Podcast : I Lost Who I Was While Trying to Help My Daughter Overcome Emetophobia: A Mum's Journey

Claire’s daughter, Lauren, was around 7 years old when she began showing symptoms of emetophobia. Life for Lauren consisted of extreme anxiety surrounding social events and anything outside of her comfort zone.

Claire discusses the fact that Lauren believed an experience had led to her developing emetophobia. Lauren therefore felt she needed to avoid certain situations to remain safe. Due to a lack of understanding at the time, Claire began assisting with her avoidance. Little did she know that this was just strengthening her daughter’s belief that she couldn’t cope. Very quickly, the family stopped socialising, began cancelling plans and started to withdraw from social situations to ‘protect’ Lauren. Claire began experiencing her own increased anxiety due to the drastic change.

After countless hours of unsuccessful CBT and helpless googling, Claire discovered the Emetophobia-free programme. Once Claire had embarked on the programme she quickly realised that she wasn't helping Lauren due to her own limiting beliefs. This breakthrough led Claire to identify and improve her own catastrophic thinking which transformed her own life as well as her daughters!

Both Lauren and Claire quickly learned that by increasing their self-esteem and challenging those limiting beliefs, they could achieve a powerful and resilient mental health.As a result of the programme, Claire views herself as a better parent because she has overcome her own barriers and setbacks which were holding her back!

Since going through the programme herself, and understanding just how
life-changing it is, Claire is now a coach herself! In Claire’s own words “This programme has been the best thing I have ever done. It will change yours and your families lives as well as your relationships”!

This week's podcast was discussion with Michelle Johnson and Claire Leahy