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ARTArticleTop 10 Ways To Greatly Improve Your Life Experience1) Get Movin And Groovin! Movement creates momentum, positive momentum. Do you like to go dancing and feel that nightclubs and bars are a thing of the past for you? Schedule dance time at home to your favorite songs rather then sitting in front of the tube! Take a walk in nature and observe everything around you, that stationary bike in the corner of your house... take the clothes off of it, wipe the dust off, and start with a 5 minute bike ride and build from there. Bottom line is make moving a part of your everyday life. 2) Care About What You Eat And Check The Labels ARTArticleTop 6 Biggest Mental Health Myths You Need To KnowWhat has our beautiful world come to, society is becoming more and more depressed and stressed, and options for treatment are getting more and more expensive with little or no promise for improvement in our mental health. There are also a number of myths that we need to clear up so that we don't run around thinking things that aren't necessarily true when it comes to our mental health, that being said let's go! Myth #1: People Who Battle Mental Health Issues Are Unintelligent ARTArticleTreat Anxiety By Changing Your BrainAnxiety is becoming commonplace in our society. In a day and age where everyone is on the go, scheduling meetings so frequently that we forget we should probably eat at some point during the day, and with the constant feeling of being overwhelmed with worry about a dozen things, people have begun to think that worry is as common an emotion as happiness. This is not the case.ARTArticleTurning A Negative Mindset Into A Positive One Starts With A 'Fresh Start' journalSo you want to begin turning your negative beliefs around. Here is how to begin, buy yourself a notebook that is small enough to carry around comfortably during your daily life. On the front of the book, write "A Fresh Start". This book will be your best friend and will be your go-to guide when things get tough during your recovery. Keeping track of the positives in your day is very easy to forget.ARTArticleTwo Ways Too Much Technology Can Be Bad For Your HealthTechnology has proved to be an invaluable asset in the field of mental health. We have the internet which allows easy access to information on symptoms and disorders such as depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. We have EEG machines which allow us to physically change brain waves reducing symptomology and we have cell phone apps that allow us to track our moods and symptoms to better understand their etiology. With all these wonderful uses for technology, it’s hard to imagine that they could have a negative side too.ARTArticleUnderstanding Why Pornography Addiction is a Brain Disease“One ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.” -J.R.R. Tolkien ARTArticleUnemployed and Looking For Work? Make Stress Your Friend!Unless you've been under a rock for the past few years, you are aware of the economic problems that the U.S. has been facing. Although we are not the only country coping with this hardship, it doesn't make things easier. The majority of the population has learned to tighten their belts. Families are no longer spending money on extravagant wasteful items or ignoring balances in bank accounts or credit cards. One of the biggest impacts of this economic crisis has been the rising unemployment rate.ARTArticleWhat A Good Mentor Can Do For Your Mental HealthThroughout my 32 years on this planet I've met only a handful of people like Pierre Lamarche, people who don't have to say much to you because the sheer presence and actions they undertake says enough. During my anxiety disorder while still keeping the tennis dream alive in my late 20's, I needed someone like that around me, but the way things were going it seemed there was no way I could attract anything positive into my life.ARTArticleWhat Are The Links Between Anger, Forgiveness and Chronic Low Back Pain?Road rage nearly causes Garret a heart attack Just as he was about to turn right and head for home, a driver on his left zoomed in front of 35 year old Garret’s car and raced through the traffic lights. One moment he was smiling at the thought of telling his wife about his big sales deal, and the next he was stomping on the brakes to avoid a head on collision. He swore and cursed and made faces. He hit his steering wheel and shook his fists in the air. Road rage overcame him, sent his blood pressure sky high and stress hormones coursing through his blood stream.ARTArticleWhat Is Depersonalization And Where Does It Come From?Personally I don't think that Depersonalization Disorder exists and believe that this is just another symptom of anxiety that can in time be overcome. Depersonalization can be described as a recurring feeling of detachment from ones own body, as if being in a dream like state and