Cortisol and Calm. 2 uneasy exam bedfellows! exam fear exam preparation exam stress Mar 10, 2025

Knowing how to overcome our worries at exam time is a something that can be learned. When we’re overwhelmed it can be hard to imagine feeling calm and confident, but that’s certainly a state that CAN ...

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Fear – and how to stop it scuppering exam results exam fear exam stress stress management Mar 03, 2025

Fear is in the news. There’s a current UK programme on overcoming fear – fear of flying, dogs, spiders…. Fear can turn most of us into shadows of ourselves. It stops us.  It floors us.  Fear is the th...

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Geraldine Jozefiak

I’ve been Exam Officer at a B Category HMP Establishment for the past 9 years. Pre Covid I recorded 6 Meditations now airing on our Prison TV system to over 55,000 prisoners a day in over 73 UK Prisons. When Covid Lockdown struck I was asked to write a Mindfulness in-cell workbook which supported our prisoners and was considered an example of best practice. This workbook is now being trialled on an innovative Digital Prisons project. I provide Mindfulness support to The NAEO, have a Mindfulness based course for students on managing Exam Stress and lead workshops in Schools