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• Recognizing and Dealing with Stress
  Stress is often defined as a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset the balance of things ...
• Natural Remedies for Dealing with Stress
  Many Americans today are under huge amounts of stress. With the decline of the economy, many find themselves dealing with ...
• When ADHD and Anxiety Occur Together
  It's not uncommon for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to struggle with anxiety, whether it’s several symptoms or a ...
• Accepting and Overcoming Anxiety
  So there you are in the middle of a business meeting, Wal-Mart, a shopping mall, your kids’ school play, and out of nowhere, ...
• The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt
  A shaky self-confidence or relentless self-doubt stops many people from pursuing their passions. A fear of failure gnaws at them, leaving them at a standstill and unsatisfied with their lives. If you know what I’m ...
• Don’t Let Fear Destroy Your Relationship
  Why do we fight with our partners? I’m not referring to small arguments that resolve reasonably quickly with a compromise. ...
• Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression
  In Yoga for Emotional Balance Bo Forbes, PsyD, explores how yoga can compliment traditional psychotherapy to help patients improve their anxiety and depression symptoms through movement and breath work. Much of the book is devoted ...
• Should You Consider Alternative Treatments for Anxiety Disorders?
  Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), ...
• Black and Depressed: Two African-American Women Break the Silence
  According to Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, African American ...
• Overcoming Anxiety in Today’s Tough, Tuned-in, Plugged-in World
  Every era has its ups and downs — war, natural disasters, economic trouble, social problems and ...
• Transcendental Meditation: What Is It and How Does It Work?
  Being that my job is to feature and review books on psychology, spirituality, and especially the intersection ...
• Moving Through Fear: Cultivating the 7 Spiritual Instincts for a Fearless Life
  Jeff Golliher, author of Moving Through Fear: Cultivating the 7 Spiritual Instincts for a Fearless Life, is both an Episcopalian priest and a cultural anthropologist, a combination that allows him to address uniquely how fear ...
• Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression
  Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety by Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D. And Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT is a very good read for such a serious subject that not only teaches ...
• Panicked Over Public Speaking? A Holistic Approach That Helps
  Most people who seek out Janet Esposito, MSW, author of In The SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking ...
• 5 Ways to Stress Less
  Stress is different things to different people. It’s also different things at different times to the same person. In other words, ...
• 9 Psychologist-Approved Must-Reads on Mental Health
  Psychologists are a discerning bunch when it comes to books. Because of their insider’s view of mental ...
• 10 Things You Should Know About Compulsive Hoarding
  Many people might claim that, at least at one point in their lives, they could be classified as a "pack rat" or a ...
• Nerve: Poise Under Pressure
  In his intelligent and sharp-witted book, Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool Taylor Clark is incredibly brave for tackling a topic like anxiety and ...
• 5 Steps to Reduce Worrying and Anxiety
  Everyone worries from time to time. But for some people, “worry is a way of life,” writes clinical ...
• Suicide and the Military
  When someone commits suicide, it’s a tragedy. When we are losing more soldiers to suicide than to ...
• How to Halt and Minimize Panic Attacks
  Experiencing a panic attack can be scary. While panic attacks vary among individuals, attacks tend to ...
• Humor As Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve
  Humor has long been recognized as more than mere fun and games. It presents an alternative means of expressing criticism about injustices, ...
• Holiday Feasts and Family Misbehavior
  My friend Jemm was close to tears when she called today. She’d invited the whole “fam damily” as she called it to come for ...
• Uptight and In Your Face: Coping with an Anxious Boss, Parent, Spouse, or Lover
  We all have to interact with people we don’t get along with at some point in our lives.  Sometimes, those people are so emotionally intense, anxious, and self-absorbed that the only word that accurately describes ...
• My Trip to the ER: Attention Must Be Paid
  I'm a psych patient. My primary diagnosis is bipolar II, but there’s a little anxiety, PTSD and other stuff ...