Four live masterclasses to help you understand stress, navigate difficult moments and treat yourself with greater kindness.
Most of us recognise the importance of looking after our physical health, but our mental health deserves the same care and attention.
This unique four-part webinar series with Owen O’Kane, psychotherapist, former NHS mental health clinical lead and Sunday Times bestselling author, offers a practical, honest and refreshingly straightforward approach to supporting your mental wellbeing.
Owen is known for his warm, direct and down-to-earth style. There is no jargon, no judgement and no toxic positivity. Instead, each session offers practical tools, honest conversation and space to reflect on how you are really doing.
Across the four masterclasses, Owen explores challenges many of us experience throughout the year, from recognising stress and burnout to managing the pressures of Christmas, navigating the January slump and quietening our inner critic.
Four topics. One series. A chance to put yourself first.
The series begins on Wednesday 18 November during National Self-Care Week, the perfect time to move your mental health and wellbeing higher up the agenda.
Flexible booking options
Each masterclass can be booked individually, allowing you to choose the sessions that feel most relevant to you. An individual masterclass costs £50 plus VAT.
If you would like to attend more than one session, the more you book, the more you save:
- Two sessions: 10% discount
- Three sessions: 15% discount
- Full four-session series: 20% discount, plus a free copy of Owen’s bestselling book, Addicted to Anxiety.
Whether you attend one masterclass or the full series, you will receive access to the recording. If you cannot join live, you can download it and watch at a time that suits you, or revisit the session afterwards.
The masterclass series at a glance
Each session is a 75-minute live masterclass with Owen, held over lunchtime from 12.30 to 13:45. It is an opportunity to step away from the working day and spend some time focusing on yourself.
Every masterclass combines Owen’s practical, honest and jargon-free approach to mental health with:
- Guided self-reflection exercises
- A guided meditation
- A live Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask Owen your questions
- Practical ideas and tools you can continue using after the session
Session 1: Recognising Stress and Burnout: What Self-Care Actually Looks Like
18 November at 12:30
Opening the series during National Self-Care Week, this masterclass explores how to recognise the early warning signs of stress before they develop into burnout.
Owen describes these signs as “fatigue signposting” — the physical, emotional and behavioural signals we often overlook until we have run out of road. Using the image of an overwhelmed mind as a computer with too many windows open, he offers a direct reminder that “martyrdom is highly overrated” and explores what meaningful, sustainable self-care actually involves.
Key takeaways
- Recognise the early signs of stress before they tip into burnout
- Explore Owen’s daily self-care needs list and identify what you may be missing
- Learn “Two to Zen”, Owen’s two-minute emergency reset technique
- Develop a shared language for the rest of the series
Session 2: Coping at Christmas: When You’re Not Feeling It but Everyone Else Seems to Be
9 December at 12:30
Christmas often comes with an unspoken script: be cheerful, relaxed and surrounded by loved ones. For many, however, it can bring anxiety, difficult family dynamics and pressure to pretend everything is fine.
This masterclass explores the “ego mask” we wear when hiding how we really feel and reframes unhelpful habits as protective responses rather than personal failings. Owen offers practical ways to calm the threat response, step out of anxiety loops and let go of comparisons with other people’s seemingly perfect Christmases.
Key takeaways
- Understand anxiety as a habit loop rather than a personality flaw
- Learn Owen’s technique for calming the threat response
- Give yourself permission not to perform being fine
- Recognise why comparing your Christmas with others’ can make things harder
Session 3: New Year Reset: Not Another ‘New Year, New You’ Overhaul
13 January 2027 at 12:30
January can bring pressure to change everything at once, often when energy and motivation are at their lowest. This masterclass offers a more grounded alternative: beginning with an honest acceptance of where you are rather than chasing an unrealistic “new you”.
Drawing on his established New Year Reset masterclass and ideas from Addicted to Anxiety, Owen explains in plain language why the start of the year can feel so difficult. He introduces practical routines for building resilience, soothing stress and moving forwards at a more manageable pace.
Key takeaways
- Understand how stress works in clear, everyday language
- Learn practical strategies for slowing down and doing less
- Use Owen’s pause–prioritise–proceed process on urgent or overwhelming days
- Practise a simple noticing exercise to support you through to March
Session 4: Why We Love to Hate Ourselves
10 March 2027 at 12:30
Self-criticism can feel like the truth, but it is often an old protective habit developed to keep us small, safe and accepted. This masterclass offers a more compassionate way to understand your inner critic and recognise when its once well-intentioned voice is getting in your way.
Drawing on Owen’s Seven Deadly Sins framework, the session explores the different parts of ourselves that shape how we think and feel. Through practical reflection, including Owen’s ‘dinner party’ exercise, you will learn to give every part of yourself a seat at the table and develop a gentler, more supportive inner voice.
Key takeaways
- Recognise self-criticism as an old habit rather than the truth
- Explore Owen’s Seven Deadly Sins framework
- Use the ‘dinner party’ exercise to understand different parts of yourself
- Develop a kinder internal voice to carry forwards
Ready to put your mental wellbeing first?
Choose the masterclass that speaks to you or book the full series for the greatest value. Secure your place today and take a practical step towards feeling calmer, more resilient and kinder to yourself.