Don‘t Fight Thoughts With Thoughts
When we have anxiety, it can be common to try and think our way out of our problems. That may not be the right approach, fighting thoughts with thoughts. How about we try a different way.
When we have anxiety, it can be common to try and think our way out of our problems. That may not be the right approach, fighting thoughts with thoughts. How about we try a different way.
Common Themes The common mindfulness practices involve a specific focus, as do all mindfulness practices. There are two other key items that are important when doing any mindfulness related activity. One is being kind to yourself. When your attention wanders, simply guide it back to the task without getting upset. Your attention is only doing…
Using what we know about how our stress response works from the Inner Workings of Our Stress Response blog post, we can start to work on de-activating our stress response. The stress response begins with perceiving a threat in the brain; however, the first physical response is the unconscious tightening of our core and back…
Tips for getting good teen counseling near youTeen counseling has changed since the introduction of social media and easy access to the internet. This has fundamentally shifted how teens perceive and interact with the world and creates a variety of new challenges for them. For an example article and research, click here. Finding a good counselor…
Slow that racing mind down! Here is how to do it.
How to combat typical comments and understand your needs for emotional wellbeing. In today’s fast paced world, people rarely stop to think about themselves and their emotions. Once you do, you may realize there are persisting feelings that don’t go away. You may start to think about going to talk to someone, a therapist or…
Here is an episode from our other podcast, Mental Health Insights In The Bible. This episode will be posted for a short while so feel free to listen as long as it is up. To listen more more episodes, please subscribe by following the link: https://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm/mentalhealthinsightsinthebible Here are the show notes: Thank you for…