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Our mental health material is perfect for people fighting the good fight of faith

We can help people of faith combating those negative thoughts that cause anxiety and confidence problems.



There are 33 million Christians living in the UK, that is half the population of the UK. Here are the stats breakdown of people practicing faith in the UK.

1) 314,900 thousand people practicing Judaism

2) 294,800 thousand people practicing Buddaism

3) 3.7 Million People practicing Islam

4) 6.7 Million People practicing a religion / other

5) And more


For a full breakdown visit the website Church Times Click Here.

What do all faith's have in common

People of faith believe in deity in one form or another. With believing in deity means there are forces of good and evil, and the evil forces just want to drag you down into the gutter so that you live miserable lives without peace, joy and happiness.

For example. Christian's believe that there is an enemy out there and is out to devour people and rob them of peace, joy and happiness, the enemy is often referred to as the devil.

Muslims believe there is a negative influence in their lives called al-Shay?an and Iblis, or more commonly known as the devil.

If you are someone who practices faith and religion in whatever form, what people of faith have in common is there is a negative influence that can affect the way they think that can lead to poor mental health.

How? Because negative forces and thoughts will cause people to think negatively about themselves, for example, negative thoughts can be thrown at a person, examples such as:

1) You are rubbish

2) You dont match up

3) You cannot achieve anything in your life

4) Etc Etc Etc


The point is whatever you believe, if negative thoughts like this are not dealt with they will affect a person and can lead to chronic anxiety negatively affecting your confidence.

How can Striding Forwards help

We have invented a workshop that teaches people all about anxiety, the conscious and the unconscious mind. A key theme of the workshop is our monster mascot who we just happen to call "the enemy". Here he is pictured below.


We teach you how to shut the enemy monster up

We can help shut down those negative thoughts that cause crippling anxiety steeling your joy and confidence. We have a workshop that works and helps lead people to improved mental health and increased confidence by teaching people all about anxiety and how to combat those negative thoughts.

Don't wait around

Get ready to be inspired. Our workshop will help you control anxiety and boost your confidence, and we can see you quickly to get you on to a better path fighting those negative thoughts.

We run workshops and one and one sessions teaching people about anxiety, what it is and how to control it. We also teach about the un-conscious and conscious mind.

We know how our workshops have helped people, lets have a look at the results. Here are testimonials from people who have attended our workshop empowering them to a better quality of life being in control of their anxiety, depression and mental health conditions.


"The workshop material has given me the confidence to get back into work where I have been for two years in June and doing well."


"Highly recommended. The workshop material has been an immense help to me and my family. I cannot thank them enough"


"I would highly recommend. They are amazing people. First session is always hard, but when you are half way through the workshop you start to ease up. It is a comfortable place to be, just take a deep breath, listen and you will be fine."


“I found the workshop very comforting being around fellow sufferers and exchanging stories of each other’s battles & experiences with anxiety/depression. It also helped that those conducting the workshop knew exactly how each of us were feeling being fellow sufferers themselves.

The workshop has provided me with a better understanding of my confidence problems and given some useful coping tools to help me cope with my condition.

A very much worthwhile experience.”


"I have found the workshop not only empowering but I would consider them an essential for all individuals whether they have a mental health condition or not. I am so glad I attended the workshop because I met some really inspirational people, people who really care!"


We have solutions to help people with their anxiety and confidence problems

We are an energetic community interest company that is passionate about helping people with anxiety and confidence problems.