difference between intuition and fear

I take everything so personally and I take every negative human interaction to heart.  This is a common symptom with those of us who...

I still remember an incident that took place in the spring of Grade 8 in 1983. The situation was so horrific it is like it was yesterday....

Strategies for social anxiety

After my vision of the gold buddha, I decided to seek out a medication class or centre. I wanted to be able to be in control of my...

I would like to share my story with you about how I went to an Energy Medicine Practitioner. It was my therapist at the time that...

It is 11:15 pm and I cannot sleep.  I cannot work.  I cannot do the dishes.  All I can do is watch tv and play on my phone.  I am...

Four years ago, after umpteen years in therapy, daily meditation and medication, I thought I was healed from my anxiety disorder.  I...

I would like to share a huge accomplishment that happened to me in 1985.  For the whole year, I was shut up in my house due to...

In the 1980s, I honestly felt like I was the only person on earth who had all these symptoms of anxiety.  I didn’t even know what anxiety...

A therapist once asked me if it was my responsibility to make other’s love me?  I said with confidence, “yes, of course”.  She told me...

I would like to share another story that I told my therapist during an Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) session.  It...

As children, we take on the beliefs of our parents.  We believe that our parents are perfect and that it is us, the children, who only...

An interesting thing that would keep showing up in my Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) sessions with my therapist was...

I would like to share with you another story I discussed with my therapist during an EMDR (eye movement and desensitization reprocessing)...

One of the symptoms of my social anxiety was going to the bathroom in public.  I remember an embarrassing time in Middle School, a place...

Positive affirmations are not a cure to anxiety and depression, but it can be a great complementary practice in addition to therapy and...

One of the things my mother could do splendidly was Christmas.  She was able to make it magical.  She still can!  In our house, my mother...

One of the most effective ways that I have learned to take the edge off of anxiety is through techniques from the Mindfulness-Based...

Starting a blog is very scary for me. When I try something that's hard, I completely freeze. I think to myself, I shouldn't do unless...