not really ever in touch with reality. Many people complain of a fogy or hazy view of the world through their own eyes with depersonalization, and this symptom can not exist without anxiety.ARTArticleWhat is NLP?What is NLP?ARTArticleWhat Is Panic Disorder And What Must You Do?The manifestation of anxiety can cause many to experience debilitating symptoms of panic attacks which can lead to an avoidance of situations, places and even people. There are two types of people though, there are people that experience a panic attack and label it as an uncomfortable and unsettling experience that is no real threat to the individuals health, thus the fear of recurring symptoms of panic attacks isn't present (or go unnoticed).ARTArticleWhat kind of meditation do people with eating disorders need?There are many kinds of meditation techniques available these days. How to choose which one is the best for a person with an eating disorder? Are any methods better than the others?ARTArticleWhat unbearable conflict is your acid reflux trying to get you to solve?Achieving her goals was a bit too easy for Nadine Thirty-five year old writer and director Nadine got three clients as soon as she put the word out about her new venture as an acting coach. Her script for a TV show was accepted and she was hired to direct the production. She was amazed at how quickly and effortlessly everything was falling into place. Nadine’s dreams were about to come true. Her talents were prized and she felt giddy with excitement. Expressing her creativity felt authentic but scary. She dared to imagine being famous.ARTArticleWhat visio Do You Have For The Future After Your Anxiety Disorder?Let me ask you something, do you have a CLEAR vision of how your life will look when you fully recover from your anxiety disorder? If not, don’t expect things to change too much in the near future (painful but true). How will your relationships with your loved ones and co-workers look? How will you be using your personal leisure time differently? What will your health and energy levels look like? Do you know what one of the most important essential needs for a human being is? It’s called growth.ARTArticleWhat You Need To Do To Break Unhealthy Eating HabitsLate night meals, junk food, drinking pops or concentrated juice rather than plain and simple water. You may be asking what is the first step to begin breaking the habit of these unhealthy eating patterns that are leading to your mood disorders and making you feel chronically fatigued? The answer to that lies within yourself, accepting that this is actually a problem is where it all begins. But there's more:ARTArticleWhat You Need To Know Before Buying An Anti-Anxiety Program OnlineWith the thousands of anti-anxiety techniques, supplements, herbs, programs, and books out there that all claim they will cure your anxiety disorder, where do you turn with true confidence in the knowledge that a product will TRULY aid your recovery from debilitating anxiety symptoms, and ultimately end your anxiety disorder? I feel like I have the answer to that question... Why should you listen to me?ARTArticleWhat's The Best Way of Expressing Your Anger?Do you feel ashamed when you lash out at the people you love the most? Do you wish you could erase it for ever and be free of this beastly emotion? That’s because there is a taboo against feeling and expressing anger, particularly if done in a loud, over the top and explosive way. We don’t like to think of ourselves as uncontrolled and irrational.ARTArticleWhen the Landscape of Loss LingersWithin the period of three months, I lost three loved ones. Two of them died three days apart. Although I knew the end was eminent as I processed each situation, my knowledge and anticipation did not soothe me - it only served to bring me closer to the inevitability of my own mortality. Some say that God will never burden us with more that we can endure - those words seem like idle chatter - it was all too much to bear. I braced myself for the predictability and shock of my pain and sought to manage its effects. There has been no single road that has brought me solace.ARTArticleWhich comes first passive men or controlling women?Which comes first passive men or controlling women? © Evelyn Leite Why do they always seem to team up? This is a question asked of me recently by a reader. Possibly because two passive people would end up on the streets and two overtly controlling people would end up killing each other? Do they feed on each other? Do they each select the other out of some sense of familiarity from childhood?ARTArticleWhy Do Those Migraines Keep Messing With Your Life?The cures don't last, but it's nice to have care and concern! Bonnie was a hostage to migraine attacks. They lasted for hours and she was unable to do anything but lie down in bed until it passed. Sometimes her migraine was accompanied by nausea and other times by cramps or acid