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    How To Effectively Manage Panic Attacks

    January 4, 2019

    Having a panic attack can be one of the most frightening and almost unbearable experiences you may ever suffer. Panic attacks, which can hit you at any time and any place, and which generally last ten minutes or less – can truly be traumatic. Common physical symptoms of a panic attack include: Heart palpitations Shortness […]

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    How To Effectively Manage Panic Attacks

    January 4, 2019

    Having a panic attack can be one of the most frightening and almost unbearable experiences you may ever suffer. Panic attacks, which can hit you at any time and any place, and which generally last ten minutes or less – can truly be traumatic. Common physical symptoms of a panic attack include: Heart palpitations Shortness […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety, panic, panic attack

    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

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    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: exercise, forgive, gratitude, happiness, mindfulness

    The Four Communication Styles That Predict Divorce (and Their Antidotes)

    November 6, 2018

    In any relationship we are bound to have differences with our partner. This is all the more true when we’re in a close, committed relationship which means a great deal to us – so much is at stake. Given no two people are exactly alike, our goal should be to develop skills in the area […]

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    The Four Communication Styles That Predict Divorce (and Their Antidotes)

    November 6, 2018

    In any relationship we are bound to have differences with our partner. This is all the more true when we’re in a close, committed relationship which means a great deal to us – so much is at stake. Given no two people are exactly alike, our goal should be to develop skills in the area […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Relationships Tagged With: communication, divorce, four horsemen, Gottman, relationships

    14 Reasons To Practice Acceptance

    November 2, 2018

    How do you usually respond when life just isn’t going the way you want it to? Maybe your spouse forgot your birthday, you got a flat tire on that day when you simply have to get to an important meeting, or you received a scary health diagnosis. What to do? Yes, you could yell at […]

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    14 Reasons To Practice Acceptance

    November 2, 2018

    How do you usually respond when life just isn’t going the way you want it to? Maybe your spouse forgot your birthday, you got a flat tire on that day when you simply have to get to an important meeting, or you received a scary health diagnosis. What to do? Yes, you could yell at […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: acceptance, feelings, health, relationships

    How To Break Free From Perfectionism

    September 25, 2018

    Do you find it hard to take a compliment, believing that you don’t deserve praise? Do you focus on minor mistakes you’ve made, rather than acknowledging all of the things you do well? If a friend compliments your smile, do you brush off the remark with a derogatory comment about yourself? If so, you may […]

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    How To Break Free From Perfectionism

    September 25, 2018

    Do you find it hard to take a compliment, believing that you don’t deserve praise? Do you focus on minor mistakes you’ve made, rather than acknowledging all of the things you do well? If a friend compliments your smile, do you brush off the remark with a derogatory comment about yourself? If so, you may […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, General, Happiness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: coping, overthink, perfectionism, self-esteem

    11 Ways To Cope When Life Throws You A Curve

    September 10, 2018

    How do you cope when you’re rejected by that college you’d pinned your hopes on attending? How do you pick yourself up off the floor when your marriage of 15 years falls apart? And how do you manage when you’re facing a grim medical diagnosis? Life can be challenging enough when we’re just dealing with […]

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    11 Ways To Cope When Life Throws You A Curve

    September 10, 2018

    How do you cope when you’re rejected by that college you’d pinned your hopes on attending? How do you pick yourself up off the floor when your marriage of 15 years falls apart? And how do you manage when you’re facing a grim medical diagnosis? Life can be challenging enough when we’re just dealing with […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Anxiety, Courage, General, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: cope, coping skills

    28 Secrets of Healthy Relationships

    August 27, 2018

    Ah, relationships. They run the gamut from exhilarating, passionate, and deeply intimate to combative, estranged, and hostile. For some of us, there are numerous and widely varying adjectives we would use to describe our current relationship. Since relationships  consist of two people who are continuing to learn and grow (preferably for the good), we are […]

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    28 Secrets of Healthy Relationships

    August 27, 2018

    Ah, relationships. They run the gamut from exhilarating, passionate, and deeply intimate to combative, estranged, and hostile. For some of us, there are numerous and widely varying adjectives we would use to describe our current relationship. Since relationships  consist of two people who are continuing to learn and grow (preferably for the good), we are […]

    Filed Under: General, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: communicate, relationships

    How To Get Rid of Black-and-White Thinking

    August 9, 2018

    “I never finish anything I start”. “He’s a complete loser.” “She always gets everything she wants.” At times, do you make extreme statements like these? Do you view things in all-or-nothing terms? If so, how does this habit affect your life? Do you have a hunch that it’s getting in the way of your happiness, […]

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    How To Get Rid of Black-and-White Thinking

    August 9, 2018

    “I never finish anything I start”. “He’s a complete loser.” “She always gets everything she wants.” At times, do you make extreme statements like these? Do you view things in all-or-nothing terms? If so, how does this habit affect your life? Do you have a hunch that it’s getting in the way of your happiness, […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Relationships Tagged With: black and white thinking, dialectical, relationships

    The 3-Step Path to Self-Compassion

    August 4, 2018

    It’s usually pretty easy to feel good about ourselves when things are going our way, when we’ve been making significant progress on our personal and professional intentions, and when we’re in harmony with the important people in our lives. However, when we fall short of our own expectations, disappoint others, or fail to achieve a […]

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    The 3-Step Path to Self-Compassion

    August 4, 2018

    It’s usually pretty easy to feel good about ourselves when things are going our way, when we’ve been making significant progress on our personal and professional intentions, and when we’re in harmony with the important people in our lives. However, when we fall short of our own expectations, disappoint others, or fail to achieve a […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: kindness, mindfulness, self-compassion

    How To Manage Your Obsessive Thoughts

    July 21, 2018

    Our minds are meaning-making machines. First and foremost, our minds try to protect us by figuring out how to avoid danger. Our minds are interpreters of our world and immediate circumstances. It’s a fact of nature – we are instinctively on high alert for danger, because first and foremost we want to survive.  After all, […]

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    How To Manage Your Obsessive Thoughts

    July 21, 2018

    Our minds are meaning-making machines. First and foremost, our minds try to protect us by figuring out how to avoid danger. Our minds are interpreters of our world and immediate circumstances. It’s a fact of nature – we are instinctively on high alert for danger, because first and foremost we want to survive.  After all, […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: feeling, obsessive, thoughts

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