Launches September 2026

A structured, science-informed course

You can understand your patterns and still find yourself repeating them.

Dealing With Past Baggage helps you recognise the beliefs, protective responses and emotional patterns operating beneath conscious thought, then begin changing them where they live: in your mind, body and nervous system.

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9 sections · 86 chaptersCourse cover for Dealing With Past Baggage
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Recognition before change

Five signs the past is still shaping the present.

The choices that shape your life aren’t made by conscious thought alone. Old protective patterns can influence the opportunity you avoid, the boundary you don’t hold and the decision you talk yourself out of.

You second-guess yourself when it matters

The idea stays unspoken. The application stays unfinished. You decide you’re not ready before anyone else gets a say.

You’ve changed before, but it hasn’t held

The insight was real. Six months later, the same reaction, boundary or relationship dynamic is back.

The faces change, but the pattern doesn’t

Different people and places keep producing the same familiar feeling.

The cost is becoming harder to ignore

It shows up in opportunities, relationships, confidence and the way you allow yourself to be treated.

You know there’s more available to you

There’s a gap between what you sense in yourself and the life you’re currently living.

What’s actually happening

You’re working with an old operating system.

Early experience, family dynamics and the strategies you developed to feel safe can become automatic patterns. They fire before deliberate thought arrives and influence decisions, relationships and self-talk.

Insight matters, but it often isn’t enough on its own. Lasting change means working with learned beliefs, emotional responses, implicit memory and the nervous system together.

The nine-section learning journey from awareness to lasting practice

One mapped journey

Nine sections. One deliberate path forward.

This isn’t a scattered collection of ideas. Every section builds on the one before it, moving from awareness and understanding into release, rebuilding and sustained practice.

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Inside the course

The complete learning journey.

Open each section to see its focus and every chapter included.

Section 1: What’s in the Bag?
Section 1 · 10 chaptersView chapters

You can't resolve what you can't see!

See the patterns that have been operating outside your awareness.

  1. 1.1What Is Baggage? (The Invisible Forces Running Your Life)
  2. 1.2The 6 Domains of Baggage
  3. 1.3How Patterns Drive Behaviour
  4. 1.4Spotting Hidden Patterns
  5. 1.5Your Nervous System at Work
  6. 1.6Emotional Loops and Cognitive Distortions
  7. 1.7Identity vs Conditioning
  8. 1.8Self-Observation and Awareness
  9. 1.9The Cost of Staying Unconscious
  10. 1.10Tracking Patterns Over Time
Section 2: Where the Baggage Came From
Section 2 · 7 chaptersView chapters

Your mind created mechanisms for protection, not sabotage.

Understand why your mind built these responses for protection.

  1. 2.1Childhood Conditioning
  2. 2.2Attachment Blueprint
  3. 2.3Brain Survival Mechanisms
  4. 2.4Family and Generational Patterns
  5. 2.5Trauma and Adaptation (Big T and Little t)
  6. 2.6Core Emotional Needs
  7. 2.7Survival Strategies as Wisdom
Section 3: The Hidden Price Tag
Section 3 · 8 chaptersView chapters

Emotions don't disappear when ignored; they wait!

Make the emotional, relational and professional cost visible.

  1. 3.1Emotional Costs
  2. 3.2Behavioural Costs
  3. 3.3Relational Impact
  4. 3.4Identity Costs
  5. 3.5Opportunity Costs
  6. 3.6Physical and Health Costs
  7. 3.7The Cumulative Cost: Motivation Building
  8. 3.8The Flip Side: Vision of Freedom
Section 4: What’s Yours and What Isn’t?
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You can't set boundaries around a self you haven't reclaimed yet.

Separate your values and identity from what you inherited.

  1. 4.1The True Self vs the Masks We Wear
  2. 4.2Introjection and Projection: What Belongs to You?
  3. 4.3Family Roles and Identity Constraints
  4. 4.4Guilt and Loyalty Binds
  5. 4.5The Guilt of Becoming Yourself
  6. 4.6Values Clarification
  7. 4.7Boundaries: Saying No to What Isn't Yours
  8. 4.8Asking for What You Need
  9. 4.9Releasing Others' Judgments
  10. 4.10Reclaiming Agency and Choice
Section 5: Unlocking the Latches
Section 5 · 11 chaptersView chapters

Insight alone can't release what the body is still holding onto.

