Conquering Anxiety Physiologically, Behaviorally, and Psychologically

If you experience anxiety, you know it impacts how you feel in your body, how you behave, and how you think and feel. Anxiety isn't just something you have imagined or a thought in your head.  Anxiety affects us physiologically, behaviorally, and psychologically.

Anxiety at the Physical Level:

Shallow Breathing & Muscle Tension
Practice Deep Breathing and Muscle Relaxation

Anxiety at the Emotional Level:

Suppressed feelings create anxiety
Recognize symptoms of repressed feelings
ID what you are feeling
Learn to express feelings

Anxiety at the Behavioral Level:

Avoidance creates and maintains phobias
Take small steps and process through imaginary and real life desensitization

Anxiety at the Mental Level:

Notice and replace “what-if”, self-critical, and perfectionist self-talk.

Because anxiety affects us physiologically, behaviorally, and psychologically, to conquer it we must intervene on all 3 levels. We conquer a...

Your Self-Awareness Journey

A psychoanalytic investigation is a complex and nuanced journey into one's delicate heart.-Galit Atlas, PhD

One reason people come to therapy is to get to know the truth of who they are. A next step is to live from that truth on a daily basis, not only during extraordinary circumstances.

Below are some questions to ask yourself as you continue on your self-awareness journey.

4 Questions to Ask Yourself As You Begin

Your Self-Awareness Journey

How do I handle strong emotions?

Our body signals similar sensations for both anticipation and anxiety, as well as passion and frustration. However, our mindset plays a crucial role in determining how we respond to these sensations. We have the power to generate momentum for positive change or get caught up in a mental loop. It all depends on how we choose to respond. 

Stress arises from many different kinds of situations, both good and bad life events and transitions trigger stress. We can learn a lot about...

Ideas about Marriage were passed down to us from the generations of family before us. 

Some say divorce is a sign of failure, or being a quitter, a lack of commitment and courage.  

You know that is not true. 

Divorce does not mean failure. 

CoParenting does not mean an unhappy childhood. 

Enlightened CoParenting is a method that enables you and your children to emerge from divorce happy and whole.

Many different things have brought you to this crossroads  

A holistic understanding of our lives over time requires us to reflect upon the many, many factors that will shape our lives over time from birth to death.

When we have a holistic understanding of our lives over time we see that there have been many, many factors that shape the events of our lives over time from the day we are born until the day we die. 

I help couples with kids remain a family even if they are no longer husband and wife. I want to show you what is possible if you see divorce as a trans...

Facing Discomfort is making room for growth.

The most potent changes we make will come from changes in our thinking.  

A change you cultivate within will make extraordinary, awesome, and welcome change in your life.  It will also influence positive change in the lives of others.

How many times have you been told:

PREPARE FOR THE WORST. 

As if preparing for the worst will keep the worst from happening. 

Our mental playlists are loaded with stories predicting worst case scenarios.  We believe that telling ourselves these stories will protect us. 

We must come to know that by visualizing and preparing for the worst, we predict and perpetuate the worst actually happening. We plant toxic seeds for failing to fulfill our dreams.  

Why do we plant the seeds of toxic thoughts again and again and make it harder for ourselves to accomplish our goals?  

Each person's playlist is unique, as they are, their fears are in some ways unique and they are tied to unique patt...