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ARTArticleA Lesson In Life That Helped Me Overcome Social AnxietyThrough the years I realised that there are many more benefits to the tennis journey I was on then there were downfalls, my childhood environment definitely had an affect on my social anxiety disorder through my mid 20's to my early 30's but it's important for me not to have any regrets in life, even my parents separation at the age of 17 and my dad telling my mom goodbye before departing to his hometown was something I learned from.ARTArticleA Slow, Impending Death or a Sudden Death? Which is More Difficult to Deal With?Death, no matter what the cause, is always unexpected and a shock. I know this, and as a death care professional and grief coach, I teach this. Working over 12 years in the death care industry, I’ve seen the emotions of death and grief. I’ve assisted hundreds of families with prearrangements, final arrangements, made aftercare home visits, facilitated grief support groups, conducted workshops, and more. I’ve listened to countless stories of circumstances surrounding the deaths, unfulfilled hopes and dreams, and fears related to the future.ARTArticleA Young Athlete Growing Up And The True Benefits To ExercisingNow at the age of 33, I've been involved with tennis for a very long time. Through the years I realized that there are many more benefits to the tennis journey then there were downfalls. Being an athlete can truly make you a great person. In fact, some of the life lessons you learn in sports cannot be taught only experienced and fully understood at the time.
The physical, emotional and mental benefits of being an athlete at any age are endless, but let's explore some of the most important ones that will benefit kids and adults,
Physical Benefits:ARTArticleAdult Eating Disorders: How to Deal if the Person Doesn’t Admit Having One?If you are dealing with an adult who suffers from an eating disorder, then you should adjust your talk to a relevant format. Remember, an adult may use stronger language than a child would use. Do not get angry. It will not do any good, and will probably make things worse.ARTArticleAdvice to Adults Entering the Job MarketToday’s job market is very different from that of the booming economy most of us remember. Today college graduates are coming out of school and struggling to find work. They spend years continuing their pursuit of work in their desired fields while trying to make ends meet with odd jobs and part time employment.ARTArticleAgeless Memory: The Memory Expert's Prescription for a Razor-Sharp MindThe world's foremost memory expert—and mega-bestselling author—proves that memory CAN get better with age! Harry Lorayne has been honing and teaching his memory systems for more than 40 years. Ageless Memory is the culmination of his life's work, specially geared to our needs as we age, and encompassing all of the many ways we can use a better memory every day.ARTArticleAlcohol Vs Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic AttacksAlcohol is a substance that should be avoided at all costs if you're consumed with generalized anxiety and experience panic attacks from time to time. Firstly, let's look at the reasons WHY I and many others may run to that fresh pint of beer from time to time:
1) Alcohol was a temporary retreat from my 'WHAT IF' thinking that kept me in a cycle of panic and fear.
2) Alcohol was also a temporary retreat from my physical anxiety symptoms that again kept me in a cycle of fear and worry.rARTArticleAMBITIONS BEYOND MEANS ARE THE AXIS OF ANXIETIESWhat is an ambition? Ambitions are the desires of our soul, which drives us towards a particular goal. As a human being, we are motivated by our goals to act and behave accordingly. When we achieve or come closer to our goal, we feel happy. When we go farther from our goal, we become upset and frustrated. The fulfillment of ambitions comes up as a sign of happiness and achievement.
