Source: Robbin Higgins/Pixabay, retrieved from Canva A child and her parents aren’t getting along because she won’t eat crackers or fruit, but is fine with hot dogs. A man rolls his eyes…
5 Tips for Applying the Rule of Opposites
marta-nogueira/Pexels If at first you don’t succeed, as the familiar expression goes — well, you know the rest. But if “try, try again” doesn’t get you better results, it may be time…
The Problem With Control |
Control, or rather, seeking to have control, is a form of anxiety. It is rooted in the default, and often unconscious belief or feeling that “I am not going to be okay”…
5 Faces of Anxiety That You May Not Recognize
Source: TheDigitalArtist/pixabay When we think of anxiety, we usually think of constant worrying, imagining worst-case scenarios about the future, or panic attacks that come out of seemingly nowhere but leave you feeling…
What’s Really Happening During a Panic Attack
Source: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona / Unsplash Panic attacks are scary. They can make us feel that we are losing control of ourselves, that we are in imminent danger, or that we are…
Addressing Psychological Factors in Coronary Calcification
(1) Tramontano, L.; Punzo, B.; Clemente, A.; Seitun, S.; Saba, L.; Bossone, E.; Maffei, E.; Cavaliere, C.; Cademartiri, F. Prognostic Value of Coronary Calcium Score in Asymptomatic Individuals: A Systematic Review. J….
The Intergenerational Wisdom of Anxiety
The COVID-19 pandemic punted many of us into a foreign world where our past adaptations failed. Suddenly, even grocery shopping felt like a high-speed game of Pac-Man, as we outran masked ghosts…
Ditch Online Comparisons and Boost Mental Well-Being
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” And most of us can agree that when it comes to comparison on social media, it truly is. You’ve likely had an…
A Critical View of Conventional Exposure Therapy
In the conventional approach to trauma, exposure therapy is often used as the primary means for overcoming symptoms of post-traumatic stress and anxiety. Exposure therapy involves deliberately exposing trauma sufferers to the…
What We Get Wrong About Trauma
Major trauma, what we call Big T Trauma, such as childhood sexual abuse, leads to diagnosable mental health issues in approximately 30-50% of people who experience these significant events. This means at…