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Exercising Your Worries: How Physical Activity Helps Manage Stress and Anxiety
"The first wealth is health." --Ralph Waldo Emerson Which do you think to be more effective at reducing anxiety or stress: Taking a hot bath or going for a brisk 20 minute walk? The answer is going for a walk (1). Our bodies are repositories for stress and...
The Girl Who Didn’t Kick the Hornet’s Nest: How Mindfulness Helps Deal with Anxiety-Based Thoughts
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine."—Ralph Waldo Emerson Anxiety thoughts are like hornets—they are a natural part of nature that, when left on their own, do not bother you too much. But when you pay them too...
The Art of Emotional Aikido: 10 Skills to Turn Relationship Conflict into Connection
“Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.” –Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, often described this art as being like the flow of water, moving gently around obstacles, working with the current...
Purrfect Counselors: How Cats Can Heal Broken Bones and Broken Hearts
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine If you are a cat person, you have likely experienced the mesmerizing effect of a cat’s purr. It can be extremely hard to move with a vibrating feline...
How to Have Great Sex in Long-Term Relationships: Intimacy Maps
“Everything you do in a relationship is foreplay.” –John Gottman Maps help us navigate our way in the world; even when we know where we are going our brains cues and signals, in the form of internal schemas, so that we know where to turn. An “Intimacy Map,”...