reflux. Treatments from herbalists, acupuncturists, nutritionists, homeopathic doctors, spiritual healers, medical doctors and meditation did nothing to stop the onset or reduce the severity of the pain and exhaustion that accompanied the episodes.ARTArticleWhy Holiday Traditions Might Be More Important Then You ThinkHoliday traditions are essential, and there is a reason why we have kept them a part of our lives for so many centuries. Simply put it is because they add meaning to our lives, and help bond us to those we love. Last weekend I was watching Christmas Vacation (one of my guilty pleasures during and before the holiday season) and I started thinking about why this movie was so funny. A seemingly normal family has all the warm and fuzzy holiday traditions and dreams of the perfect family Christmas. Of course until everything goes wrong.ARTArticleYou Are Stuck With An Anxiety Disorder For The Rest Of Your Life?Can you believe this is what I was told by my therapist in just the 3rd session together? I may have just got one of the 'bad batches' of therapist during the time I was dealing with anxiety (and I truly hope so for the sake of the 6.8 millio American adults), but deep dow I believed that the continuous heart palpitations, dizziness, and lump in the throat symptoms of anxiety would some day be gone and I could live a 'normal' life again. Digging Deep ARTArticleYour New Anti-Anxiety Morning RoutineDid I ever tell you how much I dreaded that morning feeling? The feeling of having to get up feeling tired, groggy, and having to battle through another day with the unlimited symptoms that anxiety brings. I felt like I was always in a never ending tennis match with no changeovers to take a break, just an opponent (who was actually me) that would tirelessly come out swinging relentlessly and giving me all I could handle from the minute I woke up, until the minute I went to sleep. It was an exhausting cycle of fear that takes its toll on millions of people every day.ARTArticleYour True Voice Vs Your Critical VoiceEvery one of us has a critical voice in our heads that says, "You can't do this." Do you know what I am talking about? Just so we're clear, that critical voice is NOT you. So, what is it then? This little voice is opposed to you succeeding at anything, and is in fact the enemy. It wants you to lose and will try to talk you out of doing what is right. The time has come for you to do something different - instead of listening to that inner voice, face up to it. Say to it, "Just watch me!" This critical inner voice may be your enemy, but it is an enemy that will not control you anymore.ARTArticle*** Addicted to Food? Maybe Not“I’m addicted to food.” “I’m a foodacholic”. I hear many of my clients express these beliefs and if the truth be told, I used to say the same things about myself. I remember planning binges that consisted of high fat, high sugar, and high salt foods. One of my favorite “meals” after a long, hard week in the retail industry (many years ago) was two huge chocolate chip cookies, an extra large bag of Doritos, and a two-liter bottle of Tab (I said it was a long time ago). Can anyone find any protein in those choices?ARTArticle*** Anxiety and Panic "Attacks"In the past year nearly 45 millio Americans have suffered from so- called "anxiety disorders", including anxiety and panic attacks, as well as phobias. That's a lot of people—more than 15% of the U.S. population. And it's a lot of suffering. Anxiety leaves people chronically miserable. A severe panic attack leaves people in cold sweat terror dreading they are dying.ARTArticle*** Become More Self-ConfidentSigns of Self-Confidence Let's explore the meaning of self-confidence by taking a quiz. Read the list of statements below and check which ones, in your opinion, are signs of self-confidence. 1. Admitting when you are wrong. 2. Being flexible when change is needed. 3. Talking about your accomplishments. 4. Describing negative events in positive terms. For example, "We didn't make our target, but we sure learned a lot." 5. Dressing to please yourself without worrying what others will think. 6. Using a strong handshake. 7.ARTArticle*** Solution Focused TherapyMost types of psychotherapy involve exploring feelings, being validated, finding explanations, exploring wishes and dreams, setting goals, and gaining clarity. Every therapist has unique ways of working with clients, based on his or her personality, training, and views of how people change. A solution-focused therapist is likely to do the following: 1. Instead of going over past events and focusing on problems, the therapist helps you envision your future without today's problems. 2.ARTArticle***“There is Beauty in the World…” And It Comes in All Shapes and SizesA couple of things happened this past August that made me wonder about beauty and what it means to be beautiful.

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