Anxiety
If Teenagers are the World’s Mine Canaries: What is Wrong with the Mine?
It has been theorized that the ancient historic wholesale movements of people out of Africa, into Europe and over land bridges to North America were initiated not by group elders but by adolescents who decided that their futures were better pursued in places other than where they were. The thought is that others followed, and…
Mindfulness and Stress: Using Stress to Develop an Informational Identity Building Approach
Every year as terms end, papers come due, and final exams approach, student stress levels, already high, spike upwards. What sort of a discipline would psychology be if it could not provide its students with some good, grounded advice about how to deal with the stress? Unfortunately, much of the time the advice offered to…
Understand Your Brain On Uncertainty
Are you feeling stressed and/or anxious these days? I would be surprised if you were not. Without dwelling on it and making yourself feel worse, what are the top three things that are making you feel stressed or anxious? We typically think of things or situations or circumstances when asked about what is causing us…
Smartphones, Social Media and Loneliness
What comes to mind when you read or hear a statement that starts with the words “young people these days….”? There has been a lot of press over the research finding that young people (born around 1995) are expressing and experiencing significantly higher levels of stress, anxiety and loneliness even when compared to the generation…
Challenged by Anxiety or Trauma? Get Moving!
If you were experiencing anxiety or struggling with trauma would dancing be good for you? If you first thought is, “well it might be a distraction but other than that….” You might benefit from a look at and some reflection upon research that looks directly at this question. If you know something about the sub-cortical…