In my experience as a therapist and a sufferer of anxiety, I believe that rumination is the single most painful aspect of having an anxiety disorder. Rumination is the clinical term for the kinds of circular, worrying thoughts that usually center on “what-ifs.” What if I’d just remembered to get the oil changed last week? […]
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Can Mindfulness Meditation Help You Ease Anxiety?
Mindfulness meditation has the potential to be of great benefit for many people, and for a wide range of challenges. However it’s not a cure-all, and it isn’t appropriate for everyone at any given time. It’s helpful to have some understanding of the practice before you give it a try.
Three Grounding Exercises for Anxiety Relief
Here are three simple exercises you can apply to help ease anxiety. They can be applied “in the moment” when anxiety arises, and you can also practice them at home as a way to deepen your anxiety easing skills.
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Are Your Day to Day Activities Aligned with Your Life Goals?
Nobody wants to suffer. We all want to be happy and have joy and fulfillment in our life. Yet because we are too busy to find even a moment’s peace, usually we don’t live with an awareness of this original intention. We lose sight of our true goals, so our life activities become dictated by […]
Five Steps to Freedom from Anxious Rumination
In my experience as a therapist and a sufferer of anxiety, I believe that rumination is the single most painful aspect of having an anxiety disorder. Rumination is the clinical term for the kinds of circular, worrying thoughts that usually center on “what-ifs.” What if I’d just remembered to get the oil changed last week? […]
Slipping on the Ice of Thoughts
You’re walking gingerly on an extremely icy path. Even though you’ve slowed to half-speed and your antennae are up, a split second has you lying on the cold ground with your full weight on your hip. That moment of no-control is bone-chilling scary. When we start to lose our balance like that, our biological fight-or-flight […]
Dealing with Anxiety during Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Beyond
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Moving Towards Discomfort: The Paradox Of Healing
Learning ways to diminish the power anxiety has in our lives is a natural inclination. One way to go about this journey may actually be more about doing less as opposed to doing more. What would it look like to simply sit with the feelings you are experiencing and be curious about them? Mindfulness Being […]
Can Dream Analysis Lower My Anxiety?
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Brief Intro to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Utilizing Mindfulness to Relieve Anxiety in Motherhood
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Is Your Teen Shy or Socially Anxious?
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Anxiety Relief Techniques for People in Addiction Recovery
For people recovering from addiction, anxiety can be an issue that propels one to take substances for relief. But there are effective ways to relieve anxiety that can also contribute to the journey of recovery.
Stress, Anxiety, and Relaxation
Stress is natural and in fact a health biological function. However when allowed to accumulate stress will become problematic, and lead to other issues such as anxiety. Here are some things you can do to alleviate unhealthy stress and anxiety.
Teach Your Children to Identify, Label, and Express Their Emotions
With both children and adults it’s often the case the anxiety struggles stem from a lack of agility in our emotional world. Developing our emotional knowledge and abilities can help ease anxiety.
Understanding Teenage Anxiety
Being a teenager is a challenging time as there are a wide range of changes that teens experience, and for some it can be a period where anxiety becomes an issue. Understanding what teens are going through can be helpful in offering support.
Forgiveness Can Ease Anxiety
Forgiveness is not always easy. Part of the reason is that we may think forgiveness means condoning the harm done, which is not at all the case. If we understand forgiveness and decide to forgive, it can help relieve anxiety.
Can Mindfulness Meditation Help You Ease Anxiety?
Mindfulness meditation has the potential to be of great benefit for many people, and for a wide range of challenges. However it’s not a cure-all, and it isn’t appropriate for everyone at any given time. It’s helpful to have some understanding of the practice before you give it a try.
Dyslexia and Anxiety
Dyslexia is not a simple situation of having trouble with reading, its a lot more nuanced, varied, and complex. And with dyslexia children will typically experience issues with anxiety due to the extra challenges faced at school. As parents, once you are aware that your child has dyslexia, there are steps you can take.
Should I Stay, or Should I Go? Can Anxiety Diagnose Your Relationship?
Healthy intimate relationships are very challenging, and at the same time highly rewarding. If your relationship is healthy it will support overall well-being, and decrease your anxiety.
The Richness of Practicing Everyday Kindness
Practicing everyday kindness can help relieve anxiety as well as brighten others’ days.
Managing Anxiety with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy strives to bring the rational mind together with the emotional mind, in order to rebuild our innate wise mind. This approach can be helpful for relieving anxiety.
Three Grounding Exercises for Anxiety Relief
Here are three simple exercises you can apply to help ease anxiety. They can be applied “in the moment” when anxiety arises, and you can also practice them at home as a way to deepen your anxiety easing skills.
Overcoming First Date Anxiety
There is an old joke about a man lost in New York City. He asks a woman, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The woman replies, “Practice!” So how do you overcome first date anxieties? Practice! Social skills are just that, skills. Enjoying dating is not a talent or a gift, it’s an attitude […]
Surrender Your Anxiety and Experience the Art of Calm Through Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is an effective modality that can be used to ease anxiety, stress, and worry. It’s a simple way to learn to relax, tap into the subconscious, and let go of habitual patterns that have been reinforcing and perpetuating anxiety.
Gratitude to Relieve Anxiety
Gratitude is a natural human quality, but when we’re stressed we typically lose touch with it. Slowing down and tuning into our natural appreciation for life can help ease our anxiety.
Research on Exercise for Anxiety Relief
Research shows that exercise can ease anxiety in a number of ways. Movement of the body brings balance and vitality, not just for the body but for the mind and emotions as well.
Overcoming Isolation
Research shows again and again that one of the best remedies when you suffer anxiety is social contact. There are many ways to connect with people. Find the one that best suits you.
Self-Compassion for Anxiety Relief
Self-compassion is helpful for anxiety relief because it reduces judgement and self-criticism. When we’re kind to ourself even in difficult times, negative feelings and anxiety are less likely to dominate of our state of mind.
Enjoying Time in Nature
We know from experience and research confirms it, that being in nature is good medicine for the body, mind, and soul. Simply taking a walk in nature can decrease our anxiety, along with a host of other benefits.