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Overcoming Proscrastination by Overcoming Anxious Thoughts

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

  When you plan to accomplish some task why do you hestitate? Could it be that approaching the task triggers strong but often ignored beliefs about inferiorty or danger?  It has been said the 'anxiety is the handmaiden of anxiety', meaning that we often avoid situations or tasks because they spark ...

How to reduce anxiety about starting or completing a task

Friday, December 12th, 2008

  1.     1.   Break down tasks to the barest simplicity and complete very small steps, like work on a task for 5 or 10 minutes to begin.. 2.      2.   Celebrate some even small successes to challenges and add small increases over time.         3          

Anxiety: Is it Better to be an Extrovert or an Introvert?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Self-Reflection and the Inward Looking Person   “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”                                                                                     – Joseph Campbell   We live in a world of extroverts. Our social norms are geared to people who are “out there” – those who achieve, ...

Anxiety Relief Therapy, How to Start

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

  Do you feel agonizing anxiety or emotional pain that you can sometimes avoid but keeps coming back? How many times have you planned to get some help but backed away from therapy? Do you avoid other situations that might trigger this intense emotion even though the things you want to ...