If you are someone who is suffering from anxiety right now, know that you are not alone. Anxiety is our body’s natural reaction to stress. While short bursts of stress hormones can be helpful and actually benefit our minds and bodies, chronic stress and anxiety is not...
Today, we often used the terms “being stressed out” and “having anxiety” interchangeably. But just how similar (or different) are they? Stress versus anxiety. Stress is our body’s natural response to an external trigger. When we feel stress in the short-term, from...
Watching developments on the news these days is sometimes distressing for all of us. In fact, it’s important to recognize that if it’s impacting us, as well as impacting our kids. Mae, from Fox 40 Sacramento spoke to therapist Nancy Ryan about how to keep stress away...
By now, we are all well aware of the challenges that social isolation and self-quarantine present. What may have at first felt like an extended vacation, may now be creating loneliness, lack of purpose, and overindulgence in things that make us feel (momentarily)...
It has been said that to gain power over your demons, you must name them. With mood-tracking apps, this is the name of the game. We are happy to say that as the world comes to better understand and support mental health, a myriad of mood-tracking apps has been...
There are currently many events that cause heightening anxiety. Such events include a global health pandemic, protests, and social unrest, plus the uncertainty of our future economy. When left untreated, anxiety can cause unrelenting worry, racing thoughts, poor...
