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Why Anxiety Can Make Simple Decisions Feel Impossible

Why Anxiety Can Make Simple Decisions Feel Impossible

Why Anxiety Can Make Simple Decisions Feel Impossible It should be easy. What to have for dinner. Whether to accept…

Which stress response is your default?

Which stress response is your default?

Our three stress responses How our innate Survival Operating System (SOS) interprets a situation determines the response the system activates.…

A powerful meditation to reduce anxiety

A powerful meditation to reduce anxiety

I learned this breath focused meditation technique from the book The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal. Kelly also wrote the…

Interrupting Stress

Interrupting Stress

What is stress? During our lives we cannot avoid being faced with real and present dangers to our physical and/or emotional…

Use your breath to achieve lower anxiety

Use your breath to achieve lower anxiety

Breathing can lower emotional arousal Use your breath as a natural, simple and effective way to control your anxiety level.…

Stop labeling anxiety as ‘negative’ or bad’

Stop labeling anxiety as ‘negative’ or bad’

“If you constantly tell yourself that your anxiety is “negative” or “bad,” is it any surprise that your urge to…

Anxious? What kind of scary mental movies are you running?

Anxious? What kind of scary mental movies are you running?

Whenever we project ourselves into our future and imagine something bad happening to us, or to those we care about,…

Use your imagination to lose weight without dieting

Use your imagination to lose weight without dieting

Want to lose weight? Imagine if imagining weight loss could make it happen. It can! Using your imagination can boost…

One way to limit the number of things you worry about

One way to limit the number of things you worry about

Worry Worry serves an important function in our lives. Without some amount of worry, we wouldn’t stop to consider risks…

What if ... a question could reduce your anxiety?

What if ... a question could reduce your anxiety?

Did you know that asking yourself a particular type of question can dramatically reduce the amount of anxiety you feel?…

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