Lichfield mental health counsellor offers advice for A Level students whose results weren't as expected
Your exam results do not define you! That's the message from Sheila McMahon, a registered mental health counsellor, as students collected A-level and vocational results today.
She said: "We often hear stories of entrepreneurs who didn’t pass their exams and went on to be highly successful people.
“If you want to be highly successful, then passing exams is only one way of achieving this. If you don’t want to be highly successful, then that is fine too.
“I often counsel highly successful business people who know wish they had a much easier job - without responsibility, without the pressure of success, and just had a simpler life!”
You can do it again!
She also had the following advice: "Remember - You can do it again!"
“There are so many opportunities now to relearn and do subjects that interest you at another time," Sheila, CEO of Mind Management For You, added.
"This time may just not be the right time for you. Some people can repeat a year again. If that is what is needed, then so be it.
"You did your best, and that is good enough. Your exam results do not define who you are. You are still a worthy and beautiful human regardless of whatever results you got.”
Free calming resources
Sheila also has some free video resources for those who may need a helping hand to stay calm in the wake of their results on her YouTube Channel.
They include on rectangular breathing at youtu.be/p-hFe992Ixw and 5-minute guided relaxation at youtu.be/H0rrfprbcGg. Both are free.
