Mindfulness

Dealing with Anxiety in 2021

Dealing with Anxiety in 2021

Mindfulness

Coronavirus is ever-present, a cloud hovering over all of us, and the damage it’s done to our collective mental health is profound. The headline of a just released report from the American Psychological Association (APA) points to that fact and reads: “U.S....
How I Found a Cure for Struggling

How I Found a Cure for Struggling

Mindfulness

Mindfulness and meditation practices offer us many benefits. One that I’ve recently discovered is the ability to create a time each day that I’m free from expectations or struggling. I’ll explain, but first I have to address the struggle. It is that tension between...
Sleep Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sleep Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mindfulness

The restrictions of a stay-at-home order as created a variety of issues for Washingtonians.  Our focus has been to remain healthy and sleep is a huge part of the equation.    Our immune system requires sleep and is critical to our physical well-being. It’s also a key...

Does Anxiety cause Chronic Pain?

Chronic pain, Mindfulness

Dr. Griffin Baum MD, a spine surgery from New York reports “Patients with anxiety typically report increased sensations of pain with more profound experiences of suffering and disability due to the pain…Anxiety arises from an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the...