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Are you reacting or responding to life? managing anxiety

In my Psychology training, we were educated that responding has a more effective outcome than reacting when it comes to helping anxiety and depression. My spouse and I often talk about this, as we watch our cat, who is waiting for a hummingbird to land (she has been waiting a long time!); she would then react [...]

Grudges, gossip and anxiety

  A few weeks ago I was speaking in a training workshop for emotion regulating skills. One of the participants anxiously asked what I thought about gossiping, and a lively discussion started. All the group members agreed that they never felt good about gossiping, and that gossiping could often backfire; they themselves could easily become [...]

Giving advice to someone with anxiety

As someone who makes my livelihood helping folks clarify issues, and often giving advice, I have been reminded recently that this is not always effective in my personal life!  I got a reaction the other day from my partner that reminded me to examine my approach here. I was basically told to ‘back off’ when [...]

Acceptance- an important practice

  Over the past year it has been hard to avoid being reactive. I’ve found anger, cynicism, frustration and blame present in my thinking. Nurturing negative stories and the fears that are part of them, make one an easy target for the alarmist media.., our own inbuilt alarm signals which are finely tuned, can leave [...]

Anyone need more sleep?

A few nights ago I woke to the sound of my cat crunching on something on our new rug. This was the third time in a week she had brought her prey in through the cat door. It was a particularly large mouse and she was starting on its skull and working her way down. [...]

By | 2016-09-23T22:06:34-06:00 September 23rd, 2016|Anxiety Treatment, General, Mindfulness, Spiritual Issues|0 Comments