Live Well
5 week course designed to improve mental health and wellbeing
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, stuck in negative thinking, or drained by stress or relationships? Live Well is a relaxed, practical course designed to help you:
- Understand how your brain, thoughts, and emotions work
- Manage stress and feel less overwhelmed
- Break unhelpful thinking patterns
- Build healthier, more balanced relationships
Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to improve their wellbeing and relationships, no background or experience needed. Each session includes simple tools you can use straight away in everyday life.
Session 1: Can we Change?
The Beliefs we inherit. Can we change and what stops us from making changes? Top tips for a better mood
Session 2: What are you Feeling?
How the brain works and what happens when we feel overwhelmed. Being less reactive and knowing what triggers us. Panic attacks and how to stop them What is trauma and how do we heal?
Session 3: What are you thinking and is it true?
Negative thoughts and thinking errors – how do we speak to ourselves and is it true? What you focus on is what you get
Session 4: Having better Relationships
What’s a healthy Boundary and tips on how we can set healthy boundaries. Over and Under-Functioning. The Drama Triangle and Reactivity Loops.
Session 5: Managing Stress
How do we manage stress and pressure better? The baseline of stress, long-term stress and its effects. The spiral of exhaustion & Coping with Stress – the Stress Container.
Sarah and Elizabeth usually run this course once a year. If you’d like to attend the next course do fill in this form to let us know.
SARAH GUINNESS: Sarah has a diploma in therapeutic coaching and is a qualified Enneagram typist, which is a tool for personal development. She has used this learning, alongside a lot of reading, therapy and personal development to design the Live Well course, helping people to have more self awareness and improve their well-being and mental health. Live Well has been running for past 7 years, with great feedback, and a youth version has also been rolled out to local secondary schools. When she’s not running Live Well, Sarah is the vicar of St Paul’s and St Faith’s. Although shaped by her wider experience, the course itself isn’t religious and is open to everyone—whether you’re navigating a challenge or simply wanting to live more thoughtfully and purposefully.
ELIZABETH KOVACS: Elizabeth worked as a school teacher and personnel manager before qualifying as a counsellor over 30 years ago. She has a wide range of counselling experience including working in the NHS, Local Authority, Schools, Bereavement Services as well as in private practice. She is also a counselling supervisor.
From previous course participants:
This course has taught me a lot about how my brain reacts to life. It’s given me the tools, techniques and information to help myself and others when in need. I would recommend 100 x over!
I can see hope in my future which I have always failed to see…
I would recommend this course to anyone facing challenges, past or present. A massive eye opener to many things in life
I will definately recommend it. The course has improved my life in the deepest way
Yes I would recommend to others. Very enjoyable and I learnt a great deal about mental health. Sarah is amazing and a great teacher 🙂
Definitely recommend this course to anyone, even those who think they have their life in order
I would recommend this course 100%. The course has really helped me – given me confidence, self-love and I’m now setting boundaries
It’s very enlightening to know that everyone else struggles with the same issues and there there are ways of overcoming our struggles
The course has been amazing. Very illuminating and full of clarity, practical examples and lots of scientific facts to back it up
I appreciate the leaders’ passion, patience and knowledge about the relevant topics covered in the course. Pace was great
Very helpful, most people I know would find this course useful and relevant
Would definitely recommend. Such a lot was covered. Lots to think about. Would like to do it again!
I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone wondering why they think the way they think or act the way they do
Definitely would recommend. I think it should be compulsory! It was so interesting and helpful. It’s been enlightening and so beneficial
Useful to confront certain facts of my personality I’ve perhaps not acknowledged
I highly recommend learning more about how your brain works. We are all a product of our past but we don’t have to be a victim of it. There are things to learn and unlearn and doing so in a safe space like ‘Live Well’ is something everyone should do!