WHAT I'M DOING NOW

This update was written in SEPTEMBER 2025.

UNIVERSITY LECTURING

I am currently teaching a module for a Master's degree course on mental health, physical activity, and behaviour change at Northumbria University.

WRITING AND AUDIO

I continue to write blog articles at Substack and record a weekly Ask Me Anything podcast.

I completed updated editions of both of my books in the summer of 2024:

• Overcome Anxiety

• Overcome Social Anxiety

oNLINE AND IN-PERSON COURSES

• In September and October 2024, I am offering a number of one-off wellbeing courses for new students at various universities throughout the UK.

• I am teaching new Manage the Mind workshops throughout the UK starting in January 2025.

• I am also trialling a new Confidence in Communication workshop starting in February 2025. The workshops are mainly about helping people develop skills and confidence in public speaking, presenting, and communication. I am offering different versions for students and members of the general public. Please contact me if you would like to attend one of the trial workshops.

• My online course, ‘Overcome Anxiety and Panic Attacks’ is still available at Udemy.

READING

The psychology / science books that I have recently read or am currently reading are:

• Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

• Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in chaotic times by Brigid Delaney

• The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence by Ros Atkins

• The Human Mind: A Brief Tour of Everything We Know by Paul Bloom

• Peak Mind by Amishi Jha

• The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness by Robert J. Waldinger

• The Value of Others by Orion Taraban