diagnosis is completely valid – we aim to support everyone who needs us.

Want to find out more about our mission and join our community? Head on over to joyfullydifferent.co

As a member you can join our online events for FREE and get 50% off our in-person events.

You'll also get your 1st month FREE too.