One day, you’re child-free, and the next day, you’ve changed 15 diapers, slept a total of 2 hours, shoved a handful of chips into your mouth, and can vaguely recall life before baby.
Managing Stress and Anxiety with Herbal Adaptogens*
Within the vast world of herbal medicine, there is a special category of herbs known as adaptogens. If you are a naturally skeptical person like me, I have good news for you- adaptogens are some of the most well-studied herbs on the planet.
Guided Meditation: Breathing For Anxiety
This guided meditation walks you through relaxation and breathing techniques that can help you learn to cope with anxiety. If you practice this regularly you might notice a significant decrease in your overall anxiety levels. It can be useful for both generalized anxiety and anxiety about a specific issue.
Why Your Self-Help Books Aren't Working
5 Tips For Dealing With Change
I recently went through a big change by moving to a new city. A part of me expected the transition to be difficult, but I recognized the tendency to predict the future and worked to let it go. The transition turned out to be smooth, and despite some basic logistical stressors and missing my friends and family, it was pretty painless.
Meditation 101
CBT Therapists have lots of tools to teach our clients. But I often think, what if I had to pick just one to share with people? My answer, without hesitation, would be mindfulness meditation. It is the most powerful and transformative tool that I have ever come across, and these days we have ample studies to prove it.
Making Friends With Your Anxiety
Anxiety is a function that is built into the human nervous system, for better or for worse. Understanding that it is natural (though seldom logical, and almost never comfortable) allows space for questions such as, “What would it feel like to fully accept anxiety when it is present?” “If I stopped fighting, what would happen?” “Can I be fully present during the experience of anxiety?” If you have a strong reaction to these questions, remember that sentiment, and check to see if it still feels true at the end of this blog.