anxiety
How to Shift Your Brain Into HIgh Gear
Ever feel like your brain is stuck in the wrong gear? Maybe you’re trying to focus on a report, but your mind is off daydreaming about dinner (or worse, you’re stressing about everything *except* dinner!). Well, good news: there’s a “gearbox” in your brain that you can control to get your thinking on track. Yes,…
Read MoreHow to have difficult conversations at work
You’ve got to fire someone. Your consulting project is way behind schedule. The budget has to get cut. In any job you’ll have to have tough conversations where fear can end up being the fuel for positive and effective change, or it can crumble you into wishing you had done the whole thing differently. With…
Read MoreWhy you (and your kids) laugh at the worst possible time
I honestly thought my grandfather was going to kill me or my brother. We’d been sitting in a tiny aluminum row boat for about two and a half hours. Way longer than most ten and eleven year old boys can, or should, have to handle. My grandfather – a passionate trout fisherman – finally latched…
Read MoreElection Day Anxiety? Turn that fear into fuel for good.
Today can be a great day if you want it to be – no matter what happens. Are you screaming at your friends? Maybe losing sleep or can’t focus on work? One of my best friends is an Italian native who lived in New York for 10 years and became a US citizen. He is…
Read More“Stress in America at an All-Time High” – American Psych. Assoc.
The American Psych. Assoc. puts stress at an all-time high. Here are four steps that can help you get it under control.
Read MoreWhat is the root of Intolerance?
From a neuroscience perspective intolerance is driven by a primal fear response. This fear originates in a part of the brain called the limbic system. That’s where the amygdala (which handles the fight, flight or freeze response) is situated. When some thing or someone is different from what has been populated into your subconscious mind that’s…
Read MoreEliminate Anxiety and Program Your Brain to Thrive in Uncertainty
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Read MoreAnxiety, stress or fear? Take Control of Your Mental Health During Coronavirus
How is your anxiety level amid all the coronavirus hysteria? If you are like most Americans, you are probably feeling stressed and confused. That’s normal from a neuroscience perspective, but if it goes on too long, it can have disastrous effects on your health. Your brain is a prediction engine. At any moment your subconscious…
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