Be skeptical of everything you consume online, including me. If someone claims something is “science-based” or “evidence-based,” question it.
Anxiety, Stoicism, and Marcus Aurelius … Gone Wrong?
Stoicism emphasizes understanding and accepting the nature of things, including our emotions, rather than trying to control them.
Stoicism emphasizes understanding and accepting the nature of things, including our emotions, rather than trying to control them.
Why Is Exposure Good for Anxiety
Exposure for anxiety can be incredibly effective, but only when you understand what you’re actually exposing yourself to and how the process really works.
Exposure for anxiety can be incredibly effective, but only when you understand what you’re actually exposing yourself to and how the process really works.
Coping Skills for Anxiety Can Go Wrong
If anxiety coping skills are used for a long time without significant improvement, they might not be effective in addressing the root cause of anxiety.
If anxiety coping skills are used for a long time without significant improvement, they might not be effective in addressing the root cause of anxiety.
Kids, OCD, Anxiety, and Implications for Adult Recovery
Practicing observing anxious thoughts without assigning meaning or predicting danger can help individuals engage in exposure therapy and reduce anxiety.
Practicing observing anxious thoughts without assigning meaning or predicting danger can help individuals engage in exposure therapy and reduce anxiety.
When Life Makes You Naturally Anxious
Sometimes life throws curveballs that naturally trigger anxiety. A relationship ends, a loved one passes away, financial problems arise, health issues emerge.
Sometimes life throws curveballs that naturally trigger anxiety. A relationship ends, a loved one passes away, financial problems arise, health issues emerge.
Anxious Parenting: Learning to Do Less
Anxious parenting is one of the most challenging experiences you can face.
Anxious parenting is one of the most challenging experiences you can face.
Common Questions About Anxiety
Welcome to a special Q&A session where I answer common questions about anxiety from my Instagram audience.
Welcome to a special Q&A session where I answer common questions about anxiety from my Instagram audience.
How Anxiety Is Constructed in the Brain
The most popular advice about how to calm your feelings often makes things worse.
The most popular advice about how to calm your feelings often makes things worse.
How to Calm Your Feelings
If you’re searching for how to calm your feelings, you’re not alone.
If you’re searching for how to calm your feelings, you’re not alone.
Feeling Good About Feeling Bad?
Studies consistently show that excessive reassurance-seeking provides immediate anxiety reduction but leads to a paradoxical increase in anxiety over time.
Studies consistently show that excessive reassurance-seeking provides immediate anxiety reduction but leads to a paradoxical increase in anxiety over time.
Anxiety and Mindset: Not What You Think
When it comes to anxiety and mindset, conventional wisdom says you need to think positive thoughts, adopt empowering beliefs, and maintain motivation to overcome anxiety disorders.
When it comes to anxiety and mindset, conventional wisdom says you need to think positive thoughts, adopt empowering beliefs, and maintain motivation to overcome anxiety disorders.
Why Is Exposure Good for Anxiety
Exposure for anxiety is widely recognized as the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders.
Exposure for anxiety is widely recognized as the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders.
A Personal Recovery Story: From Agoraphobia to Astrophotography
For 25 years of my life, on and off, I struggled with panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, and depression.
For 25 years of my life, on and off, I struggled with panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, and depression.
Too Much Problem Solving and an Anxious Mind
Are you stuck in cycles of too much problem solving? Your mind is an amazing problem-solving machine.
Are you stuck in cycles of too much problem solving? Your mind is an amazing problem-solving machine.
Medication for Anxiety: Why We Don’t Really Talk About It
I understand why these questions come up constantly. When you’re struggling with panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, or any anxiety disorder, you want answers.
I understand why these questions come up constantly. When you’re struggling with panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, or any anxiety disorder, you want answers.