Caroline Cavanagh

Compartmentalise Your Mind | @caroline-cavanagh | The Anxiety Alchemist

21 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Caroline Cavanagh teaches a visualization technique: imagine a Victorian train with separate carriages, each holding a different life role like work, parenting, or play. Keeping these compartments distinct reduces overwhelm and helps manage anxiety.

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So, compartmentalization, if I can even say it properly, is a lovely exercise that uses visualization because the subconscious mind loves thinking in pictures. And we set up a mental image of an old-fashioned Victorian train where there's compartments that are separated by buffers, and you have the work compartment, you have the dad compartment, in his case, the partner compartment, the play compartment. We can have a number of different carriages in our trains.

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