Mindfulness meditation has great potential to help become more present and embodied. Here are three mindfulness practices you can try.
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Self Compassion Processes
Self-compassion is the practice and ability to care for yourself. Here are three self-compassion practices from the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.
Transformational Talks
Understanding and Healing Anxiety
Psychologist Olivia Remes explains anxiety, and offers three strategies: take chances and don’t worry about getting it right, forgive yourself, and have purpose in your life.
How to Make Stress Your Friend
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal flips the common view on stress on it’s head. Various studies reveal some very interesting results.
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Getting Clearer on Your Life Purpose
When you hear “life purpose” you probably envision something outside yourself that feels big and intangible. You might mentally draw up an image of a mystical being sitting on top of a mountain radiating with wisdom and mystery and expect that it is only after you’ve solved a series of impossible riddles then do you […]
Eating Disorders and Anxiety
When it comes to feeling anxiety, please know that you are not alone! In fact, humans need it to survive because anxiety is our internal alarm system. Similar to all our emotions, anxiety is communicating information to us and while this can be lifesaving, it can also be a false alarm. As a way to […]
How to Communicate Your Anxiety to Your Partner
When we struggle with anxiety it’s helpful if we can let others know what’s happening with us. If you’re in an intimate relationship and not sure how to share about anxiety, here is some guidance.
Art, Art Therapy and Anxiety
Viewing art can be powerful, and making art can be a transformative process that can be used as a powerful therapeutic tool.
Helping Others to Help Ourselves: How Giving Back can Help Ease Anxiety
Intuitively we know that helping others helps ourself as well. And yet when we’re struggling with our own difficulties it’s not easy to remember.
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Radically Open Dialectic Behavioral Therapy offers the benefits of traditional DBT, but uses a more expressive approach.
Art Therapy for Anxiety Relief
Art therapy can be an effective way to decrease anxiety and improve overall well-being. It involves getting more in touch with troubling thoughts and feelings, doing some creative work with those, and thereby helping to bring more insight and resolution to our struggles.
Reaching out for Support
When we experience intense anxiety we may not feel ok to connect with others, and we may become isolated. If this happens, find ways to reach out and reconnect.
When Your Child Has Been Traumatized: Ten Tips to Soothe Your Child’s Anxiety
Most everyone at some stage experiences trauma. However with the proper suppport it’s possible to resolve and heal from traumatic experiences. Here are some things you can do to help a child after they go through a traumatizing experience.
Rethinking our Relationship with Anxiety
Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can help ease anxiety by learning to reframe and change our stuck thinking patterns.
Understanding and Healing Anxiety
Psychologist Olivia Remes explains anxiety, and offers three strategies: take chances and don’t worry about getting it right, forgive yourself, and have purpose in your life.
5 Ways to Transition Your Eating Habits
Sometimes even the idea of changing our eating habits can seem daunting. Try these techniques to help you break through and make a transition.
Some Research on Diet and Anxiety
Eating well can make a difference in how you feel, not just physically but mentally and emotionally as well. Here are a few studies that show how.
Calming Anxiety with Ayurveda
Ayurvedic medicine is ancient and yet it’s insights and methods are timeless. Here is a brief intro into Ayurveda and it’s potential to help ease anxiety.
Practices for Learning to be with Discomfort
What we resist persists, as the saying goes. The good news is that we can gradually learn to open to discomfort in our body and emotions. Here are several practices to help you make this journey.
Self Compassion Processes
Self-compassion is the practice and ability to care for yourself. Here are three self-compassion practices from the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.
10 Minute Beginner Yoga Routine
Here is a simple and easy to follow beginner yoga routine. If you’ve never tried yoga before this might be a good way to see how it feels for you.
Beyond Narcissus: Mirror Meditation as a Path to Self-Love
Here is an interesting exercise to develop more connection with oneself and more self-compassion.
Feel the Burn: How to Process Stress and Anxiety in the Body
What we resist persists. Is it true? Well, yes it turns out it is. But we can learn to stop resisting. It takes practice and commitment, and gradually we can make a shift.
Mindfulness Meditations
Mindfulness meditation has great potential to help become more present and embodied. Here are three mindfulness practices you can try.
Deep Relaxation Practices
With practice you can become less caught up in thoughts and more embodied. Here are some audio recordings designed to help.
Talking to Children about Traumatic Loss
Talking to children about trauma is difficult because we don’t want to expose them to such painful subjects. But if we are caring and honest in how we communicate, it can be a healing experience for everyone.
Why Avoiding Anxiety Makes it Worse, and What to do Instead
When we experience anxiety, naturally we want to get away from it. But avoiding the anxiety doesn’t help, in fact it makes it worse. Here are some suggestions for learning to stay with the feeling.
CBT Technique: Debunking Anxious Thoughts
When we are anxious we tend to have thoughts that don’t reflect what is actually happening. By learning to identify these thoughts we can begin to let them go and think more clearly, thus decreasing our anxiety.
Closing the Gap Between Anxiety and Climate Change
As the knowledge and understanding of climate change becomes more mainstream, more people are feeling anxiety about the course humanity is taking with planet earth. Ecopsychology helps us recognize that this anxiety is actually sane, and that we can use it to help our selves, and our planet.
Waking Up: Transpersonal Strategies for Anxiety Reduction
Transpersonal practices and techniques, such as yoga, meditation, and spending time in nature can be of tremendous benefit to mental health, and can reduce anxiety.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Relief
Dialectic Behavior Therapy balances four elements: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. This article focuses on emotional regulation.
How to Make Stress Your Friend
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal flips the common view on stress on it’s head. Various studies reveal some very interesting results.
The Power of Exercise to Change the Brain
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares her personal journey and her research that revealed the benefits of exercise for the brain.
Vulnerability and Connection
Researcher Brené Brown studies human connection, love and vulnerability. In this inspiring Ted talk she shares her personal experience and some of her discoveries.