We all have anxiety and worries but sometimes they hold us back from living life: traveling, starting relationships, making friends, getting out of house, having peace of mind. . . I took this picture during a trip to Hawaii with my wife. It was a breathtaking experience but if I let anxiety hold me back, …
You’re having a panic attack. It feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest. You’re short of breath and gasping for air. You want to breathe as hard as you can but this is the worst thing you could do. That’s why you need a technique called diaphragmatic breathing.
Your chest tightens. At first you try to ignore it, but dread seeps through the cracks in your confidence. You try to distract yourself out of this discomfort; you try to reason with it, but it won’t let go. Your breath quickens but you can’t get enough air. Your heart thumps and you can feel …
Panic doesn’t just affect how you feel; it also affects how you relate to other people. The closer the relationship the more panic can impact it. In this post, I will talk about how panic affects romantic relationships and then offer a few thoughts about what you can do to temper the effects of panic …
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This is a list of my top recommendations for books to help you understand panic attacks, panic disorder, and anxiety.
A Lot of Talk, Little Action. I often suggest some kind of stress management technique to my patients, like meditation, diaphragmatic breathing, or just doing a neglected hobby. But come our next meeting, when I ask how it went, many confess they were just too busy, forgot, or were stymied by some other obstacle. This …
There are all thousands of articles on how to cure burnout. They almost always recommend things like going on vacations, meditating, or stress management. But these advice givers are all missing one important point – what if your burnout is real? What if your burnout isn’t just a consequence of not learning the correct coping …
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I’ve always bought into the idea that you can’t be depressed and grateful at the same time. There are now hundreds of studies demonstrating all the benefits of gratitude. So I won’t bore you with yet another article about how awesome gratitude is. What I haven’t seen is how to practice gratitude in a meaningful …
One of the things I see repeatedly in the self-improvement literature is that if you can have the life you want, you will be happy. This is the entire angle of the online business marketing world. If you start an online business, you can fire your boss, work from home, have tons of free time …
Procrastination is described as putting off a task until a later date. Everyone procrastinates but when it gets out of control it can cause a cycle of stress, wasted time and feelings of shame. Though the logical part of your brain knows you need to study, the emotional part would rather seek instant gratification by …
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