For those who struggle with anxiety, finding effective coping techniques can be life-changing. While therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy are widely used, for many, traditional treatment methods like therapy and medication don’t…
Tips for Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Source: Luke Barky/Pexels Getting out of your comfort zone can be exciting—it expands your horizons, boosts your resilience, and unlocks your creativity, all while smashing through the barriers of a fixed mindset….
3 Science-Backed Ways to Heal Relationship Insecurity
How intense is your reaction to a colleague dismissing you, a friend criticizing you, or a romantic interest breaking up with you? Is it just a bummer or highly debilitating? Do you…
Find the Hidden Anxiety in Your Depression
Source: Pathdoc/Shutterstock If identifying anxiety and depression were easy, simply asking people if they were anxious or depressed would lead to straightforward answers. Unfortunately, recognizing your own mood disorder is not that…
How Anxiety Harms Creativity (And What to Do About It)
Source: 3935302 / Pixabay Artists, writers, and other creative people are some of our most sensitive people. Their sensitivity to our world helps them do their creative work. However, being highly sensitive…
Anxiety Is Not Your Enemy
Anxiety is a challenge that many of us face, but anxiety might not be the enemy we think it is. Source: Joice Kelly / Unsplash In American society, anxiety is rampant. In…
How to Make Peace With Your Health Anxiety
Source: fizkes / iStock If you have health anxiety, you might feel like you are in a constant battle with your body. Any unusual symptom might seem like a looming catastrophe. You…
Sleep and Mental Health: 8 Findings and 7 Recommendations
OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Sleep is essential to mental-emotional health and well-being. The relationship between the amount and quality of sleep a person gets and their mental-emotional health is reciprocal. Sleep both affects…
Anxiety and Masculinity: Dispelling Unhelpful Social Myths
In an episode of The Sopranos, tough guy Tony Soprano laments the lack of men like actor Gary Cooper, whom he describes as “the strong, silent type.” Cooper, in his multitude of…
Why Readers Should Rethink Their Book Lists
The list of books you plan to read in the future can offer excitement and motivation to keep reading and provide value and a way to express your love of books. Whether…