18. From Anxiety To Calm For Jewellers With Mireille Najm

Today I’m joined by the wonderful Mireille Najm. She has worked with me for a little while now - she was the manager at The London Jeweller School and now she’s the head of the diplomas at The Jewellers Academy. The topic is one we can probably all relate to - going from anxiety to calm. Join us as we tackle this topic.     EPISODE RECAP   Why don’t you start off by introducing yourself and why we’re talking about this topic today (1:53) That’s a good place to start - what is anxiety and how do we know if we have it? In your experience, was it obvious? (2:56) So your first point of call was research - was that helpful? What did you do next? (5:46) Did your recovery involve anyone else or was it more learning for you? (8:14) Did it get easier as time went on? How did that journey go? (12:13) How did you let go of the self pity that you speak about? (13:47) The way you speak to yourself in your mind makes such a difference. You’ve spoken about gratitude and using that, how did that come into your recovery? (17:29) How do you let things go? (20:50) Did you ever have any shame around what you were going through? This is an issue people face sometimes if they feel they shouldn’t be going through it (22:12) Anxiety can sometimes come out as procrastination or feeling unmotivated or blocking yourself from achieving success. What are your thoughts around that and have you witnessed that at all? (24:49) I love this idea of ‘earthing’. Can you explain it to anyone who doesn’t know what it is? (27:02) Often when we’re in pain we’re looking for the answer, the one thing that makes it better. But from what you’re saying it’s never just the one thing, it’s a gradual journey (32:19) Take the pressure off. That sounds like a good note for us to end on. Do you have a final thought you’d like to leave us with? (33:41)     RESOURCES Jewellers Academy Jewellers Academy Facebook Group