By Michael Logan One on my favorite stress management exercises is to ask my counseling and anger management clients to imagine themselves getting up from a really good nights sleep, and to note how refreshed they feel as they pull the covers off, and move their body toward the next right thing to do. We [...]
I had panic attacks on a regular basis for six years! I wish I had known then how easy it is to cure panic attacks once you know how. A little background is needed here. Panic and anxiety are very much the same. Not exactly, however, and they definitely vary in intensity. Anxiety is a [...]
By Terry Cartwright A lack of skill, ability and experience in certain business areas need not be a barrier to success and starting your own business. The personal qualities exerted by a small business owner overcoming deficiencies over and over again are vital and present in many entrepreneurs much more so that specific technical knowledge. [...]
By Stanley Popovich Almost everybody worries about what will happen in the future. The prospect of not knowing if something good or bad will happen to you in the near future can produce a lot of fear and anxiety. As a result, here is a list of techniques and suggestions on how to manage this [...]
By Emma Wortt “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill. You have a problem. In order to solve it you’re going to need to make some changes. The thought of that is making you stressed, but the thought of leaving things as they are is even more stressful. You want to make changes [...]
When you are aware of an unhelpful feeling or state of mind for the task(s) you have ahead, there is a powerful technique that you can use. Here’s a real-life example (I’ve put a summary at the end). A few days ago I was working with a group of customer-service professionals. One of them, Hazel, [...]
If you have been suffering the effects of stress over a continuous period, then there are definite physical consequences such as damage to the gastrointestinal tract, glandular system, skin or cardiovascular system as the body tries to cope with the incessant demands made on it. But it is not just in our body that stress [...]
Shy people instinctively know that they are missing out. Shyness equals lost opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections. Shyness can be crippling but there are tried and tested ways to make it a thing of the past. When I was fifteen I was shy. I recall an attractive girl attempting to engage me in [...]
You’re obsessed. You’re obsessed with your work, your craft. You think about your art, your character, painting, sculpture, upcoming tour, or screenplay seemingly every waking minute of every day. Heck, you even dream about it! This fiendish infatuation with your craft, the passion that drives you to get out of bed in the morning is [...]