Anxiety can be overwhelming and feel as though it has taken over your life. Training your body and brain to relax is not an easy process, but with the help of supportive family, a counselor, and close friends you can learn to challenge illogical thought processes, relax physically, and start to overcome your anxiety.
Anxiety Experienced in Social Settings
People who suffer from social anxiety worry constantly about what others think of them. It is important for them to have support.
Holding Hope
Hope is easy to operationalize – a goal, a pathway, and agency. The more we use hope, the better we become at staying hopeful.
Values: What Direction Do You Want to Be Headed?
Boundaries help us to know what is okay or not okay for us. When we know our yeses, we are able to be more generous with them, and we are able to be honoring and respectful in our nos.
Busy being busy
Maybe this year our resolution should be to do less, rest more, and prioritize boundaries. To take a time out every day, every week, and every month to take care of ourselves.
Making Amends
How hard should one try to make up after an argument or disagreement? What might be helpful is allowing for time to heal the wound.
Resilience – Ways to Cultivate It
There are thought patterns and behaviors that one can adopt to help cultivate resilience. We are talking through 5 of them!
The Zebra
Do you ever find yourself with that sinking feeling when you have to address a topic for the 17th time with your partner?
Increasing Positive Interactions in Your Relationships
Do you keep score in your relationships of all the times your loved one has disappointed you? This can create a negative atmosphere that is difficult to overcome. If you expect someone to disappoint you, you will only focus on what they are doing wrong to prove you are right. The problem with this behavior is we miss-out on the good things our loved one is doing.
The Power of Listening Well
We’re busy. Our thoughts are going a million miles per hour. We’re used to having so much information flying at us, that to stop, press pause, focus, and just listen requires so much discipline.
