Tag: Anxiety
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Become an Emotional Troubleshooter
Emotions can feel overwhelming, but they’re also signals guiding us toward solutions.
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Eliminate the Word Worry from your Vocabulary
Worry never changes a situation — it only steals our peace and energy. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson reflects on insights from Joyce Meyer’s book Change Your Words, Change Your Life to show why eliminating the word “worry” from your vocabulary and replacing it with empowering statements can create more confidence, joy, and resilience.
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Physical Therapy Exercises for Stress & Anxiety
Stress and anxiety often show up in the body as tension, pain, and poor posture — but simple physical therapy exercises can help break the cycle. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson explains how defensive body posture contributes to stress and shares three powerful exercises, including Wall Angels, that release tension, improve posture, and restore…
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Harnessing Positive Affirmations as a Grounding Technique
Positive affirmations are more than feel-good phrases — they are powerful grounding tools that can reduce stress, rewire negative thought patterns, and build confidence. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson shares how affirmations work, why they matter, and how to use them daily to cultivate resilience, peace, and self-belief.
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Ice Packs for Anxiety
Anxiety can feel overwhelming, but sometimes the simplest tools bring the greatest relief. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson explains how using ice packs can help calm racing thoughts, soothe physical symptoms, and ground you in the present moment — offering a quick, practical way to ease anxiety when it hits.
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A Wholehearted Approach to Managing Anxiety
Brené Brown’s work on wholeheartedness is a valuable resource for managing anxiety. In this blog post, I will discuss how her research can be applied to manage anxiety in practical ways. What is Wholeheartedness? Wholeheartedness is a term used by Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston, to describe a way of…
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6 Ways to Manage Intrusive Thoughts
Intrusive thoughts can feel overwhelming, whether they involve fears about contamination, relationships, or perfectionism. In this article, Dr. Christine E. Dickson outlines six practical strategies—such as mindfulness, reframing, and creating a trigger plan—to help you manage intrusive thoughts, reduce anxiety, and regain a sense of calm.
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Crazy Sexy Anxiety
Kris Carr, author of Crazy Sexy Cancer, has lived with Stage IV cancer since 2003 by redefining illness and rejecting the victim mindset. Inspired by her work, Dr. Christine E. Dickson applies the “crazy sexy” approach to both medical and psychiatric conditions, helping clients view challenges like anxiety, depression, and PTSD not as sources of…
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Overcoming Anxiety: The Story of “Alan”
Dr. Dickson describes how she helps clients overcome anxiety with four simple tools.
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My New Hobby is WORRYING?
Suddenly I realized that my new hobby was worrying about the coronavirus and checking the news several times a day. I also developed what I called a “hypochondriacal corona cough.” But for the past three weeks, I never associated feeling preoccupied, overwhelmed, or abandoning my hobbies with worry. It was only after noticing the changes…