Category: Anxiety

Imagine driving your car while focusing only on the gauges in front of you, your eyes fixed on the speedometer, the odometer, the tachometer, and the other various measures that are omnipresent…

Source: Cottonbro/Pexels Anxiety is commonly seen as a negative emotion—something to be avoided, suppressed, or controlled at all costs. But what if we shifted our perspective? What if anxiety, when understood differently,…

All forms of anxiety really boil down to an intolerance of uncertainty. Your mind presents you with some sort of question related to something you feel uncertain about and tells you that…

When we have health anxiety, we can sometimes fall into the trap of closely monitoring our bodies to look for symptoms or any signs that we are in danger, whether it is…

Source: Abigail Keenan/Unsplash This election reminds me of another presidential election not long ago (but before the last one). Living and working in a famously liberal-progressive city, after that particular election, I…

“These are the 10 best songs to help you relax according to science!” Have you seen that? On Facebook or LinkedIn? Wow, that is some statement, right? But what if I don’t…

There’s been a notable increase in anxiety among children over the past few years, making them the most anxious generation of all time. While some of the factors are beyond our control,…

I can’t tell you how many of the clients I see in my therapy practice express feeling stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, depleted, and burnt out. This seems to be the condition of…

The psychologist Melanie Klein called them “introjects”: those pesky messages and beliefs that we inherit from others, carry with us, and allow to influence us even though they may not actually align…

Many aspects of daily life can leave you feeling anxious. The combination of high demands at work and home, compounded by experiences of microaggressions, traumatic events, and moral injury, can result in…