The Forest of ANTs™: The Circle Calls: Forest of ANTs Trilogy, #1

What if the thoughts holding you back had names, voices and stories of their own?

Welcome to The Forest of ANTs™—a place where Automatic Negative Thoughts become unforgettable characters, and the patterns we often struggle to explain become easier to see.

In Book One: The Circle Calls, Catherine Gallacher draws on more than 30 years of experience in mental health, human behaviour and personal development to bring familiar thinking patterns to life through an original illustrated forest world.

Meet Caldrith the Fox, who expects the worst. Orivane the Owl, caught in overthinking. Auren the Eagle, driven by perfectionism. Varrock the Wolf, trapped in all-or-nothing thinking. Alongside them are characters representing comparison, self-doubt, resignation and the relentless pressure of what we believe we "should" be doing.

Each encounter invites you to recognise the voice behind the thought, question what it has been telling you and consider what becomes possible when you no longer automatically follow it.

This is not about eliminating difficult thoughts or pretending fear does not exist. It is about awareness—learning to notice the patterns operating in the background before they determine what you think, feel and do.

The Circle Calls is where the journey begins.

Step into the Forest.

Meet the ANTs.

And begin to see your thoughts differently.