Don’t have a lot of time to address anxiety? If you have a smart phone, you are in luck, because as far as anxiety is concerned, there are many many apps for it! Here is a review of some of my favorites: Breathe2Relax – Free (iPhone or Android) This is a free app created by […]
People often worry about the impact stress and anxiety may have on their health. In this TedTalk Kelly McGonigal, a Health Psychologist, offers a different perspective. What might change if you make friends with stress and anxiety?
I started practicing with a new yoga teacher a couple months ago. He focuses on making sure the body has a solid foundation before building into more advanced poses. Since I started we have focused a lot on my feet. That’s right. My feet. For 2 months now. It got me thinking about how easy […]
Gilda Radner says it so well!
With anxiety, repetitive thoughts, worries and rumination can become intense. It’s easy to feel like a prisoner to these thoughts and worries without any way to control them or make them stop. Some of these thoughts we can recognize as being extreme but others can seem so real, so inescapable….so us. Here’s a little experiment. […]
In my last post I mentioned the 3-Minute Meditation Experiment which is an experiment with mindfulness. I decided it would be good to talk a bit more about why mindfulness practices can be so useful in relation to anxiety. Research in neuroscience has identified many areas of the brain that are related to anxiety including […]
Once anxiety takes hold, our nervous system escalates and it can feel like being trapped in a tidal wave. Becoming more aware of the thoughts and emotions that can lead to nervous system escalation is a key step in anxiety management. One tool that can help you to experiment with gaining awareness of your nervous […]