The Wellbeing 5 Project
Sally Baker
Working On The Body
The Mental Wellbeing 5
5 Simple Questions to help with mental wellbeing with answers from Experts, Thought Leaders, Campaigners & Advocates
Sally Baker
Sally is an award-winning senior therapist, published writer, and media commentator. She is a qualified and accredited Therapist, advanced Emotional Freedom Practitioner (EFT) and Master Percussive Suggestion Technique Practitioner (PSTEC). Sally has twenty years of experience of seeing clients for a wide range of complex and challenging issues. She specialises in working with people who feel broken or stuck.
Sally has been interviewed and quoted in many news and media outlets including the New York Post, HuffPost, MTV News, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Mirror, Metro (amongst many others) covering subjects including Sex & Relationships, COVID-19 and Love Island
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The Mental Wellbeing 5 with Sally Baker
1. What is your favourite quote, anecdote, proverb or experience that helps with mental wellbeing?
Sally: I’m not a great fan of hope. I’m a bigger fan of killing hope. It might sound controversial but my preferred stance is to have a realistic appraisal of reality. I’ve seen too many people trapped living in hope who would have been better served running for their life; me included.
2. What is your top piece of advice for mental wellbeing?
Sally: My lived experience and my work with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse informs my top piece of advice for mental well-being which is that trauma can be resolved & released and you can truly thrive.
3. What is the one change in the world that you would like to see? (in your area of wellbeing or in the world in general or both)
Sally: The most radical change I want to see in the world is that all children are listened to, honoured, heard and protected. Simultaneously all parents/carers would be taught that keeping children ignorant does not protect their innocence.
4. Which resources (books / websites / videos etc) for wellbeing would you recommend?
Sally: I’ve seen huge, enduring shifts with how my clients feel about the trauma they’ve experienced using BWRT (Brainwave Recursive Therapy) created in the UK by Terence Watts. It’s a life saver & a game changer.
5. What’s the one thing that always makes you smile?
Sally: I never fail not to be moved by the courage of the human spirit to overcome the greatest cruelty & deprivation. It always makes me smile when the most stuck & overwhelmed client pivots & I can see the palpable change in their posture & expression as they lean into life, sometimes for the first time.
Bonus Question! Is there anything else pertinent you would like to add to the conversation?
Sally: Find your anger. There’s traction and energy in anger that was out of reach when all you could feel was self-loathing, overwhelm & depression. Use your anger everyday to incrementally disrupt your self sabotaging behaviour as you take those tentative steps on your path to recovery.
Further Exploration - Sally Baker
Website: Working On The Body
Sally's website containing information about her therapy, online dating course, resources, a blog with articles to help wellbeing, podcasts, interviews & media and how to get in touch
Hypnosis Audios: The Best You Café
Hypnosis audios offered by Sally & Liz Hogan to help with areas such as Life Transformation, Health & Wellbeing, Peak Performance & Successful Weight Loss
Media & Interviews
Sally's vast array of interviews and media coverage covering subjects such as COVID-19, Sex & Relationships & Love Islands for publications including New York Post, HuffPost, MTV News, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Mirror, Metro amongst many others
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