Tag: anxiety

Supporting Function in the Anxious Child

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Anxiety tends to stink, for the most part. There are times when being anxious can be useful, such as when you’re in fight-or-flight mode...

Shifting Perspectives and Rethinking Anxiety

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Anxiety is a widespread and yet very debilitating phenomenon. There are two key ways of re-framing perspective (that is, a different way to approach...

Pressure and the Anxious Child: A General Guide for Emotional Support

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Enter the mind of an anxious child, and you step into a storm. Thoughts are a constant swirl that instantaneously runs through a thousand catastrophic...

Anxiety After the Incident: When Mom Needs to Acknowledge She’s Not...

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Even if you were fortunate enough to never experience true, debilitating anxiety before having children, I'm sure you’ve realized by now that motherhood comes...

Ask Me if I’m Anxious

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Ask me if I'm anxious... Apparently, most of us from all different age groups will respond yes to this question at some point in our...

A 20-Second Hug

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We are only a few weeks back to school, and I’m already overwhelmed. Work is piling up, my house is a mess, the laundry...

Postpartum Depression on the Small Screen

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As a survivor of postpartum depression, I’m always curious when I hear that a television show will have a storyline about the illness. A...

From Crazy to Calm

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We will never achieve true vitality if we can’t control our stress and anxiety. I learned this the hard way, after becoming a mom...

7 Ways I Have Kept My Sanity

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Maybe you are like me, and this social distancing is driving you batty. You are busier than ever, wearing more hats than ever, and...

What Happened to My Hands?

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You can look at someone’s face and understand what they’ve been through. You can look into their eyes and know how they’re feeling. Hands...