Burnout is more common than we think. And definitely more common than we talk about. You don’t have to be a helping professional or work over-time to experience burnout. Chronic stress from work, family, or both can lead to a state of burnout. If you are feeling out of balance and like you don’t think […]

You are mindlessly surfing social media and you come across posts that make you feel bad about yourself and your life. And if you are honest with yourself, you realize you envy what others have. You think that you’ll never have what they have whether it’s their beauty, wealth, career, or their relationship. When you […]

Your stomach is in knots or it’s flopping around so much you feel sick. You are starting to sweat and feel your heart racing even though you aren’t exercising. And your mind is literally running in circles faster than you can keep up. Anxiety feels so uncomfortable that you want to run away from yourself […]

Have you ever wanted to tell someone how mad you are, but you don’t? Instead, you keep your anger to yourself, so you don’t start a fight. The only problem is your anger is bubbling over, even if you don’t express it directly. Keeping your anger to yourself isn’t always a bad idea, as long […]

Have you ever been so stressed out that you almost forgot to breathe? Instead, you are breathing like you are out of breath from running a race. When we get uptight, we speed ourselves up. Alarms go off in our body because our mind is telling the body there is a danger. Just like we […]

You want to be less critical of yourself and more confident when you are going through hard times. And you want to challenge yourself to try new things. But you feel like your lack of confidence is holding you back. What if it’s not that you lack confidence in yourself, but it’s the myths you […]

Understanding Anxiety Humans are the only ones who can turn the stress response on by imagining threatening situations in our minds. When you worry, you are believing the “what if’s” that you tell yourself. Your fear response is activated as if there is a real danger. If you were in danger the stress response would […]

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere.” ~ Glenn Turner When you worry, your thoughts go in circles and you focus only on what if’s. One worry leads to another worry which leads to another worry. With your mind racing ahead of you, you can’t fall […]

Avoidance Reinforcing Self-Doubt Confidence isn’t pretty, it’s gritty like sandpaper! You need to rub against life, be knocked down, and get up again. If you avoid challenges because you think you can’t handle them, you will reinforce your self-doubt. In hard times and difficult situations, there is a confidence opportunity waiting to be uncovered. You […]

Feeling Like You Can’t Control Your Anxious Feelings You no longer have to feel defeated by your brain chemicals being out of balance. Recent research is shedding new light on the complexity of symptom development, including the role our stress (or fear response) plays in symptom development. Brain research illuminates how we can utilize our […]