Stress Hinders Our Abilities to Process Potential New Threats by Taylor Bennett | Oct 6, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Research, Stress Imagine: You’re on your way home from work after a long, stressful day. Your hand is on the wheel and your foot on the petal, but your mind’s still back at the office. Stacks of paperwork, loads of emails, frustrated coworkers, angry boss. The next thing you know, you’re just…
5 Office Decorating Tips That Help Lower Stress by Taylor Bennett | Aug 14, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Stress, Work & Careers Our workplace is our home away from home and our coworkers our second family. But we don’t always put as much effort into creating an enjoyable space at work as we do back at the house. If we did, we’d probably be able to cut down on some tension, some…
People Buying Houses are Stressed Right Now: How To Stress Less by Lenora KM | May 31, 2017 | Life Transition, Mental Health Topics, Stress People who want to live the dream of a white, picket fence surrounding a pretty house with a nice yard and a flower garden may be a little stressed out right now. In 2016, mortgage rates were below four percent at the beginning of the year. They stayed at record…
Survive (and Thrive) This Holiday Season: 11 Seriously Good Tips by Amber Shimel | Dec 16, 2016 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement, Stress The holiday season is a time for good cheer and merriment! Or is it? For many, the mention of Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Year’s brings as many winces as it does smiles. The fact is, the holiday season can be as much of a burden as it is a celebration;…
Overcoming Dentist Fear and Stress: 7 Great Tips by Thriveworks Counseling | May 3, 2016 | Feelings & Emotions, Mental Health Topics, Stress Does visiting the dentist make you feel anxious, worried, or nervous? Do you avoid scheduling check-ups, or does it cause you extra stress in the weeks and days leading up to your appointment? If so, fear of the dentist could be preventing you from getting the dental care you need….
A Simple Method to Deal with Chronic Overwhelm by Andrea Greebon | Feb 17, 2016 | Coping Skills, Mental Health Topics, Stress Everything is coming at us so quickly these days. Emails. Voicemails. Twitter. Facebook. Texting. Everything that you would ever want to know can be found on the Internet. Everything is so fast. And we feel like we can’t get even get a breath. Or at least a good breath. Many…
7 Tips for Reducing Stress While Driving in Traffic by Debbie Roberson, M.A., LPC, NCC | Apr 20, 2015 | Mental Health Topics, Stress “How can you stand all this traffic!” My close friend, Lisa, visits Austin frequently for her job. And with every visit she notices the increasingly more difficult traffic patterns. We have all heard about the 110+ net arrivals moving to Austin every day, per the Austin Business Journal. Our roads…
Stress Management and Rest for the Entrepreneur by Anthony Centore, PhD | Oct 28, 2014 | Stress, Work & Careers The Entrepreneur’s Nerves are not Made of Steel Building and sustaining a business is a day-in, day-out war between uncertainty and perseverance. Make few bad decisions or take your “eye off the ball” for just a minute, and it could be “game over.” As an entrepreneur, your ability to persist…
Is Excitement The Best Way to Defeat Stress and Anxiety? by Jon Negroni | Dec 26, 2013 | Anxiety, Mental Health Topics, Stress What makes a person excited? How is it that excitement is one of the most effective tools against stress, anxiety and public speaking? Here is our full guide to the science and psychology behind one of our mind’s most powerful resources — enthusiasm — and how you can actually utilize it.
2 Hours of Exposure Therapy Treats Fear of Spiders by Anthony Centore, PhD | May 22, 2012 | Anxiety, Mental Health Topics, Stress According to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, participants in a study who at first could not bring themselves to get within 10 feet of a terrarium containing a tarantula, experienced dramatic relief from their phobias. After a two or three hour session of…
College Stress and Anxiety Stats by Anthony Centore, PhD | Dec 20, 2010 | Anxiety, College, Mental Health Topics, Stress Maladaptive anxiety affects approximately 19 million U.S. adults—or up to 25% of the general population—and is distinct in that it progresses to consume one with overwhelming fear, panic and dread. In many instances, symptoms are intense to the point they cripple one’s personal relationships, career, and quality of life. Anxiety…