With their clinical nature and impersonal feel, doctors’ offices can evoke feelings of dread, worry, and detachment. Learning to speak up and take an active role in your medical appointments can help…
The Relationship Between Depression and Stress
Hippocrates wrote that we are all beset by disturbing forces that upset our balance (1). Fortunately, there are restorative forces that can re-establish balance. Galen called these Vis Medicatrix Naturae, the healing…
Health Anxiety and Dysfunctional Core Beliefs
People with health anxiety hold dysfunctional beliefs about health and illness. These are known as core beliefs. Core beliefs typically originate early in life through personally significant life experiences. Perhaps you had…
How to Soothe a Worried Mind
Source: Meum Mare/Pexels Worrying can be extremely draining. If our minds are consistently running off into worst-case “what-if” scenarios, it’s not only stressful and unpleasant, but it also tends to cloud our…
Overcoming Insecurity and Restoring Emotional Well-being
Overcoming Insecurity and Restoring Emotional Well-being
Facing Emotional Storms |
Anastasiya Gepp/Pexels I’ve been through emotional storms. We all have in our lives. A torrential downpour will hit, and we can choose to duck and cover or open our mouths to taste…
How a Prenup Could Make Marriage Less Stressful the Second Time Around
It’s important to think beyond bouquets and bubbling champagne and consider the financial implications of securing your future together. Source: Lapiyee / Canva Pro It’s that time of year again. Red and…
Treating Target Panic in Precision Sports
In the realm of precision sports, athletes often grapple with an intricate challenge known as “target panic” or, as some term it, the yips. This phenomenon surfaces when elite performers, spanning from…
Is Change Possible? For Me? What if I’m Afraid?
Butterfly on a Leaf Monika / Pixabay Change is all around us, all the time. The seasons, our bodies, our politicians; we cannot avoid it. However, one of the most common questions…
Can a Parent Have Too Much Empathy?
Source: Pepifoto/Istockphoto Though we hear a lot about the effect of parents on children’s development, parenting, like other close relationships, is a reciprocal interaction—not a one-way street. Children with difficult challenges, such…