The next time you’re stressed, sweating, or overwhelmed, cross your arms, give yourself a little hug, and start tapping on your shoulders. Angie pulls out the easy-to-do move whenever she’s anxious or ...

“Anxiety is a projection of fear that sends signals to the amygdala and hippocampus in the brain,” explains Melissa Hankins, MD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist based in Seattle. And in some situations ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Holistic healing coach Carmen Rojas, a practitioner skilled in the arts of Hypnotherapy, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), and Mindset & Wellness joined Gayle Guyardo the host of the ...

An upcoming flight was the source of my anxiety. I recently had knee surgery and the idea of getting my bags to the terminal on my own made my heart race and my thoughts run wild: Assuming I made it ...

So, what’s the difference between exercise and meditation for anxiety relief? “You can think of exercise as a bottom-up approach — the body affecting the brain. Meditation is a top-down approach — the ...

This is part four of our four-part series of stories exploring stress, the nuances that come with the psychological and physiological response and its relationship with running. If you find it hard to ...

Depression and anxiety are serious conditions affecting a lot of people. I’ve struggled with both myself, and exercise has helped me more than anything else. If you’ve ever experienced feelings of ...

When I first started my clinical training as a psychologist, some of the first techniques I learned were relaxation exercises. These are concrete, specific behaviors that clients can use to reduce the ...