Once people understand they have an anxiety disorder, the most difficult thing to accept is that, essentially, their thoughts are lying to them. As a society, we are often taught to "trust our gut" and "do what we feel," and while that's a wonderful sentiment in a non-anxious person, it can reek havoc on an anxious person's life. After all, if we have relationship anxiety, we will run from every relationship because "something feels off." If we have health anxiety (former

Most of the clients I see are reticent to take medication. Either they're worried about side effects, don't want to pay the money, or have had a bad experience with it. This is understandable. Medication for anxiety can be a powerful tool in recovering from anxiety, but it's certainly not the only way, especially considering that exercise often outperforms medication in anxiety treatment. Why would that be? One theory is that exercise affects the neurotransmitters in our

I’ve written before about the problems that can arise when meditating with anxiety. However, meditation is a powerful tool for overcoming anxiety in the long run, with studies showing that eight weeks of meditation literally deactivates the fight-or-flight parts of the brain. We’re talking visible brain changes! I mentioned this recently to an anxious client who had been told by a doctor that she “would always be anxious.” I hear this frequently from new clients freshly d