Margaret Ann Kellogg

What Your Doctor Might Not Tell You About Anxiety There are many things your doctor might not tell you about anxiety. In this series, we will be examining the top three. #1: Guilt can cause anxiety and actually is a leading culprit.  As women, we are socialized into being givers and pleasers. Remember the adage […]

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Four Things Peaceful Women Do for Serenity Peaceful women do things differently.  Here are four things you can put into practice that will help you achieve that same peace. 1.  Peaceful women know their limits.  They don’t overextend themselves beyond their comfort level.   They know their limits with time, work, energy, eating, spending, drinking, or

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How Women Can Relax Their Body to Relieve Anxiety A body scan puts you back in your body so you can help yourself with the anxiety. Anxiety is not just emotional, it has those “pesky” physical symptoms.  You know the ones that make you think you might have a serious illness?  These symptoms create more

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The Four Common Mistakes Women Make That Increase Anxiety Did you know there are four common mistakes women make that can increase their anxiety?  When you are working to relieve anxiety, removing or reducing these four things will build a solid foundation for recovery.  Mistake #1:  Drinking caffeine. Because anxiety can prevent a restful nights sleep,

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Reducing Stress With Deep-Belly Breathing Is it possible to reduce stress in 3-5 minutes?  Absolutely. Let me explain why. When you are experiencing anxiety, your body is in a fight- flight-freeze stress response. You can activate this stress response by remembering a difficult situation, looking at an overwhelming to do list, watching a scary movie or worrying

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What is Generalized Anxiety? Review and summary of “What is Anxiety?”   As noted in What is Anxiety, one of the most common types of anxiety is related to the difficulties caused by major life changes.  Common examples include both positive changes such as a marriage, new baby, graduation, job change, positive move, etc.  Negative

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New Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress: PTSD In order to understand this new treatment, it is important to know what causes Post Traumatic Stress and how targeting these causes provides relief. What Causes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD is caused by a traumatic event.  Although we usually think of trauma as

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Risks and Benefits of Anti-Anxiety Medications Anti-anxiety medications are a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. The most commonly prescribed benzodiazepines include Xanax (alprazolam), Ativan (lorazepam), Klonopin (clonazepan), and Valium (diazepam). The benefits of anti-anxiety medication 1. The number one benefit of anti-anxiety medication is the obvious. They very effectively stop anxiety and put the mind

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