Practically we can divide our ambitions mainly in two types, the practicable ambition and the impracticable ambition.ARTArticleAngry? Overwhelmed? Flooded? 10 ways to tell if someone needs to cool off!I have talked about getting people to listen, time outs and the rules of engagement. Today I am going to give you ten signs that the person you are talking to is flooded or overwhelmed and if they don’t calm down there may be trouble. They are at least not listening to you. Some of these you know but some may be new and give you an invaluable key to keeping your conversations productive. Remember you can not have a productive conversation with someone who is overwhelmed.ARTArticleAnxietyAnxietyr
Anxiety is a STATE, not a mental illness, nor a psychological disorder.rARTArticleAnxiety Disorders Manifesting Due To Childhood EnvironmentDuring those early years of playing professional tennis, I was extremely lonely and became home-sick quickly, but there was always a voice in the back of my head that told me to keep going. I would later in life figure out that those extreme struggles, those close battles that I lost and those grueling days of not having the money to sleep in a normal bed would all contribute to the person I would soon become (post anxiety disorder).ARTArticleAre Stone-Aged Dynamics Running Our Businesses and Finances?I was sitting in an outdoor café in Santa Barbara on a sunny afte
oon, and shamelessly eavesdropping on the conversation of two young women who were crafting a very clever scheme to sabotage the boss they both clearly despised. The plot was focused upon a domineering manager who had apparently been carrying out a systematic program of humiliation and control, making scapegoats of these bright young workers.ARTArticleAre Your Emotions Working For You Or Against You?Emotions are multi-faceted. They can connect you to the world in a positive way, but they can also disconnect you from the world around you when they are profoundly negative. People who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression often become trapped in an endless cycle of worry, fear, helplessness, confusion, guilt, and sadness. These emotions influence your behavior and interactions with people on a daily basis. You don't realize how much your perceptions of the world are influenced by these negative feelings.ARTArticleBest Anxiety And Depression Supplement On The Market?Simply put Bio Strath is magic in a bottle, and possibly the best anti anxiety and depression supplement out there. With no known side effects this herbal mixture that includes basil, angelica, balm, caraway, chamomile, cinnamon, elder, lavender, peppermint and more could be the answer to those who are looking for that sustained vitality we all want during our hectic day to day lives. People with anxiety disorders understand well the continuous mental fatigue they are under everyday, and the result leaves them emotionally and physically exhausted, especially if panic attacks are also present.ARTArticleBipolar Disorder, Manic Depression: Understanding the DiseaseWhat is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar is a disease state where the client moves back and forth from depression to mania. Depression is characterized by loss of interest in things that they used to find pleasure in, loss or gain of appetite, typically not wanting to get out of bed for prolonged periods of time, and sometimes suicidal thoughts or actions. Mania is characterized by racing thoughts, pressured speech, decreased need for sleep, spending sprees, road rage, driving fast, promiscuous sex, risk taking behaviors, drug abuse, alcohol abuse.ARTArticleCan Anxiety Turn You Completely Numb to Your Outer World?Did you know that by being so constantly aware of the way your body is feeling at every moment, as well as avoiding the anxious triggers of the outside world, that you can actually completely lose feeling for things? My own mother would ask me, “do you even care about your family anymore?” In a complete daze due to the dizzy sensatio
I was experiencing and just barely conscious of her words I replied, “Of course I do mom.” To be honest, I was too occupied in my own terror filled world to care about anything.ARTArticleCan Progressive Muscle Relaxation Help Someone With An Anxiety Disorder?The night before my big tennis match I again did my guided visualisation session, but this time I added a progressive muscle relaxation session to it as well. My old junior tennis coach would always tell me the benefits of progressive muscle relaxation, so from time to time I used these techniques as well when I felt like my muscles were stiffening up, or I felt some tension in certain parts of my body.ARTArticleCan You Change the Way You Look At Things?I am always amazed at how two people can look at the same thing and see completely different things. Maybe it goes back to the glass half empty, glass half full concept. Or maybe it's has to do with how we choose to see things.
Wayne Dyer frequently discusses the statement 'If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change'. He states that in order to change things we need to change the way we look at things.ARTArticleCan You Make Face Cream Carrot Juice?For decades, people have been trying to make their own concoction of creams that they can use to have smooth and clearer skin on the face. This is actually the backbone of every modern face creams that are on display on health and online shops today. However, the frustration of a lot of consumers is that despite the volumes of products that are made available only a handful of them actually work. Let alone working excellently.
