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Work Stress Anxiety is a weekday podcast for high-achieving women dealing with work stress, work anxiety, burnout and emotional exhaustion. Hosted by Cheryl Paris, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Stress Recovery Coach, it blends real stories, nervous-system education and practical strategies to help you understand what is happening under workplace pressure and what to do next. No resilience theatre. No pretending a breathing exercise fixes a dysfunctional workplace. Just practical, reality-first support for burnout prevention.

Recent Episodes

You Might Be Coping More Than You Think: When High Performance Blurs Into Anxiety

You can be the person everyone counts on and still feel like you are running on fumes. Cheryl sits down with Hannah Curman to unpack over functioning: the polished “swan on the lake” image on the surface, with frantic paddling underneath. We get honest about what it looks like in real work life: saying yes when you mean no, over-controlling details, chasing recognition, and performing well while your body stays locked in stress and anxiety. From there, we go deeper than productivity tips. We...

20 MIN

The Work Stress Pattern Hiding in The standard that keeps moving

Your mind goes blank in a meeting, you reread the same email five times, and somehow you still tell yourself you should be able to handle it. We unpack why that loss of clarity under work stress is often a predictable nervous system response, not a motivation problem. I’m Cheryl Parris, a clinical hypnotherapist and stress recovery coach, and I’m joined by Hannah Curman to map what’s happening in the body when pressure starts to feel like threat. We talk about cortisol, the prefrontal cortex...

16 MIN

Emotional Intelligence at Work: When Your Manager’s Words Don’t Match Their Behaviour

A message lands in your inbox and it’s flawless: calm tone, empathetic phrasing, even a nod to “safe space” and open communication. Then you get into the actual conversation and suddenly you’re measuring every word, softening your point, and walking away wondering if you were “too sensitive.” That disconnect is more common than we admit and it’s a fast track to work stress and anxiety. I dig into a simple but powerful idea: emotionally intelligent language and emotionally intelligent behavio...

17 MIN

Hypnotherapy for Work Stress:Work Anxiety Alarm Has Outlived the Emergency

Three words can hijack your whole morning: “Can we talk?” Before you’ve even opened the message, your stomach drops, your shoulders tighten and your mind is already six corridors ahead, trying to work out what has gone wrong. In this episode, we explore hypnotherapy for stress through one of the most familiar patterns in workplace anxiety: the moment your internal alarm reacts before you have enough evidence to know what is actually happening. This isn’t about forcing yourself to calm down or...

18 MIN

Breathe Before You React: Relieving Work Stress Through Breathing

Your workplace isn’t the only thing triggering you. Sometimes what looks like “I’m reacting to my boss” is actually an older emotional pattern waking up and running the same script again. Cheryl is joined by Deepak Chari for a grounded conversation on work stress, workplace anxiety, and the small, practical shifts that help you respond differently when “just calm down” feels impossible. We start with the most accessible lever you have all day: your breath. Deepak explains how stress shows up...

24 MIN