What's the best way to treat anxiety? It might be exposure therapy. Exposure therapy is a way of treating anxiety that involves systematically exposing yourself to the source of your fear. It's used to treat many different types of anxiety and phobias, including panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), specific phobias and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

Trauma can impact every part of your life, from your relationships and career to how you perceive yourself. In this post, we'll explore how trauma might affect daily life by looking at some common examples.

It may seem obvious to some, but not everyone knows exactly what trauma is. When we say trauma we are generally referring to any painful event that causes us to have a lingering emotional response. Most of the time that leads to trouble coping with life.

Have you experienced a recent loss? Having trouble focusing on anything but the longing for things to go back to normal? Or maybe you are obsessing or ruminating about a loss or a major change, or stuck on a traumatic event that has occurred in your life.

The early days of sobriety are often the most difficult. You are just starting to get your life back, and you have to face all of the challenges that come with it. Alcohol, drugs or another addiction have taken so much from you. And now, it's hard to rebuild. It can be tough to find joy in anything when you're struggling with addiction, particularly in the early days of recovery. But it is important to remember the reasons you are making this choice…

Living with addiction is complicated. Even in recovery. If you’ve considered addiction or substance abuse treatment before, you may have noticed that there are a lot of different programs out there designed to help you in your journey towards healing and wellness.

If you’ve never meditated, that’s probably a frightening prospect. But, meditation does not actually require you completely clear your mind.

If you’ve landed on this blog, you may be looking for alternative therapeutic methods to treat your anxiety. Odds are, traditional talk therapy only helped a little bit. You’re looking for something deeper to help you find inner peace.

Who hasn’t made a New Years’ resolution? I know I have. Perhaps, you’ve vowed to eat better, get more sleep, study harder, or exercise? But, have you ever considered making a resolution to take care of your mental health? I want to take a moment and explain how practicing mindfulness and meditation can transform your life and become more than just another resolution you give up after a few weeks.

You want help and support to cope with the stress, worry, and panic you feel on a daily basis. Perhaps you’ve tried therapy before, but it didn’t give you relief from your 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.

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.