anxiety

Imagine a person who is struggling with depression. Are they unable to get out of bed? Failing out of school? Spending all of their time alone? Are they always crying? This is the picture painted for us by pop culture and the…

Anxiety is hard to understand. High-functioning anxiety is even more so. We stress, we plan, we panic. We achieve. We tell people we're fine. We say this so much we may start to believe it ourselves. On the inside, though, we are drowning.…

As a mother with a diagnosed anxiety disorder, I have found that treating my symptoms is critical to my ability to parent effectively. Truly, doing so is critical to my ability to simply live effectively. I find that mindfulness,…

Hormones don't only wreak havoc in the lives of teenagers and menopausal women. Believe it or not, hormones can dictate your energy level and mood throughout any stage of adulthood. They can also have an impact on your weight, your…

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it.…

You've been in one relationship after another filled with dysfunction, toxicity, and drama. You choose the wrong men. Crazy women seem to find you wherever you go. You're tired of drama, but it always shows up to consume your life. There…

"Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate," said Germaine Greer. Indeed, there's something about the presence of another person that can actually intensify the…

The problem with habits is that they’re, well, habitual. We’ve gotten used to how they feel and how they work in our lives, even when they don’t really work for us anymore. While it can be easy to identify habits that aren’t serving us…

Most of us live incredibly cluttered and fast-paced lives, driven by the need to be productive, accomplished, and forever moving forward. What would happen, though, if we decided to take a time-out? Many of us get anxiety just thinking…