What You Should Know: The Habit Loop And Anxiety

What You Should Know: The Habit Loop And Anxiety

When thinking about breaking the cycle of anxiety, most people talk about change.  Changing their thoughts, emotions, and actions.  Once you begin making the appropriate changes, anxiety can be better managed.  Although none of this is false, most people miss the most...
7 Things To Do When You’re Struggling With Anxiety

7 Things To Do When You’re Struggling With Anxiety

Anxiety and I have a love-hate relationship of sorts. Well, it’s mostly hate, but a sliver of love comes from learning from my mistakes with anxiety. I can remember the stomach aches like they were yesterday. I was about ten years old and was playing basketball...
10 CBT Techniques For Managing Anxiety

10 CBT Techniques For Managing Anxiety

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been an effective form of treatment for me.  I have used many of the techniques that CBT teaches for a number of years within my daily thought processes.  These techniques can provide relief in identifying, observing, and...
Morning Anxiety: 5 Things To Change And Avoid

Morning Anxiety: 5 Things To Change And Avoid

Anxiety can have a dramatic effect on each part of your day. But morning anxiety is a different animal altogether.  Why? Because morning anxiety sets the tone for the rest of the day, if you wake up feeling anxious, worrisome, and emotionally unstable, it increases...