Anxiety/Fear
How to Worry More Mindfully
How to Worry More Mindfully by psychologist Jenny Taitz was posted in the New York Times November 2, 2020, the day before the U.S. national elections. The suggestions are still […]
Free Guided Practice in Moving from Distress to Calm, from Resilience 2.0™
In the new online Resilience 2.0™ course you’ll be practicing exercises like these to move from reactivity and distress to a sense of calm, ease, and safety in connection, with […]
Three Tips from a Therapist for Calming Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Another excellent direct pass-through from Greater Good Science Center at University of California-Berkeley. Lindsey Antin’s wise and practical suggestions for how we can get a grip on the worries swirling […]
Coping with Setbacks and Shutdowns – Shifting from Stymied and Stuck to Engaged and Empowered
My mom grew up poor, on a farm in northern Minnesota, during the Great Depression. The family had food to eat, but not much else. She told me once how, […]
Two Opposites of Fear – Brave and Safe
I remember the light bulb moment: fear has two opposites – to be brave and to be safe. Both are true. Somewhat like the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the […]
Strengthening That Resilience Mindset – Doing Things that Scare You Is the Key
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. – Katherine Paterson The practice of doing one thing a day […]
Recovering from One of Those Panicky Moments
One of those panicky moments…in the elevator returning to my hotel room at last week’s Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, reaching for my room key card — that is not there. My […]
Anxiety v. Excitement – What’s the Diff?
I remember how startled I was to learn, somewhere in graduate school in clinical psychology, that the body can’t tell the difference between anxiety and excitement. Meaning…the nervous system mobilizes […]