anxiety

  • The Simple Equation for Fitness

    Dena October 12, 2022

    Let’s talk about physical health, particularly our physical bodies and body weight, also called fitness. I could write a novel on this topic, you know. I have run the gamut on it. In my lifetime, I have been everything from obese all the way to the picture of health with nearly 0% body fat. And of course, I have been everywhere in between those two places, as well. Fitness and…

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  • Types of Cognitive Distortions

    Dena October 5, 2022

    In my last post about anxiety, I shared a cognitive behavior therapy Thought Tracking Sheet. If you suffer from anxiety, this sheet can change your life. By tracking our thoughts and learning how to observe them and change them with the sheet, we can develop…

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  • Thought Tracking Sheet: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Dena September 20, 2022

    It has been two decades since I learned the power of thought tracking and it saved my life. I first wrote about thought tracking in 2009, today, 13 years later, I am sharing the tool so that you can use it yourself. I have created…

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  • a year later

    Dena August 17, 2022

    Here we are, a year later. Like most people who meet them, I am obsessed with their cheeks–soft and full and perfect. I cannot count how many times I have kissed those little cheeks, at least 30 times a day, every day, if I had…

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  • 5 Natural Remedies for Anxiety

    Dena April 7, 2021

    If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, then you know that anxiety is a topic that has been near to my heart forever. It’s something that I have struggled with as far back as I can remember. Overcoming the anxiety that…

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  • Do You Have Anxiety? Get support from BetterHelp

    Dena September 23, 2020

    Do You Have Anxiety? Get support from BetterHelp According to the AADA, 40 million adults in the United States suffer from an anxiety disorder per year. Even so, some people don’t have a diagnosis, whether that’s due to financial barriers to diagnosis or not recognizing…

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  • 4 Practical Tips for Dealing with Overwhelm

    Dena January 17, 2019

    Over the course of the last year, my relationship with anxiety has shifted dramatically. For the most part, my anxiety is no longer running the show. I am so aware of it and I have made so much peace with it. I understand that it…

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  • later you will understand

    Dena September 28, 2018

    Hello, friends. It’s been awhile — a three week break that I hadn’t planned, but such is life. Right? Things have been really hard for me since the middle of July. When I look back on these last few months, the title of Pema Chodron’s…

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  • You can do anything. But you can’t do everything.

    Dena March 24, 2018

    “How did I end up here, again?” I asked myself, lying on my back in the emergency room hospital bed a couple of weeks ago. It was the second time in as many years that I found myself in that very position. Recently a friend…

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