Anxiety Disorder: Who Is Affected Most
Anxiety Disorder: Who Is Affected Most Picture this: You are a single mother of five young ones trying to make ends meet. You wake up every morning at 6:00 am, get the kids ready, fix breakfast, drop the kids off to school and the babysitter, and rush to make it to work on time. At […]
5 Commonly Misdiagnosed Illnesses That Can Cost Your Life
SPANISH TRANSLATION: 5 GRAVES ENFERMEDADES QUE SE DIAGNOSTICA ERRÓNEAMENTE Aches, Twinges, Dizziness, and Fatigue. We’ve all found ourselves dealing with these minor annoyances at one time or another. Seems like no big deal, right? Most likely. However, the commonality of these symptoms can cause doctors to overlook more severe underlying illnesses, leading to misdiagnosis. Below […]
Don’t Let Stress Ruin Your Day
[nextpage title=”…”] Don’t Let Stress Ruin Your Day Life can be complicated, and it’s easy to let the pressures of daily living feel like a heavy weight on your shoulders that you can’t escape. We all know what stress feels like, and it doesn’t feel good. Stress is dangerous, more so than most people […]
Meet the World’s Oldest Female Bodybuilder
Meet the World’s Oldest Female Bodybuilder In this short video, Ernestine Shepherd allows us to peek into her life as the world’s oldest female bodybuilder. We get to see what drives her and what sustains her. Most of all, we learn that she lifts spirits in addition to lifting weights. When she was in her […]
How I Overcame My Crippling Anxiety
How I Overcame My Crippling Anxiety I would imagine everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. But have you ever had full blown panic attacks or had to go on antidepressants, because the symptoms were so bad your will wasn’t strong enough to handle them? I have. Yep, you heard me right. Upon graduating from college, […]
Panic Attacks- Symptoms and How to Stop Them
Panic Attacks- Symptoms and Treatments As human beings we face a wide range of emotions with different degrees of intensity. Fear is a basic human emotion that helped keep humans alive through the ages. We have brain structures designed to perceive cues of danger in the environment, reflexes that warn about possible threats and to […]
How Technology Can Reduce The Anxiety Surrounding Child Custody Communication
Custody issues are stressful enough, having to communicate with your spouse or former spouse over them can be a minefield. Being expected to communicate and coordinate schedules with someone that you may have a contentious relationship is at times difficult and at other times impossible. Fortunately technology is available to make communications and coordination easier, […]
Anxiety and Divorce: Holiday Style
Going through a divorce is tough, really tough. Going through a divorce during the holidays is excruciating. Everything you have known about the holidays changes, and if you have children it is complicated exponentially. There are few situations that inspire more anxiety than figuring holiday schedules for children and planning how you will fill the […]
Anxiety and the Infertility Rollercoaster
Many people all around us are struggling with infertility. Infertility can a silent hell. People do not talk about infertility issues like they would if they had a physical condition or other stressful circumstance in their life. Many times a couple choose to walk the road of infertility alone, discussing it only with their doctor. […]
Anxiety and the Horrible Breakup
So your relationship is over? Whether it is a divorce, a breakup with a long time partner or the dissolution of something that you felt would have potential, breakups are painful. My clients report being in literal physical pain after a breakup, and many do not know how to soothe the pain or where to […]
Anxiety and the Missing Boundary
Some of us have poor boundaries. Let’s admit it. When we were growing up we were shamed or ridiculed or bullied for asking for our needs to be met. We might have been made to feel “less than” when we stated what we wanted. This left us with a sense that we are not worthy […]
Anxiety and Stopping the Thoughts That Rob Your Peace
Anxious thoughts can hold you captive and keep you on a roller coaster of worry and fear. It seems that you are carried along by a cadre of thoughts over which you have no control. These thoughts wreak havoc on your mind and body. Your body bears the brunt of experiencing the hormonal cascade of […]
Anxiety on Crack: Otherwise Known as “My Kid is An Addict. What Now?”
You have just found out that your kid is addicted to drugs or alcohol. This kid could be a young teen or an adult child, it does not matter, finding out that they are owned by addiction is news dreaded by any parent. You feel confused, terrified, furious and lost. You don’t know where to […]
Anxiety, Authenticity and Getting Naked
anxiety |aNGˈzī-itē| noun ( pl. anxieties ) a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome: he felt a surge of anxiety. authenticity |ˌôTHenˈtisitē| noun the quality of being authentic: the paper should have established the authenticity of the documents before publishing them. naked |ˈnākid| adjective […]
Anxiety and the Big Bad News
Anxiety and the Big Bad News By Carolyn Tucker LPC I have talked in past blogs about how to handle your anxiety when things get chaotic and interrupt your routine. Today I would like to discuss what happens when you get the really “big bad news”. A family member has cancer, the baby you are […]