Doing therapy in San Francisco, I am very aware that most of us lead very busy lives these days. The pressure to earn a living and to keep up with everything in our lives is incredibly taxing and can leave us feeling anxious and fatigued. Increased connectedness, with smartphones, emails, facebook, texting and twitters add to the constant pulls for our attention and activates …
Coping With Holiday Stress
The holiday season, beginning with Thanksgiving and stretching out through New Years Day, can be a major source of stress and depression for many of us. Financial pressure, painful memories and associations, being alone, time pressure, and difficult relationships can all contribute. It's a time of year when many of us have family expectations and obligations to meet, and old …
Calm Your Mind
We evolved as a species to be anxious about things that might not really exist in the environment, because that was better than taking the chance of overlooking real danger. But in terms of our personal happiness, constantly being afraid of things that only exist in our minds is a miserable way to live. …