4 Helpful Strategies for Managing Anxiety and Obsessions

If you struggle with anxiety, then you know how obsessive thoughts can really affect your life. One moment, you think you’re doing fine, going about your day. Then, something triggers you to obsess about problems that weren’t even an issue minutes before. Perhaps you tried calling your parents, but they didn’t pick up the call. Or you worry…

The Anxiety of Excess: 5 Ways to Boost Happiness When Faced with Too Many Choices

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “It’s just too hard to make a decision”? Perhaps you find yourself paralyzed when it comes to making even small decisions in your everyday life. The problem may not be that you can’t make a decision. Rather, it’s that there are way too many options available. In the modern world,…

5 Tips for Keeping Anxiety in Check When You Worry About Security at Home

It seems like every week there is news of another act of terror. Kidnappings, mass shootings, and worse. Ingrained in the minds of everyone of a certain age are the events of September 11, 2001, for example. If you already struggle with anxiety, it makes sense that you have worries about feeling secure from terror…

When Your Emotions Seize Control – 8 Ways to Overcome Your Anxiety

No matter how hard you try, it seems impossible to overcome your anxiety. Your emotions and feelings are so overwhelming, they seize control when you least expect it. Forcing yourself to not feel anxious hasn’t worked, and you are already seeing a therapist. So now what else can you do? In order to overcome anxiety, it’s…

Can Food Affect Mood? – How Eating, Anxiety, and Stress Are Connected

Every day, researchers are learning more about that everything is connected. This is true for our minds, bodies, and what we choose to eat. For example, studies have found that eating certain kinds of food affects mood. Known by the acronym FODMAPS, these foods can not only influence your mood but even cause IBS (irritable bowel…

Feeling Anxious? – Why Anxiety Isn’t Really the Issue, But Your Response Is

You would think that if you’re feeling anxious, then you might have a problem with anxiety. Right? After all, you know what it’s like to feel your heart racing, with your breathing getting faster. Yet, things like heart rate or breathing are not actually anxiety at all. They are simply your response to an emotion that…

Why Time for Unstructured Play May Be the Best Thing for Your Child’s Anxiety

Adults ruin everything! This even includes the fun associated with unstructured play. Between 1981-1997 researchers have found that children are participating in less and less unstructured play time. We’re talking about the kind of play where there is no formal structure, in contrast to a soccer game or participating in a club. It is the…