Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: This Isn’t What I Expected
Pregnancy is often a time of hopes, dreams, and anticipation. We set our hearts on what we view as ideals for motherhood. I remember during my first pregnancy imagining what…
Taming the Anxiety Beast
“I Can’t stop thinking about it... I'm like a hamster in a wheel... My body feels electric.” Anxiety (defined as worry, undefined fear, and agitation) manifests itself in many forms, but…
Mental Benefits of Exercise
Let me start off by saying I am in no way a fitness guru, but I do experience the mind/body benefits of engaging in regular exercise. I would never have…
Responding to Anxiety With Willingness
In my previous blog Fears For Today, Worries For Tomorrow: Understanding Anxiety, I mentioned a natural tendency to avoid the discomfort of anxiety and the related consequences. In fact, avoidance…
Fears for Today, Worries for Tomorrow: Understanding Anxiety
Each one of us has experienced anxious feelings such as fear and worry at one point or another. You may wonder how I can be so sure. The reason is…