Anxiety Guru

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My Appearance on the Happy Hour Radio Show

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I recently had the privilege of appearing on the Happy Hour Radio Show. I joined Anxiety Gal and her co-host Holly (pictured left) to talk about my past anxiety problems, what I did to get better, and about my work at Anxiety Guru. At one point during the segment, Holly put me on the spot and asked me to explain abnormal anxiety in just a few minutes, and I'm glad she did. It gave me a chance to give a spontaneous and honest answer to a question that I've wrestled with for years. I usually don't have a chance to get introspective about

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It’s About You

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This site stopped being about me a long time ago. That's how I like it. It's always been far more important to me to reach out to you and share what I know. The hope has always been to write something or produce a podcast that spoke to you on some basic, but relevent level. But all good intentions aside, sometimes I guess as to what you want. Honestly, I don't know what that is. I've been in your shoes, so I have some idea. I know that you want to know about chest pain, or some other anxiety symptom. I know that you want to get 

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The 2 Step Guide to Being Anxiety Free

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                    It may seem inconceivable for you to live without anxiety right now but you can. Perhaps you've spent time alone pondering what will become of you because of the troubles you're facing. To be honest, that's to be expected given your predicament. Still, you can get better. Here's a good question: How did I overcome anxiety and when did I know it? In the beginning I was Lost "Uncertainty is the refuge of hope." - Henri Frederic

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How to Stop Morning Anxiety

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Have you ever opened your eyes in the morning only to find that you're permeated by anxiety? It's a distressing feeling. Especially when you're not sure why it's happening. Today I want to explore the causes of morning anxiety and how you can stop it. To begin, you should know that morning anxiety is common. So I hope you don't feel like you're the only poor soul in the world that has this problem. Waking up anxious isn't some bizarre anomaly in this regard. After all, simply because you've fallen asleep doesn't mean that your mind

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The AG Phone Line is Now Open!

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Based on the amount of email I get regarding the Anxiety Guru podcast it seems to be one of the most popular aspects of this blog. In an effort to improve the podcast and broaden its scope I've setup a dedicated Skype voice-mail that you can call to ask questions or leave comments. For you shy types out there don't worry because no one is going to pick up the line.  It's just a recording of me thanking you for your contribution. What I plan to do is take the recorded messages and include them in the podcast itself and address the

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The Anti-Energy Drink

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It's all natural and delivers euphoric relaxation. At least that's what the makers of Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda (MJR) claim on their website. According to the California-based maker of MJR they use nothing but the good stuff to make their product, actually the ingredients sound like an anti-anxiety concoction from heaven. The mix relies mostly on two well-known anti-anxiety herbs to create its desired effect.  Here's a quick look at what's inside. *Passion flower extract *Kava extract (Awa root) *Lightly carbonated

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Why is Anxiety so Stubborn?

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Lately I've noticed an increase in people asking me this question: Why won't my anxiety go away? The short answer is because it's hard to forget. This has become AG's $64,000 question.  I produced a short screen-cast to try to explain why this is, but just in case you want the text version, here it is. Human beings evolved over many millions of years and during that time our brains changed, expanded and adapted to the environment in incredible ways.  However, despite all that cool evolution of the brain, there were still certain

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Is Talk Therapy Worth It?

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Recently I found myself on a website that had a lot of comments about how talk therapy was a waste of time and money. Well, consider this a response to all those people. Now, for starters, it's true that I am biased. I mean, I am a grad student learning to become a psychotherapist after all. Just keeping it honest. I also lived with severe anxiety and depression for over 10 years, so it isn't like I don't know what it's like to need or undergo therapy myself-- been there, done that. So, here's the thing: Talk therapy works. And it

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How to Find a Doctor that Won’t Diss You

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I got an interesting email today and I want to share part of it with you. It was written by a friend of mine describing his difficulty finding a descent doctor to help him with both a physical illness and the related anxiety that has decided to tag along. It went a little something like this: "Doctors won't even bother with things like diet, herbs, exercise or spiritual type stuff. They just want to give you the latest antidepressant and boot you out of the office. It was funny because after two hours [of seeing an alternative doctor] I

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