My courses intend to give comfort, clarity and insight into the mysterious and sometimes confusing inner workings of your heart and mind. I hope they bolster you with courage and encourage you to lean fearlessly and tenderly into your inner world.

I will be offering a number of courses this year, offering science backed tools and strategies integrated with eastern psychology and philosophy, to help sooth and calm the nervous system to recalibrate it to sense of safety and calm.

Webinar- A Compassionate Path to Healing:

Transform Anxiety, Stress and Overwhelm; Live Online Small-Group Program

4-Week Intensive

Dates:
Tuesdays — March 11, 18, 25 & April 1
(Second week of March start)
Time: 90-minute live Zoom sessions each week

Cost: $300 AUD
Early-bird: 15% off if booked by 25 February

Note; Places are limited to 6 people to keep the group small and supportive.

This 4-week intensive is designed for those who would like to deepen the work of learning how to meet anxiety with presence rather than resistance.

You do not need to have attended the webinar — we will revisit the key principles and build from that foundation.

Modern neuroscience shows that it takes around 30 days of repeated, embodied practice for new neural pathways to begin to stabilise. This program is structured around that understanding: gentle repetition, live practice, and supportive integration over four weeks.

What this program offers

This is a small-group, experiential program where we work with anxiety as it arises — not just in theory, but in real time.

Over four weeks you will learn how to:

  • Stay present with anxious sensations rather than bracing or avoiding

  • Understand triggers as nervous-system patterns, not personal failure

  • Practise Claire Weekes’ approach (face, accept, float, let time pass) in everyday life

  • Work with anxious “parts” of yourself using compassionate, IFS-informed practices

  • Apply ACT and Buddhist psychology to reduce resistance and self-criticism

  • Build self-regulation through guided practices and meditation

  • Gradually retrain the nervous system through repetition and safety

At times, I will gently demonstrate this work in vivo with volunteers so participants can see how these practices work in real-time moments of anxiety. Sharing is always optional — many people learn simply by witnessing the process.

Benefits of a small-group format

Working in a small, supportive group allows:

  • a slower, more attuned pace

  • time for integration and reflection

  • nervous-system learning through co-regulation

  • witnessing and learning from others’ experiences

  • consistent weekly practice that helps new patterns stabilise

Many participants find that this format helps the body learn safety in ways that individual reading or one-off workshops cannot.

A gentle, realistic approach

This program is not about eliminating anxiety overnight.
It is about learning how to relate differently to your inner experience so that anxiety no longer runs the show.

For many of us, these patterns were shaped early in life. Healing happens through time, repetition, and kindness toward the nervous system.

Investment:

Program cost: $300 AUD
Early-bird: 15% off if booked by 25 February

Who this is for:

This program may be helpful if you:

  • experience ongoing anxiety, panic, or overwhelm

  • want practical tools to regulate your nervous system

  • are interested in compassionate, evidence-based approaches

  • are ready to practise gently over time

No prior experience with meditation or therapy is required although beneficial.

******Recommeded reading: No Bad Parts: Richard Shwartz and ‘The Happiness Trap’: Russ Harris (there are also a number of YouTube videos and web pages regarding these books and Authors.

Meet Your Guide: Virginia Golding

With over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy and consulting, I’ve worked with adults and young people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and chronic illness. My clinical background spans the foster care, homelessness, early childhood education, and domestic violence sectors, corporate and organsiational psychology and with Australian Defence force and emergency services giving me a deep understanding of how stress, trauma and axiety impacts every aspect of life.

My journey also led me to undertake degrees in eastern and western philosophy and psychology, and studying Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan Buddhism in Melbourne and in India under the guidance of the late Traleg Rinpoche and my current teacher Yangten Rinpoche. My work integrates the wisdom of eastern and western traditions incorporating the latest research from experts like Pat Ogden, Peter Levine, Van der Kolk and Gabor Maté.

Through this unique blend of science and wisdom traditions, I hope to help people heal at the mind and nervous system level, so they can experience more ease, joy, and resilience in their daily lives.

Because Anxiety Isn’t Your Natural State

This workshop is your first step toward lasting change. No fluff. No overly complicated techniques. Just real, practical exercises that empower you to shift from stress to safety—anytime, anywhere.

Spaces are limited to 6 people.

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