Work safely with feelings and nervous-system responses.

  1. 5.1Naming It: The Word Is the First Tool
  2. 5.2Allowing It: The Stance That Makes the Rest Possible
  3. 5.3The Window of Tolerance and Safe Processing
  4. 5.4Body-Centered Awareness
  5. 5.5Breathwork for Emotional Processing
  6. 5.6Approaching What You've Avoided
  7. 5.7Working with Grief and Loss
  8. 5.8Working with Anger and Rage
  9. 5.9Self-Compassion and the Younger Self
  10. 5.10Integration: Making Meaning of Emotional Release
  11. 5.11Building an Ongoing Emotional Maintenance Practice
Section 6: Rewriting the Labels
Section 6 · 10 chaptersView chapters

The brain needs updated meaning, to stop replaying the past.

Test old beliefs and update the meaning attached to the past.

  1. 6.1Identifying Limiting Labels and Beliefs
  2. 6.2The Mind's Evidence Gathering: Confirmation Bias
  3. 6.3Testing Beliefs: Behavioral Experiments
  4. 6.4Reframing: Finding Alternative Interpretations
  5. 6.5Identity Shift: When You Can't Argue With the Thought
  6. 6.6Working with Shame: Externalization and Compassion
  7. 6.7Memory Reconsolidation
  8. 6.8Rewriting Family Stories
  9. 6.9Testing New Beliefs in Relationships
  10. 6.10Integration: Living from Updated Beliefs
Section 7: Packing a New Kit
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Old patterns weaken when they are no longer reinforced!

Build repeatable habits that support the person you’re becoming.

  1. 7.1Habit Formation
  2. 7.2Emotional Regulation Skills: Your Trigger Response Toolkit
  3. 7.3Identity-Based Behavior Change
  4. 7.4Building Self-Efficacy
  5. 7.5Replacing Old Coping with Adaptive Strategies
  6. 7.6Sleep, Movement, and Basic Self-Care
  7. 7.7Environmental Design
  8. 7.8Social Support and Accountability
  9. 7.9Navigating Setbacks and Slips
  10. 7.10Consolidation: Your Personal Change Protocol
Section 8: Taking It on the Road
Section 8 · 10 chaptersView chapters

Change that never leaves the room isn't change yet.

Apply the work in relationships, boundaries and difficult moments.

  1. 8.1Relational Patterns as Mirrors
  2. 8.2Communication Foundations
  3. 8.3Navigating Attachment Dynamics with Close Others
  4. 8.4Boundary-Setting in Important Relationships
  5. 8.5Handling Relational Resistance
  6. 8.6Difficult Conversations
  7. 8.7Repair: Reconnection After Conflict
  8. 8.8Authenticity and Relational Alignment
  9. 8.9In-the-Moment Relational Choices
  10. 8.10Sustained Relational Change and Growth
Section 9: Locking It In
Section 9 · 10 chaptersView chapters

Maintenance prevents relapse into old coping strategies.

Create a personal practice that helps the change last.

  1. 9.1Why Sustained Practice Matters
  2. 9.2Building Your Personal Maintenance System
  3. 9.3Daily Grounding Practices
  4. 9.4Emotional Check-Ins and Nervous System Scanning
  5. 9.5Anchor Practices
  6. 9.6Weekly Review and Reflection
  7. 9.7Recognizing and Applying This to New Baggage
  8. 9.8Building Resilience: Preparation for Future Challenges
  9. 9.9Relapse Prevention and Pattern Interruption
  10. 9.10Celebrating Progress & Integration: Your Life Practice
Racquel Phillips10+ years’ experience

Meet your guide

Racquel Phillips

Personal Development Guide & Course Creator

For years, I was doing all the right things. Working hard. Pushing forward. Ticking boxes. And still feeling stuck, striving without real progress, moving without actually going anywhere.

“We will never rise above the level of the opinion we have of ourselves.”

That insight stopped me in my tracks. I realised the barrier wasn’t outside me. Despite all the effort, I had been holding myself back, running on beliefs and patterns I hadn’t examined, let alone challenged.

Why I created this course

That realisation marked a turning point. It led me to confront what had been invisibly shaping my life, do the work, and come out the other side with a very different understanding of what change actually requires.

That’s what this course is built on.

