Strategies for Managing Stress at the Holidays

For people prone to anxiety, the holiday season may be stressful as well as exciting. The subjective feelings of stress may interfere with the ability to be mentally present with family members and to enjoy the fine food and break from work. There are many reasons for anxiety related to work, finances, family, travel, and entertaining. We may feel pulled in different directions or unable to get

Six Ways to Deal With Anxiety

We all know the uncomfortable feeling of anxiety. Our heart races, our fingers sweat, and our breathing gets shallow and labored. We experience racing thoughts about a perceived threat that we won't be able to handle.  That's because our "fight or flight" response has kicked in, resulting in sympathetic arousal and a narrowing of attention and focus on avoiding the threat. We seem to be locked in