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Sep 193 min read

How To Build Resilience

What is Resilience? I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of resilience, but it can be an essential skill to have. At its core, resilience is...

Anxiety, the Brain, and the Body: the effects anxiety has on your body

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Jul 215 min read

Anxiety, the Brain, and the Body: the effects anxiety has on your body

Anxiety in the Brain Emotional processing in general takes place in the limbic system in the brain. This is made up of the hippocampus,...

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Dec 2, 20235 min read

Tips to Help Overcome Test Anxiety

I t’s that time of the year again when students everywhere are bombarded with finals. For many, this is simply a stressful time to get...

What are Panic Attacks and How can I Stop Them?

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Aug 19, 20235 min read

What are Panic Attacks and How can I Stop Them?

Essentially, a panic attack is an intense and sudden feeling of anxiety. Sometimes they have a very specific reason that you can point...

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Apr 19, 20234 min read

Can Anxiety Cause Memory Loss?

Have you ever wondered if your anxiety is affecting your memory and making you forgetful? Do you find that during times of stress, you...

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Feb 5, 20234 min read

Exposure Therapy: Myths vs Truth

Exposure therapy is a technique used by behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapists to treat people with phobias or anxiety. It can be...

Surviving the Office Party When You Have Social Anxiety

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Dec 14, 20224 min read

Surviving the Office Party When You Have Social Anxiety

Does just the thought of going to the office holiday party make you start sweating? Do you plan where you’re going to sit long before the...

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Nov 7, 20224 min read

Visualization for Anxiety

The use of visualization to help anxious people calm down has been around for a really long time. I remember as a young, idealistic...

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Oct 27, 20223 min read

Managing Intrusive Thoughts

Intrusive thoughts are by their very nature thoughts or images that come out of nowhere and can cause you distress. They can be sexual in...

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Oct 7, 20223 min read

Can stress make your Anxiety Worse?

I like to think of anxiety and stress as being closely related to each other. After all, both are related to various hormones being...

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Aug 31, 20224 min read

How to Stop Stressing Over Mistakes

Let’s face it, we all make mistakes. Let me repeat that- we ALL make mistakes. I like to tell people that we make mistakes because we’re...

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Aug 15, 20223 min read

8 Ways to Stop Racing Thoughts

If you have anxiety, chances are you’ve experienced racing thoughts! Racing thoughts are often thoughts that occur rapidly and...

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Aug 9, 20223 min read

What is Health Anxiety?

Health anxiety is an exaggerated fear of something to do with your health. Maybe you are afraid that you have a disease that you heard...

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Jul 24, 20223 min read

Using Gratitude to Improve Anxiety

I think most people have heard about gratitude journaling by this point. It’s become popular as part of the Positive Psychology movement...

Online Support Groups for Anxiety: Do They Work?

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Jul 9, 20223 min read

Online Support Groups for Anxiety: Do They Work?

There are a lot of online support groups for anxiety available to you right now. Any online search will bring up lots of options for you...

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Jun 25, 20223 min read

Why Anxiety is Worse at Night

Are you reading this in the middle of the night after being awakened by a pounding heart and sweat-soaked sheets? Do you have trouble...

Graduation Anxiety: What it is and what you can do about it

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Jun 8, 20223 min read

Graduation Anxiety: What it is and what you can do about it

If you have just graduated or are getting ready to graduate soon, you may be experiencing some anxiety surrounding this. Although...

Can Changing Your Diet Help Your Anxiety?

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May 28, 20223 min read

Can Changing Your Diet Help Your Anxiety?

Many people are looking for an alternative, more natural ways of treating their anxiety and are asking themselves if what they eat could...

Use of a Touchstone to Help Manage Anxiety

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May 12, 20223 min read

Use of a Touchstone to Help Manage Anxiety

A touchstone is really any small object that fits into the palm of your hand that you imbue with positive feelings so you can use in the...

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Apr 29, 20223 min read

Can Anxiety Make You Physically Sick?

Have you ever noticed that you tend to get sick more when you are feeling stressed and wondered why? Well hopefully we can answer some of...

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