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Try This Genius Hack for Calming Spiraling Thoughts

February 28, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Spiraling thoughts are easily identifiable as any obsessive, repeating, or circuitous thoughts that grip your attention in a negative way. You become obsessed, and can’t stop thinking about that thing. This is a thought spiral, and they usually weigh you down. Spiraling thoughts make it so that it’s hard to focus on anything else, and […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks Tagged With: anxiety help, anxiety relief, getting to know yourself, mental exercises, Panic attacks, self care, self doubt, stress relief

How to Orient Your Brain Towards An “Upward Spiral” When You’re Feeling Down

January 14, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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When you’re stuck in a rut of negative thinking and feel like you’re headed in a downward spiral, making a conscious effort to redirect your depressive tendencies into an upward spiral can make all the difference. When you’re feeling down, self-care and conscious, effortful, mindful action become all the more essential.  But you probably already […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks Tagged With: anxiety help, depression

5 Depression Hacks That Can Ease Doldrums (We Promise)

January 10, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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These simple depression hacks are the product of extensive research into pop psychology, wellness, neuroscience, and various life coaching resources for therapeutic treatments of depression. Whether you’re struggling with depression or merely a case of the doldrums, we’ve explained each hack in simple language with practical examples that are easy to apply to your lifestyle. […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks, Life Coaching Tagged With: burnout, depression, exercise, mental exercises

Gut Health Strongly Linked To Anxiety, Research Finds

January 1, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

Gut health and mental health may be more strongly associated than scientists previously suspected, new research suggests. According to recent meta-analyses published in the medical journal General Psychiatry, anxiety might be alleviated by regulating gut bacteria.  This is a massive finding considering that as much as a third of the global population experiences anxiety, and […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety relief, brain diet, brain fog, brain food, brain health, fatigue, gut health, mood diet

3 Helpful Tools & Insights From Dr. Michele Kambolis’ Stress-Focused Book, “When Women Rise”

January 18, 2022 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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For the last 25 years, Vancouver-based Dr. Michele Kambolis has worked in private practice treating women with various degrees of stress, anxiety, and trauma in their lives.    Accordingly, her new book on women and stress, When Women Rise: Everyday Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Body, and Soul is both a primer and masterclass on […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks, Life Coaching Tagged With: anxiety help, anxiety relief, books, gut health, stress, stress relief, therapy for anxiety

Why Anxious People Should Avoid (Excess) Coffee and Alcohol

October 9, 2019 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

As we previously wrote in our Comprehensive Guide to Anxiety Relief, anxious people should avoid consuming excess coffee and alcohol. Or, at the very minimum, alternate drinking a class of water between each cup or glass of the hard stuff. This is because people who are anxiety tend to have genetic markets for increased caffeine […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety help, anxiety relief, coffee

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