Some say boredom is a good thing. Others say monotony or tediousness is as dull as it gets. I say it can be both or neither. Our brain shows boredom as possibly good at times, and also clearly bad at other times. What makes the difference and how do our… Read more »
Feeling safe and stress-free today? Or do we find our moods in a funk because of all the restrictions imposed by this pandemic? Fear the uncertain future of our current financial downturns? If stress or anxiety holds us in its grip lately, we’re not alone. In generalized anxiety we may… Read more »
How do stressful settings make us grumpy, while others grin or smile and act silly as a counter to chaos and commotion? Is stress a learned behavior and is its opposite, the talent for getting silly and laughing at ourselves, innate? If not, how can we learn to replace stress… Read more »
It’s Almost Here – EXCITING NEW Mental and Emotional Handbook with 50 -Day – Guide – to Fun Daily Brain Based Tools that Reduce Anxiety and Awaken AWE during a Pandemic! COMING SOON at this site Enjoy the journey away from cranky responses and crabby stressors. Walk away from chaos… Read more »
Anxiety disorders will likely be our next and most dangerous pandemic, experts fear! We know that worry and fear is on a fast rise and escalation of these toxins are already showing catastrophic problems that hamper people’s ability to cope with challenges. We also know that we come with chemicals… Read more »
If we try to live with anxiety, panic, fear, or debilitating depression, we are less likely to consider healing exit strategies. The opposite is also true. This series first blog includes the first 10 anxiety-buster tools and is followed by the second blog with tools 11 – 20 with the… Read more »
It is estimated that 1 in 3 of us lives with depression, panic, fear, or debilitating anxiety that offers no apparent exit strategy. The series first blog includes the first 10 anxiety-buster tools and is followed by the second blog with tools 11 – 20 with post 3 below, of… Read more »
Our quarantined brain lies to us and insists that traps of depression, panic, fear, and anxiety offer no exit strategy. This lie may appear supported by the National Institute of Mental Health reports that well over 58 million people suffer from anxiety disorders. This series of five blogs, however, offers… Read more »
Mental health professionals warn us that the most horrific traumas from the Corona pandemic have yet to hit us. Psychological effects of anxiety continue to escalate in the form of lost livelihoods, emotional upheaval, food and shelter insecurity, and even death continue to plague many. The sheer scale of disasters… Read more »
Kindness can stomp out stress or sadness much like pain killers wipe away headaches. Luckily we can increase our kindness quotient to ensure we avoid chemical toxins and amp up emotional and mental health. Kindness becomes a chemical mood changer when it leaves another person more appreciated and ourselves more… Read more »
