I had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and while dealing with that bombshell, I also experienced a major burnout in work. I was wiped out, to the point where I felt constantly exhausted with a low mood and quit my job.

My local GP recommended I try contact John Cummins to undergo Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness.

From our very first call, I found it very easy to talk to John and felt he listened to my situation intently and understood how I was feeling.

John and I agreed to investigate why the burnout from work had happened in the first place. Once we got to the bottom of this, John guided me through a 6 week mindfulness course to enable me deal with stressful situations, should they arise again when I returned to the workplace.

By the end of the 6 weeks, I not only had an arsenal of stress reduction tools, I had a complete perspective shift.

John enabled me to step back from the chaos of work which had dominated my headspace in a negative way, clouding out all the good stuff I did not fully appreciate at the time.

Using meditation, journaling and mindful walking exercises, I started paying attention to the present moment, stopped constantly judging myself or searching for validation and figured out what energises me and started enjoying life again.

I’ve gone from living life at 100miles an hour to being able to appreciate the beauty of the natural world around me. Once you experience slowing down and being present, it is much easier to recognise when life might start to speed up, allowing you to avoid the situation altogether.