The triggers for overwhelming anxiety may be simple or complex. Yet before we can get to the root(s) of your panic or anxiety attacks, it’s helpful to start with “grounding techniques” to take the immediate edge off your...
Read MoreHealing a broken relationship starts with empathy. Why? Because when someone listens with empathy, the emotional distance between the two persons shrinks. You feel closer, understood, heard. Does it feel good to be known? To be taken seriously?...
Read MoreIn the heat of an argument, an angry couple can temporarily lose sight of what they really want: happiness for their loved one and themselves. That desire for closeness somehow gets lost amidst the resentments, pride, and anger of the...
Read MoreWhen we are feeling blah, or down, or even depressed, we often have “go to” fixes to help us feel better. But too often, these are short-term solutions that bring us to the edge of greater unhappiness. Below is a short list of things we do, or...
Read MoreWhen we’re carried away by anger, it often seems to have a life of its own and we’re left wondering what we can do to feel and act better. This article will show three antidotes to the anger infection. These solutions are based on one truth...
Read More“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” ― Epictetus (AD 55–135) Greek philosopher Anxiety isn’t always bad. It helps us to work, study and try harder. It might even have been part of...
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