Category: Anxiety

Here is a story about music and hope. A story that takes place at one of the least likely of places — a hospital room. She’s in her late 30s and has…

Source: TheDigitalWay/pixabay Carly is struggling with her job—feeling micro-managed by her supervisor, getting assignments that she feels overwhelmed by and not capable of handling, working overtime every week for the last three…

Source: Greg Rakozy/Unsplash It’s inevitable. You will die. Regardless of how much you accomplish in your life, you will experience the same fate as everyone else. No amount of achievement, power, status,…

Source: Courtesy of Bonnie Zucker As I think about planning an upcoming summer vacation, I feel a familiar wave of anxiety and dread. The thought of leaving cats home all alone steals…

Carrie Mullins shares her thoughts on maternal mental health. Source: Carrie Mullins/Used with permission Carrie Mullins, author of The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood, was tired…

Source: Zolotarevs Shutterstock When we have feelings, we often think of them simply as emotions we’re having: I feel angry so I’m angry. I feel anxious so I must be anxious. However,…

Source: Ambermb/pixabay Jack will admit that he’s an anxious guy. His motor is always running at too high a speed; he constantly worries about big and small things and always anticipates the…

This post was co-authored by Emma Seppälä, Ph.D., and Dara Ghahremani, Ph.D. You know those moments when you are juggling work stress, the news has you overwhelmed, your spouse is away, dinner…

Warning: Massive spoilers ahead. Anyone who knows me will confirm that I am a child at heart. And, as a therapist, I obviously loved the first Inside Out movie. So when my…

Source: Jack Anstey/Unsplash There are times I swear my head is going to explode. Like literally. Kaboom. Like when there seem to be infinite choices and I can’t decide. Or when I…