Are you aware how much food impacts your wellbeing and your anxieties? Most people don’t make any relation between food and their mental state. As mind and body are strongly connected, there is such a relation.Just watch your meals and their ingredients. Watch how you feel after having eaten or drunk what you usually take [...]
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Breathing, Sleeping and Eating
What else do you need in order to live? You will agree that the above activities are all essential for our survival. However, we are not meant to merely survive. Life is more than that. Are you stll with me? What about love, joy, emotions? Work. What does work mean to you? Do you attribute [...]
Fear or Anxiety
A few weeks ago I received a comment stating that fear and anxiety are two different words for the same feeling. I have then discussed this statement with other people. We were not all of the same opinion, however, most of them think that these terms relate to different feelings; i.e. that fear is something [...]
More About Breathing
As everybody knows, breathing is the most essential action in our life. If we do not breathe, life wll leave us. But what most of us do not know is that our ways of breathing are not natural. Especially the Westerners with the culture of speed, are not aware of the lack of oxygen in [...]
Some Gentle, Deep and Slow Breaths…
…can dramatically change your world! And your life. It is incredible but it’s true. In fact, although we know that breathing is essential to life, we do it on complete autopilot. If we did it the right way, we woul feel nothing but fine. Our problem is that our breaths are hasty and not complete. [...]
Still Trying to Relax?
I hope you are. As you know, relaxation is essential. There is a very easy way to relax: it’s breathing Of course we all breathe but we do it the wrong way. Especially when we are tense or anxious , are having an anxiety or panic attack,then we breathe too rapidly and therefore the breath [...]
How Do I Relax?
As you might know, to relax is of the utmost importance. Especially people who suffer from anxiety and stress, should try to relax as often as possible. You can relax with very easy steps. The relaxation is very powerful all the same. For example, if you yawn, your whole body relaxes. The same is true [...]
What is Mindful Meditation?
How does it relate to Anxiety? Mindful meditation is when you sit without ”doing” anything. Your focus is on the present moment. You let go of your thoughts about the past and the future. After this kind of meditation, you may find it easier to focus even when you are not meditating. Being mindful means [...]
What About Ungratefulness?
Have you ever thought that ungratefulness could affect your anxiety or viceversa? If you did think of it, you were absolutely on the right track. Gratitude or any positive feeling can greatly influence our state of mind. And not only the state of mind, but our whole life. Especially if the positive thought is not [...]
What Triggers Your Anxiety?
Are there specific events that cause your anxiety to mount? Have you ever noticed whether it pops up after you have eaten certain foods? Or do you long for specific foods and drinks? – Try to watch whether your eating and drinking habits have changed lately. This also because the times we are living in, [...]