There are many things your doctor might not tell you about anxiety. In this series, we will be examining the top three. #1: Guilt can cause anxiety and actually is a leading culprit. As women, we are socialized into being givers and pleasers. Remember the adage “sugar and spice and everything nice” or “pretty is as pretty does”? We learn…
Peaceful women do things differently. Here are four things you can put into practice that will help you achieve that same peace. 1. Peaceful women know their limits. They don’t overextend themselves beyond their comfort level. They know their limits with time, work, energy, eating, spending, drinking, or entertaining and practice balance in these things. They identify times of extra…
A body scan puts you back in your body so you can help yourself with the anxiety. Anxiety is not just emotional, it has those “pesky” physical symptoms. You know the ones that make you think you might have a serious illness? These symptoms create more and more anxiety in a never ending, exhausting cycle. It can be so frightening…
Did you know there are four common mistakes women make that can increase their anxiety? When you are working to relieve anxiety, removing or reducing these four things will build a solid foundation for recovery. Mistake #1: Drinking caffeine. Because anxiety can prevent a restful nights sleep, its easy to get caught up in a caffeine-induced anxiety cycle. A client came to…
Is it possible to reduce stress in 3-5 minutes? Absolutely. Let me explain why. When you are experiencing anxiety, your body is in a fight- flight-freeze stress response. You can activate this stress response by remembering a difficult situation, looking at an overwhelming to do list, watching a scary movie or worrying about “what ifs”. But do you know you can also…
Anxiety is a category of medical diagnoses based on certain sets of symptoms. The most common of these diagnoses is Adjustment Disorder with Anxious Mood. You may have this type of anxiety if you have experienced a major life change in the past 6 months. Since we are creatures of habit by nature, positive changes can be just as stressful…
Review and summary of “What is Anxiety?” As noted in What is Anxiety, one of the most common types of anxiety is related to the difficulties caused by major life changes. Common examples include both positive changes such as a marriage, new baby, graduation, job change, positive move, etc. Negative changes include loss of a job, financial pressure, divorce, death…
Generalized anxiety often occurs as a result of repressed emotions you may not even know you have. Common causes include: 1. experiencing one or many difficult life changes. The stress is so great that it overloads your normal coping capacity and the body’s “fight, flight or freeze” stress response is activated (more on this in future articles). Without tools to…
In order to understand this new treatment, it is important to know what causes Post Traumatic Stress and how targeting these causes provides relief. What Causes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD is caused by a traumatic event. Although we usually think of trauma as a car accident, severe abuse, assault or combat. You may have…
The Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory Anxiety and stress result from having too many major life changes too quickly. Take this quick test to see if anxiety and stress may be effecting your health. Write down the number listed on the left for every event you have experienced in the past year. Add all of the numbers together for your…
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