My background spans addictions therapy, counselling, and corporate learning and organisational development, all grounded in behavioural psychology. I’ve seen what shifts things and what doesn’t, and learned that insight alone often isn’t enough.

I created this course to give you what I wish I’d had: a structured, science-informed path for understanding the forces that can hold people back and learning how to respond differently.

Qualifications

  • Registered Corporate Trainer and Facilitator
  • Certified Non-Verbal Communication Trainer
  • BA (Hons) Psychology

Everything included

More than a course to watch. A complete toolkit for doing the work.

One payment of £295 gives you the full learning journey and every resource you need to turn understanding into sustained practice.

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86 focused video chapters

Clear teaching across all nine sections, arranged in a deliberate step-by-step sequence.

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Printable course workbook

Your private deep-dive companion, with research, theory and space to reflect section by section.

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Worksheets and checklists

Hands-on exercises and guided activities that move the work from insight into practice.

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Curated resource library

Hand-picked books, videos, articles, apps and podcasts for exploring the topics that matter most to you.

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Lifetime access and updates

Return whenever the material becomes relevant again, with future course updates included.

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Optional 1-1 support

Personal sessions with Racquel can be booked separately for an additional cost after enrolment.

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What people say

Trusted by people across learning, business, education and wellbeing.

These testimonials reflect real experiences working directly with Racquel.

Racquel is one of those rare people who can both inspire and challenge you in precisely the right way. She's warm, incredibly insightful, and has a profound understanding of personal development that extends far beyond the surface. If you're looking for development or make a change—whether at work or in your personal life—Racquel will guide you there.

She has a real gift for taking big, sometimes complex ideas and turning them into simple, actionable steps that just make sense. Her sessions are genuinely engaging—full of memorable visuals, stories, and analogies that help everything stick. What really sets Racquel apart is her ability to listen attentively. She asks thoughtful questions and creates a space where you feel both safe and stretched. I never felt like I was being told what to do; it was more like being guided to find my own best way forward, with support throughout the process.

Her approach is grounded in neuroscience and evidence-based tools, but it never feels overly technical. She provided me with practical techniques that we worked on together, and I've noticed a significant difference in both my confidence and how I present myself at work. She's encouraging, but also holds you to account, which, for me, was precisely what I needed. If you're willing to put in the effort, working with Racquel will absolutely deliver results.

I can't recommend her highly enough.

Anne BradburyL&D Specialist Consultant

The workshop I attended by Racquel was very interesting and professional and she made it FUN! I had a wonderful time and went home with new insight about myself.

Tanya BambergerOwner at TJ Stationary

Racquel Phillips coached me on social skills and how to navigate social situations with confidence. I can't recommend her enough for her great ability to understand concerns and come up with a fitting plan to develop skills of others. She is very knowledgeable and professional and always goes above and beyond to help her students. I highly recommend Racquel as a tutor for providing exceptional training and coaching on any area that you are struggling with.

Savitha RajkumarL&D Product Specialist

Racquel delivered a series of personal development workshops for our GCSE students. Her warmth and humour created an engaging atmosphere, making the sessions both enjoyable and impactful. The students responded positively to her approach, benefiting greatly from her insights and guidance.

Sam UdenSecondary School English & History Teacher

I have attended one of Racquel's workshops and it was delightful!

Racquel is a professional and empathetic facilitator who manages to create a safe and happy space for self exploration and introspection. She uses various techniques to gently guide your own journey. Thank you Racquel!

Julie SymmondsDirector, Dance for Parkinson's Scotland

I am pleased to offer my highest recommendation for Racquel as a personal development trainer.

Her unique combination of insight, empathy, and strategic thinking makes her an exceptional guide for anyone seeking meaningful personal or professional growth. Racquel has a rare gift for helping individuals identify their true goals and break through internal barriers that may be holding them back. Her coaching style is both compassionate and empowering—she listens deeply, asks the right questions, and provides actionable guidance tailored to each client's needs. Whether navigating career transitions, building confidence, or clarifying life purpose, Racquel consistently fosters a safe and inspiring environment where transformation can take root.

What sets Racquel apart is her unwavering belief in her clients' potential and her ability to help them see it for themselves. She combines emotional intelligence with practical tools, ensuring that each session leads to tangible progress. I have seen first-hand the impact she has on those she works with—greater clarity, resilience, and a renewed sense of direction.

