Posts Tagged ‘Positive Coping’
You CAN Overcome Test Anxiety! Tips and Strategies
You CAN Overcome Test Anxiety! Tips and Strategies. The chatter in the room dies down as the teacher begins addressing the class, but you can barely make out his words. The drumming of your heartbeat in your ears drowns out everything he says. He lays a stack of papers in front of you – the…
Read MoreAnxiety Coping Tips: 12 Ways to Calm Your Mind and Body
Anxiety Coping Tips: 12 Ways to Calm Your Mind and Body. “I can tell when it starts. My body begins to tingle as if ice is running through my veins. I start getting dizzy. My heart begins to race, my breathing becomes shallow…” “The first sign is when my vision becomes blurry. I can’t see…
Read MoreTics in Children: Why They Happen and What Can be Done
Tics in Children: Why They Happen and What Can be Done. Here it was – the dreaded math test. And with it came the oh-so-familiar urge. He could feel it getting stronger. He tried to control it. Tried to hold it in. But it kept building, until he just couldn’t hold it back any longer……
Read MoreSeeking a Quieter Mind? 10 Ways to Stop Mind Chatter
Today’s the day your commitment to meditation is about to become a reality. You dim the lights, turn off your cell phone, burn some incense, and get comfortable. But within seconds of closing your eyes and trying to focus on your breathing, in creeps the first mind monkey. Mind monkey? What’s a mind monkey? “The…
Read MoreOCD in Children: 7 Warning Signs Your Child May Need Help
You are running late as you try to get the kids out of the house and into the car for school drop off. You anxiously wait while your 10 year old has once again neatly emptied his backpack and is checking to make sure his homework is complete and filed in the 3rd pocket of…
Read MoreCBT and Depression: What Makes CBT So Effective?
“I want that report on my desk, today!” Your boss demands, standing in the doorway of his office. “I don’t have time for you’re excuses; just get it done!” He disappears back into the adjacent room. You pause a moment, looking over the paperwork on your desk, then the computer screen. A deep sigh. Will you…
Read MoreSocial Media and Depression; How Are They Linked?
“When I read what others post on their social media pages, it seems like everybody in the whole world is having fun connecting with each other… except me.” The indisputable fact is: humans are social creatures. We thrive on interaction, wanting to fit in and be accepted by others. That’s why it is so terribly…
Read MoreWinter Gloom Making You SAD? It Could Be Seasonal Affective Disorder
It’s January. You’re standing at a window, gazing out onto the bleak scenery, and with every passing moment you feel less and less inspired to leave your house, or even get dressed. Perhaps you watch a bird rise into the dreary, cloud-covered sky, ascending through each layer of lackluster gloom until you can hardly see…
Read MoreLook for the Signs that College Pressures have Overwhelmed Your Child
Her smile faded as her daughter’s car pulled out of the driveway. The woman closed the front door with a long sigh. It had been a hectic morning. Her daughter had overslept once again. Rushing to get dressed and out of the house to head to college, her child had managed to hurriedly eat a…
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