Coping skills, what are those? Coping skills are about how you deal with what life throws at you, how you manage your stress, anxiety and internally how you respond to these challenges. So what is a good coping skill vs. a not so great one? Check out these 3 ways that you can gauge your coping skills. Life is not what …
How EFT can help with Anxiety
The way that I view anxiety is that it is fear, worry, and obsessing about future events. Anxiety plagues approximately 40 million adults between the ages of 18 to 54 in the US. Are you one of the 40 million? Would you like a drug free way to reduce anxiety in yourself? Why not try EFT?! EFT (aka Emotional Freedom Technique) …
How to use affirmations and have them be effective
Affirmations help us to affirm the way that we want to see our lives. When I was first introduced to affirmations I was not yet a therapist and I was very skeptical about them actually working for me. So lets explore the science behind positive psychology and the use of affirmations. The thought behind affirmations is that you are stating …
Letting go of Self-Limiting Beliefs
You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights. ~Brian Tracy Self-limiting beliefs usually have been created to keep us safe from perceived danger and are based on past experiences. And much of the time they are from our childhood or from our family of origin. The thing …
Learning to love your body all the time
When sickness strikes or one begins to feel aches and pains or maybe there is some weight gain. Ad even in more extreme cases when we struggle with some time of mental illness. We may get angry at our body for “working against us.” We may say why is my body doing this to me? Why me? At these …
Letting go of obligation
If you are living out of a sense of obligation then you are a slave. ~Dr. Wayne Dyer For people who have any people-pleasing tendencies obligation can be a thorn in your side. The truth is you are never obligated to do anything. Everything in your life is a choice. Everything that has happened to you as an adult has been …
Finding Inner Calm in the Midst of Overwhelm
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. ~Deepak Chopra In our ever busy world of commerce and to do lists, sometimes it can be difficult to make time to connect with ourselves and find calm. This can create issues with insomnia, anxiety, and irritability. This week we will concentrate of five action steps to find …