If you are looking for a coach who is not only skilled and professional but also deeply committed to your growth, Racquel is the person you want by your side.

Schuchita BaggaHead of Workforce Training

Racquel was my tutor and would happily recommend her to other members.

She's genuinely kind and patient, the sort of person who makes you feel at ease straight away. Racquel has a knack for spotting when you're struggling with confidence and knows how to help you work through it. She helped me get past some real mental blocks I had about my own abilities. I came to her dealing with imposter syndrome and those nagging thoughts that I wasn't good enough, and she really helped me see things differently. It wasn't just about the chapters, she helped me believe in myself again.

Racquel is reliable and always turns up ready to help. What I appreciated most was that she genuinely cared about my progress, not just ticking boxes. You can tell she's in this because she wants to help people succeed. I'd recommend Racquel to anyone who needs someone patient and encouraging in their corner.

Zoe LeatonLearning Experience Design Specialist

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Questions, answered

FAQ’s

Everything you may want to know before deciding whether the course feels right for you.

How is this different from therapy?+

Therapy is a one-to-one relationship with a trained professional, often exploring material in real time with guidance. This course is a structured self-study programme, you work through the content at your own pace, on your own terms. It's grounded in the same evidence-based frameworks used in therapeutic practice, but it's designed for independent learning. It's not a replacement for therapy if you need professional support, but many people find it works powerfully alongside it, or as a way to continue and embed the work they've already done.

I've read self-help books and done courses before. Why would this be different?+

Because much of self-help stops at insight: understanding your patterns and identifying your beliefs. This course helps you turn insight into practice by working with thoughts, emotions, body responses, and repeatable behaviour change. It draws on recognised psychological frameworks rather than motivational promises.

What if I'm skeptical this will work?+

Good, skepticism is a healthy response, and this course was built for it. It's not affirmations or wishful thinking. It's grounded in the same evidence-based frameworks used in clinical practice: Schema Therapy, CBT, Attachment Theory, Somatic Experiencing. You won't be asked to take anything on faith, you'll be shown the mechanism, then given a structured way to work with it. What you get out of it depends on the work you put in, but the framework itself isn't in question.

Do I need any prior psychology knowledge?+

None. Everything is explained in plain language. The course is science-informed but not academic, so you don't need a degree to follow it or use it.

How long will it take to complete?+

There's no set answer, and that's by design. This is deep, personal work, so it moves at a different pace for everyone, depending on your circumstances and what surfaces as you go. Some people move through steadily over a few months; others take considerably longer, lingering on the sections that ask more of them and returning when the timing's right. There's no time limit and no deadline, and you keep lifetime access, so the only right pace is the one your own process needs.

Is this suitable if I've experienced serious trauma?+

The course is designed with trauma sensitivity throughout, it moves carefully, paces emotional work, and prioritises safety. However, if you're currently experiencing symptoms of PTSD or complex trauma, or if you're in an acute mental health episode, please work with a qualified professional first. This course is not a clinical intervention.

Can I get 1-1 support?+

Yes. If you'd like extra support, personal 1-1 sessions with Racquel are available to book separately for an additional cost. Once you're enrolled, you'll find full booking details inside the course.

When does the course launch?+

Dealing With Past Baggage launches at the beginning of September 2026. Register your interest and we'll let you know as soon as enrolment opens.

Can I access it immediately after purchasing?+

Yes. Once enrolment opens, you'll receive access to the course platform immediately after purchase.

What if the course isn't right for me?+

We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If Dealing With Past Baggage isn't right for you, request a full refund within 30 days of purchase, no questions asked.

How long do I have access?+

Lifetime. Once you're in, you're in. Come back whenever the material is relevant, which, for most people, is more than once.

Important information

Disclaimer

This course is not a substitute for therapy, counselling, or medical treatment. If you are in crisis, experiencing suicidal thoughts, or have serious mental health concerns, please seek professional help immediately.

Some topics in this course will produce strong emotions. This is normal and part of the healing process. You have the option to take breaks, pause chapters, and work through the material at your own pace. If you find yourself overwhelmed, you may pause the course and return when you're ready. Consider having support systems in place, trusted friends, family, or a therapist, as you work through this material.

This course is for self-development and personal growth. It is not medical advice, and individuals should consult a healthcare professional for any health-related concerns.