Homemade Face CreamsARTArticleCelebrity Anxiety Disorders ExposedI would always be searching for that light at the end of the tunnel when it came to my anxiety disorder, but if you're in the same situation as I used to be, look no further then these famous names. The people you are about to read about didn't accept that anxiety would be a part of their lives forever, they made a decision to change the learned pattern of behavior that was keeping them from living a successful life around, and now it's time to follow in their footsteps.ARTArticleCognitive Behavioral Therapy Still The Best Thing For Social AnxietyWhat would you think if I told you that your anxiety wasn't the true problem, but the true problem you have is the way you hold onto, and battle with your social anxiety disorder. When we put great effort into trying to 'push away' our issues related to fear, that is the very moment it becomes chronic. When it comes to social anxiety many people tend to turn to one or more of the 4 'solutions' that we may be told will help our suffering, these solutions are:ARTArticleCould Laughter Cure Generalized Anxiety?Have you had a good laugh lately? Believe it or not, your good health depends on it. You need to laugh more often, considering how negative and stressful the world is today. Turn on the TV or read the newspaper on any given day and you will be inundated with stories of global strife, poverty, and violence. Seeing all of this on a regular basis will naturally cause more stress, which is damaging to the nervous system and other bodily systems. Add to that the strain of daily living, and you've got quite a problem that, left unchecked, can create a lot more anxiety and panic.ARTArticleDo You Know When You Need to Feel Guilty and When You Don’t?The pressure’s on - everything depends on Wyatt’s speech!ARTArticleDo you let Fear control you?Often times, people seek out a life coach because they are feeling stuck. This feeling becomes so overwhelming that as a last resort they are reaching out for guidance and help to get ‘unstuck’. Fear is a predominant feeling in situations like this. People who feel stuck often are afraid of going out on a limb to do what will make them happy because fear prevents them. Fear can grab a hold of you and take control of your life, if you let it. Most people don’t battle with fear on a daily basis, but almost everyone can say fear has influenced their behaviors at some point.ARTArticleEntering Their Imaginative WorldIn dealing with children with autism spectrum disorders, its all about relationship. These children are within a realm where they feel and respond much differently than others. There has been much focus on trying to eliminate certain behaviors or to evoke particular responses in children which actually become rote and repetitive for them without context. One of the goals in aiding these children should be in helping them find meaning. In order to do this we must be willing to not look at the child as broken, unable to respond, or even unable to communicate.ARTArticleEradicating Depression Through Schema-Focused TherapySamantha moved to a large sprawling city to join her boyfriend. They carried on a long-distance relationship prior to her decision to move in with him. Unfortunately, the relationship did not last long, and she felt stuck in a city without a plan to move forward in a positive direction – she sank into a deep depression.
This young lady had parents who were extremely passive and detached. Having lived in a rural town, her options for activity were limited. Her parents never encouraged involvement in outside interests. She lacked confidence and was timid around age-mates.ARTArticleFinding Freedom from the Shame of Anxiety - Part IOn the way to church Sunday I began to feel outraged. Running through my mind were all the different teachings I have heard about worry and anxiety. The outrage came from the fact that most of them left me feeling ashamed for my lack of faith. One speaker went as far as to call anxiety a “failure of faith”. I remembered the shame that I felt after hearing this speaker. He was (and is) a very well known and respected Christian speaker. But his words crushed me.ARTArticleFive People That Inspired Me To Become The Anxious AthleteTo create something out of nothing requires a few things: an idea, which I had; a decision to act on the idea, which I made; and a sound strategy which I struggled with at first but eventually was able to see it through. In its initial stages, the "End the Anxiety" program needed guidance - guidance in the form of inspiration from some of the people who have shaped the world as we know it.ARTArticleFive Reasons the New “Professionals” in the Field of Anxiety Recovery are the Recovered Anxiety SufferersI saw many therapists during the time I suffered from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and since then have also been around a large number of people who have also recovered. I can confidently say that I prefer the advice and guidance from the people with true success stories out there rather than a one hour sit down with a professional therapist. Here are the main reasons why:ARTArticleForgiveness: Are You Brave Enough to Make this Choice?What is forgiveness? What does that actually mean?
Forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. It is the act of letting go. It doesn’t mean that you deny that there was a wrong done or DENY that you or someone else was hurt. It means you choose to let go and move on. You may tell someone that you forgive them but that isn’t necessarily part of it. It is the choice that you make that is important—you choose to forgive. You stop refusing to move on.
Why is it important for you to forgive?