Tag Anxiety

Food for Anxious Thought: Certain Foods and Activities Calm Anxiety and PTSD

We all have our ‘comfort foods’ that we gravitate toward when we are more anxious, tense or fearful. What we may not know is that some of those foods may ultimately make our anxiety worse or put us on a…

Spiritual Practice of Reversing: it’s not just for the bedroom

The exercise of Reversing is an old Kabbalistic technique using mental imagery that allows us to become the observer of our daily actions and perceptions and to come to a better reflection of the truth of who we truly are. Reversing can become like your own personal Time Machine - as in H.G. Wells.... although not as scary.

Tools to Lower Cortisol / Stress Hormones

Are you stressed? Have you been under chronic on-going stress or have Post-Traumatic Stress or having acute stressful periods due to work, school or relationship issues? If you suffer from any of the above, you may have chronically elevated cortisol…

Relocation Therapy: The Key to Moving on and Creating Your Self Anew?

Between dealing with jobs, congestion and the hassles that come with our lives, people sometimes want to get away and move somewhere else. For those who have experienced an existential crisis, relationship loss or a tragedy, however, this desire can…

Shifting Lives Through Earthing – A Psychiatrist’s Perspective

I love digging in the dirt and feeling my connection to the Earth.  I find walking barefoot in the grass to be a great stress reducer. As a young girl, I used to run around barefoot with my siblings during the warm summer days,…