Health Anxiety: Part 2
[This is Part 2 of a series on Health Anxiety. Click HERE if you missed Part 1.] In the first part of this series of articles, we looked at the causes of health anxiety and the resulting miserable anxiety…
Health Anxiety: Part 1
[This is Part 1 of a 2-part series of articles about health anxiety.] You might be surprised to learn how common health anxiety is, and it is also a type of anxiety that can really make your life miserable.…
Ask a Different Question
Worry asks “What bad things might happen [in the future]?” Instead, ask “What good things are actually happening right now [in the present]?”
Why Are You So Hard On Yourself?
Are you your own worst critic? What happens when you make a mistake? Are you hard on yourself? Blame yourself? Call yourself names? What happened to “Love thy neighbor as thyself”? Why do we forget the love thyself part? Most…
5 Ways Stress Prevents Weight Loss
Tis the season when many of us are focusing on losing weight. Whatever you do, please don’t go on a diet. I've said it before and I'll say it again: diets don't work. If you are tired of yo-yo dieting,…
Stop Watching The News
I see a correlation between worry and watching the news on TV. I stopped watching the evening news years ago. The only news show I watch is CBS Sunday Morning. It focuses on positive, uplifting and interesting news features, while…
What Are You Looking Forward To About Fall?
What are you looking forward to about Fall? (And what does that have to do with anxiety?) I’m sitting outdoors right now on my patio writing this on the 3rd official day of Fall. And it is over 90 degrees…
Anxiety: Addressing Root Cause (not just symptoms)
Anxiety produces a lot of very distressing “symptoms.” These include (but are not limited to): Headache Nausea Diarrhea Lightheadedness or dizziness Heart palpitations Breathing difficulty Chest pain Numbing & tingling (especially arms and…
Insomnia Technique Bettter Than Counting Sheep
Insomnia from anxiety, worry or thinking too much? Counting sheep is way too boring for your magnificent brain. Try this technique instead: Close your eyes and imagine drawing a big circle. • Inside the circle write the number 100 very carefully. …
Make a Worry Box
Part of the problem with worry is that it rolls around and around in your head. It’s the hamster on the wheel. Or the monkey mind that keeps you awake in the middle of the night. Try getting those worries…